Tan. 837d. 
DEINANTHE carruLea. 
China. 
SAXIFRAGACEAE. Tribe HyDRANGEAE. 
DrrinantuE, Maxim.; Engl. & Prantl, Natizl. Pflanzenf. vol. iii. pars ii. A, p. 74. 
Deinanthe caerulea, Stapf: species ab altera generis hujus, D. bifida, 
Maxim., foliis supra pilis simplicibus uniformibus adpresse strigosis, infra 
praeter costam hine inde pilis perpaucis conspersam glabris, inflorescentia 
nec umbellatim congesta nec involucrata, floribus amoene caeruleis, 
capsulae parte supera alte conica distincta. 
Herba perennis, circiter 30-50 cm. alta. Rhizoma crassum, horizontale, 
nodosum, copiose fimbrilligerum. Cauw/is solitarius, e rhizomate termi- 
nalis ima basi et intervallis 5-10 cm. remotis squamis oppositis vel sub- 
oppositis scariosis late oblongis obtus's 5-10 mm. longis emarcescentibus 
instructus, glaber vel raro superne parce pilosulus. solia plerumque 4 in 
apice caulis congesta, raro paulo dissita, opposita, magnitudive valde 
variabilia, petiolata; lamina ovata vel late elliptica apice saltem foliis 
mejoribus saepe 2-fida lobis latis acutis vel acuminatis, basi rotundata 
vel cuneata, circumcirca grosse acute serrata, 10-25 cm. longa lobis si 
obviis circiter 5 cm. longis, 6-16 cm. lata, tenuia, supra laxe adpresse 
strigosa, pilis simplicibus, infra glabra nisi hine inde pilis perpaucis costae 
insidentibus, nervis obliquis utrinque 7-9, venis transversis laxis; petiolus 
1*5-10 em. longus, glaber. Panicula terminalis, pedunculo 5-15 em. longo 
suffulta, glabra, ramis plerumque 3-4 nisi imis duobus approximatis 
dissitis, bractea foliacea lanceolata serrata ad 2°5 em. longa suffultis, 
2°5-6 em. longis glubris cymas 3-1-floras gerentibus. lores steriles per- 
pauci, pedicello gracili ad 3 cm. longo suffulti, 3-4-sepala, sepalis cacrule- 
scentibus rotundatis demum ad 14 mm. diametro persistentibus. Flores 
fertiles nutantes, speciosi, pedicello validiore ad 1°5 cm. jiongo suffulti. 
Jieceptaculum late breviter turbinatum, glabrum. Sepa/a 5, ovato-rotun- 
data, obtusa, 4-5 mm. alta, matura persistentia et paulo aucta, glabra, 
cum receptaculo caerulescentia vel rubescentia. Petaia 6-8, rotundata, 
concava, 10-14 mm. diametro, amoene caerulea. Stamina numerosissima 
filamentis caeruleis antheris caerulescentibus. Styli in columnam 5-6 mm. 
longam connata; stigmata brevia, conniventia. Capsula nutans, parte 
infera subglobosa ad 5 mm. alta et columna stylari coronata.—D. bifida, 
Oliver in Hook. Ic, Pl. t. 1684; nec Maxim.—O. Starr. 
The genus Deinanthe was based by Maximowicz in 1867 
on a plant which grows in shady woods in Southern Japan. 
It has been figured in the Somoku Zusetz under the name 
Guin bai sd, and according to Franchet and Savatier may 
occasionally be met with in Japanese gardens. The Japanese — 
species D, bifida, Maxim, does not extend beyond Japan, 
but the genus is represented in China by another which 1s = 
May, 1911. : oe 
