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racemo 15-20 em. longo evoluti, pedicello valde incrassato insidentes - 
torus subhemisphaericus v. oblongus, 6-25 mm. longus; carpella 
ovoidea, 8-10 mm. longa, carnosa, atrocoerulea, stipiti 6-12 mm. longo 
crasso concolori insidentia; semina ovoidea, 4.5-5.5 mm. longa et 
4.5-5 mm. lata, testa nitida laevissima nigra, basi applanata et hilo 
diametrum seminis aequante cinereo-albido medio minute apiculato 
notata. 
Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 600-1300 m., 
common, May 10, 1907 (No. 168, in part (flowers)); Changyang Hsien, 
thickets, alt. 1300 m., September 1907 (No. 168, in part (fruit)); 
without locality, May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 726). 
A plant of Sargentodoxa cuneata is growing at the Arnold Arboretum, but it has 
not yet flowered. For warmer regions it will certainly be a handsome climber 
with its pendulous racemes of yellow fragrant flowers in spring. 
