Species novae ex ,Hookers Icones Plantarum“, 343 
5—15 cm longa, maxima usque ad 6 cm lata, utrinque cuneata, apice 
obtusiuscula, integra, marginata, praecipue subtus parcissime stellato- 
lepidota, petiolis primum: densissime lepidotis. Receptaculum ovoideum, 
dense lepidotum.  Bracteolae sepalis similes et irregulariter positae, 
Sepala 2 vel 3, unilateralia. Capsulae dense ferrugineo-pilosae, solitariae 
vel 2 vel 3 aggregatae. Semina alba. é 
Philippine Islands: Luzon; Baguio, Benguet, at about 1,500 m, 
A. Loher, 4881. 
This is a very distinct species and there are good fruiting specimens. 
A. single, apparently fully developed stamen was found in one of the 
rather advanced female flowers. The three species described above all 
differ from S. Griffithiana D. Oliv., and S. sinensis D. Oliv., in not having 
capitate flowers. 
37. Sinofranchetia nov. gen. W. B. Hemsley in Hookers Icon, IX 
(1907), tab. 2842. [Lardizabalaceae.] 
Syn.: Holboellia, subgenus Sinofranchetia Diels in Engl. Jahrb., vol. 
XXIX, p. 343, partim. — Parvatia chinensis Franch. in Journ. de 
Bot., 1894, vol. VIII, p. 281. -- Holboellia cuneata D. Oliv. in Hook. 
Ic. Pl., 1889, vol. XIX, t. 1817, quoad fructum. — Holboellia 
chinensis Diels in Engl. Jahrb., 1900, vol. XXIX, p. 343; Réau- 
bourg in Bull Soc. Bot. France, 1906, vol. LIII, p. 455. 
Genus novum inter affines floribus numerosis longissime racemosis, 
sepalis rotundatis, nectariis (petalis) latis, antheris apicalibus, ovarii 
parieti haud  pilifero, ovulis biseriatis, et  carpellis parvis baccatis 
distinctum. ; 
Flores unisexuales, similes. Sepala 6, inter se similia. Nectaria 
(petala auctorum nonnullorum) 6, sepalis opposita. Stamina vel stami- 
nodia 6, nectariis opposita, libera. Pistillum vel pistillodium 3-carpellare. 
Ovula circiter 20, longitudinaliter biseriata. Carpella matura baccata, 
parva, polysperma, parietibus haud piliferis. Semina ovalia, compressa. 
S. chinensis Hemsl., Le 
Frutex alte scandens, volubilis, monoicus vel dioicus, glaber, caulibus 
primariis crassiusculis primum pruinosis, Rami laterales foliiferi atque 
floriferi brevissime. Folia in ramis lateralibus conferta, ut videtur decidua, 
pinnatim trifoliolata, longissime petiolata, omnino iis Phaseolearum mul- 
tarum simillima, exstipulata vel stipulis minimis caducis. Foliola papy- 
racea, petiolulata (terminale longe), ovata, integra, acuminata; lateralia 
obliqua, cum petiolulo brevi 6—12 cm longa; terminale cum  petiolulo 
3—4 cm longo 12—15 cm longum. Racemi axillares, graciles, pendentes, 
cum pedunculo nudo 20—30 cm longi, ebracteati; pedicelli 2—3 mm 
longi, ebracteolati. Flores circiter 5—6 mm diametro. Nectaria florum 
masculorum quam stamina breviora; florum femineorum quam staminodia 
longiora. Staminum filamenta clavata, carnosa; antherae parvae, bilo- 
culares, apicales, connectivo non producto. Fructus carpella saepius 3, 
baccata, circiter 2 cm; diametro. Semina lenticularia, ovalia, 6—7 mm 
diametro maximo; testa dura; rugulosa, Embryo minutus, in basi albu- 
minis erectus, 
