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lobus terminalis saepe ambitu fere ovatus, acutus. Folia fere 8cm longa, 10cm lala. Flos terminalis aut 

 solus aut uno vel duobus lateralibus comitatus; omnes pedunculati, nutantes. Calyx subcampanulatus; 

 sepala lanceolata, caudato-acuminata, externe puberula, erecto-patentia. Petala longa, lanceolata, 

 acuminata, alba, fugacia. Slamina sepalis multo breviora, conniventia; filamenla externa dilatata, reliqua 

 filiformia. Carpella 5, distanlia, glabra; styli elongati. Drupeolae maturae saepissime solitariae, magnae, 

 succosae, rubrae, acidae; putamen 5 — 6 mm longum, 3 mm latum, siccum reticulato-rugosum, areolis saepe 

 subsexangularibus. 



In feuchtem, bumosem Boden der Nadelwaldungen, besonders an Waldbächen im östlichen Rußland 

 (Wiatka, Wologda). im Ural, sowie zerstreut in Sibirien und im Amurlande, namentlich am unteren Amur 

 und an der Küste. 



Series: Xanthocarpi. 



24. R. xanthocarpus Bureau et Franchet in L. Moret Journ. Botan. Y, p. 46. (1891). E. Regel 

 Gartenfl. XXXXI (1892) p. 108. 



Gaules annui herbacei, e rhizomate repente orti, ascendentes, 20 — 50, rarius ad 80 cm longi, incon- 

 spicue puberuli, glabrescentes, aculeolis paucis inslructi vel subinermes, autumno ramosi, non radicantes. 

 Folia ternata, rarius pinnato-quinata; stipulae petiolares, lineari-lanceolatae; petioli pubescentes, cum 

 costä media aculeis sat validis compressis,]eviter falcatisvel rectiusculisai'inati; foliola glabriuscula, saturate 

 viridia, in parte inferiore lobulato-incisa, inaequaliter serrata, terminale oblongo-lanceolatum acutum, 

 6 — 10 cm longum, 2 — 3 cm latum; lateralia petiolulata, multo minora. Flores singuli vel duo in caule et 

 ramis terminales, vulgo hexameri, sat spectabiles, diam. fere 2,5 cm; calyx externe dense ecbinato-setosus; 

 petala angusta, spatulato-obionga, unguiculata, alba, in media anthesi patentia; stamina in complures 

 series disposita, in flore juvenili conniventia, sub anthesi erecta; filamenta dilatata, apice subulata; pollinis 

 granula perfecta, aequalia, saepe nonnulla conglomerata. Carpella numerosa, glabra, sed stylorum fundo 

 hispido. Fructus e drupeolis niultis, aurantiaco-luteis compositi , edules, R. idaei more a carpophoro 

 conico sicco secedentes. 



Colitur in hortis botanicis Europaeis et praeterea fructuum causa in Lithuaniä. 



In Central-China in Szechuan, an der Grenze von Yünnan (leg. H. d'Orleans et Bonvalot); im nw. 

 China in der Provinz Kansu (Potanin). 



Hoc loco verosimile inserendus est: R. spinipes Hemsley in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. XXIX 306; 

 quem e descriptione a R. xanthocarpo distinguere nequeo. — China: Szechuan. 



25. R. tibetanus n. sp. Exs. : Soulie 762. 



Caules steriles repentes, teretes, pilosi, verosimile annui. Gaules fertiles, quos vidi, e rhizomate 

 orti, ascendentes, tomentoso-puberuli; aciüei longi, aciculati, recti, in caulis parte inferiore sparsi, in 

 superiore, petiolis, nervis paginae inferioris foliorum et calycibus crebri. Folia plurima quinato-pinnata; 

 stipulae petiolares, lineari-lanceolatae vel superiores lanceolalae, hinc inde dentatae; foliola inaequaliter 

 et interdum sublobato-serrata, parce pilosa, subtus pallidiora et aciculata, terminale multo majus, rhombeo- 

 oblongum vel oblongo-lanceolatum, lateralia brevissime petiolulata. Flores in apice caulis pauci (fere 3 — 4) 

 congesti, terminalis brevissime, laterales mediocriter pedicellati; calyx tomentellus, echinatus. 



Planta dubia R. xanthocarpo verosimile affinis est. 



In Osttibet bei Ta-tsien-lou. (Souhe.) 



26. R. minusculus Leveille et Vaniot, Bullet, soc. agric. Sarthe LX, p. 63 (1905). 



Herbaceus. 



Differt a R. pedato: ,, caule non radicante, foliis fa.sciculatis, pinnatis; foliolis 7, lanceolatis, sessilibus, 



