346 F. Fedde: Specis novae ex „Hookers Icones Plantarum*. 
show seven sepals, nectaries and stamens; and one had four pistillodes, 
One female flower had all the parts except the carpels in sevens. 
41. Stauntonia parviflora W. B. Hemsley in Hook. Icon. pl IX 
(1907), tab. 2849. 
Inter species parvifloras S. brevipedi Hemsl. proxima, differt petiolis 
longioribus, foliolis tenuioribus longe acuminatis, sepalis interioribus fere 
dimidio minoribus et antheris haud apiculatis. ` 
Frutex scandens yel vagans, undique glaber, ramis striatis. Folia 
pinnatim 3-foliolata, cum petiolo 15—20 cm longa; petiolus teres, gracilis; 
foliola fere aequalia, tenuiter coriacea, lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, 
cum petiolulo 8—10 cm longa, longe acuminata, supra nitida, subtus 
conspicue venosa. Flores (masculi tantum visi) parvi, carnosi, in foliorum 
axillis numerosi, fasciculati; pedicelli graciles, 0,5—1,5 cm longi; bracteae 
fere orbiculares, maximae circiter 5 mm latae. Sepala 3 exteriora crassa, 
ovalia, concava, circiter 5 mm longa, obtusa; 3 interiora tenuiora, lanceo- 
lata, circiter 3 mm longa, acuta. Nectaria 1 mm longa. Stamina 6, 
sepala interiora aequantia, alterna paullo breviora; filamenta libera, car- 
nosa, teretia; antherae breves loculis contiguis, connectivo supra loculos 
haud producto. 
China: Yunnan; Mengtze, at 1,500 metres, A. Henry, 10462 A. 
42. Stauntonia brevipes W. B. Hemsley in Hook. Icon. pl., IX (1907), 
adnot. ad tab. 2849. 
S. parviflorae Hemsl., affinis, a qua differt foliis breviter petiolatis 
foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis crassis rigidis, bracteis bracteolisque elongatis 
et antheris apiculatis. 
Frutex scandens, volubilis, undique glaber, ramis graciliusculis 
striatis. Folia pinnatim trifoliolata, cum petiolo gracili 1—3 cm longo 
8-12 em longa; foliola fere aequalia, breviter petiolulata, anguste lanceo- 
lato-oblonga, absque petiolulo 5—8 em longa, 1—2 em lata, apiculata 
Flores haud bene evoluti tantum visi, in foliorum axillis fasciculati, 
breviter pedicellati; bracteae spathulatae, pedicellos aequantes. Sepala 
alabastri utriusque sexus oblonga, 4—6 mm longa, obtusa, 3 interiora 
paullo minora.  Nectaria squamiformia, 0,25 mm lata. Stamina sepala 
interiora fere aequantia; filamenta brevissima, libera; antherarum loculi 
paralleli, circiter 3 mm longi, connectivo apiculato.  Pistillodia minuta. 
Pistilli carpella 3, clavata. ion 
China: Hupeh; Ichang, A. Henry, 1276. 
