Tas. 8711. 
PLAGIOSPERMUM stnensz, forma BRACHYPODA. 
Manchuria. 
RosackEak, Tribe PRuNEAE. 
PLaciosPeRMUM, Oliv. in Hook. Icon. Plant. vol. xvi. t. 1526 (1886); Engl. in 
Engl. é Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. Nachtr., p. 186 (1897). 
Plagiospermum sinense, Oliv. l.c.; A. Purpus in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. 
Gesellsch. vol. xii. p. i. cum icon. adv. (1908); Komarov in Act. Hort. 
Petrop. vol. xxii. p. 554, t. 12 (1904); Grignan in Rev. Hort. 1904, p. 60; 
De Wild. Icon. Hort. Then. vol. v. p. 89, t. 182 (1905); Vilmor. in Hort. 
Vilmor. p. 21 (1906); M[ast.] in Gard. Chron. 1907, vol. xli. p. 65 (1907) ; 
Mottet in Rev. Hort. 1907, pp. 152, 417, fig. 185, 186; affinis P. wniflorae, 
Stapf (Prinsepiae uniflorae, Batal.), sed floribus flavis, pedicellis normaliter 
multo longioribus, fructibus majoribus distincta. 
Frutex fere 2 m. altus, virgato-ramosus; rami duorum generum, alii elongati, 
stricti, spinosi, glabri, annotini cortice cinereo vel albido laevi obtecti, alii 
admodum abbreviati, fasciculos foliorum gerentes; spini supra ramos 
abbreviatos orti, patuli, recti vel vix recurvi, nune perbreves nune ultra 
1 cm. longi. Folia lanceolata plerumque angustata, subacuta vel sub- 
obtusa et saepe mucronata, basi longe in petiolum attenuata, integra, 
1:5-2°5 cm. longa, 4-8 mm. lata, tenuia, glaberrima, supra pallide viridia, 
infra glauca, venis plane obscuris; stipulae ramorum elongatorum lanceo- 
lato-subulatae, demum induratae, ramorum abbreviatorum tenuiter fili- 
formes, 2-3 mm. longae, purpurascentes, interdum sparse glanduligerae. 
Flores cum foliis ramorum abbreviatorum dispositi, aurantiaco-fiavi ; 
pedicelli sub anthesi circiter 1-1-5 cm., vel in forma culta brachypoda 
2°5-3 mm. longi, glabri. Calyx late turbinatus ad 3 mm. altus, pallidus, 
praeter cilia praesertim dentium herbaceorum apices induentia glaberrimus, - 
intus disco carnosulo ad os in annulum producto vestitus. Petala orbi- 
cularia, subdenticulata, breviter unguiculata, 3-4 mm. diametro. Stamina 
10, disci annulo inserta ; filamenta antheras parvulas aequantes. Ovarium 
in fundo receptaculi immersum, depresso-ellipsoideo-globosum, glaber- 
rimum ; stylus lateralis vel in fructu subbasalis, e receptaculo breviter 
exsertus, sursum sensim crassior; stigma depresso-capitatum; ovula 2, 
collateralia, e placenta suprabasali oblique patentia, micropyle adaxiali 
carunculo minuto subtecta. Drupa compressa-globosa, atropurpurea, 
ruinosa, 8 mm. diametro; putamen sectione transversa elliptica; em- 
ryonis radicula infera.—Prinsepia chinensis, Hallier f. in Abh. Nat. Ver. 
Hamburg, vol. xviii. p. 8 (1903); Bean, Trees & Shrubs, p. 223, cum icon, 
(1914); Rehder in Sarg. Plant. Wilson. vol. iv. p. 845 (1915).—O. Srapr. 
The Manchurian genus Plagiospermum, Oliv., is closely 
allied to the Himalayan genus Prinsepia, Royle; the two 
have by some been regarded as sections of one genus. 
They are, however, very distinct; in Prinsepia the buds 
May, 1917, 
