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pyramidalis et multiflora; pedunculi hirlo-tomentosi; sepala tomentoso-argentea, valde acuminata, intus 

 colorata; petala slaminibus curtis et stylis raris multo longiora; akeniis nigrescentibus, ad apicem aciitis." 

 Central-China : Kouy-Tcheou: Mou-you-Se, gesammelt von Jvil. Cavalerie. 



Sect. Pirifolii. 



Inflorescentia fundo solum foliifera; flores in rannilis vulgo brevibus panniculati vel fasciculati. 

 Cupula hypocrateriformis; carpella 5 — 10. Folia breviter petiolata, non palmatinervia. Stipularum 

 laciniae lineares. 



A. Inflorescentia (an tota planta?) inermis; flores sat magni, petala conspicua. 



Foliorum pagina infera molliter pilosa ß- Simonsii. 



B. Inflorescentia aculeolata; flores par villi; petala exigua vel nuUa. 

 1. Folia utrinque fere 10 — 12-nervia. 



Stipulae petiolo longiores; inflorescentia ampla, laxa R- Haniilloin. 



Stipulae petiolum vix superantes, caducae; inflorescentia densa R- hexagyniis. 



II. Folia utrinque fere 5 — 6-nervia. 

 a) Inflorescentia eglandulosa. 



Inflorescentia densa, pannicvdata R- pirifolius. 



Petala nvüla R- benguetensis. 



h) Inflorescentia glandulil'eia. 



Folia integra; inflorescentiae ramuli elongati R- greiviaefolius. 



Folia sinuato-lobidata; infiorcscenliao ramuli breves R- Parkeri. 



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77. R. Simonsii n. spec. 



Ramus velutino-tomentosus, inermis (an semper?). Folia breviter (1,5 — 2 cm) petiolata, ampla, 

 elliptico-oblonga, breviter acuminata, diam. fere 15:6—7 cm, fundo truncata v. emarginata, margine 

 interdum paullulum repando-sinuata, denticulata, supra in nervis tomentoso-puberula, subtus molliter 

 pilosa. Stipulae? caducae. 



Inflorescentiae terminalis compositae aphyllae ramuli inferiores inferne simplices, superioresbrevissimi 

 Flores in ramulis et in rhachide glomerati, breviter pedicellati, sat magni. Calyx lutescenti-tomentosus, 

 ultra medium fissus, sepalis ovalo-lanceolatis, externe tomentoso-hirsutis, interne tomentosis, in flore 

 reflexis. Petala sat magna, obovata, sepalis fere aequilonga, verosimile purpurea. Stamina in flore erecta, 

 filamentis compressis, basin versus hirsutis, apice subulatis, verosimile purpureis. Carpella ca. 10, styli 

 filiformes stamina superantes. 



Von Simons auf den Dokrai iiills in Assam gesammelt. 



78. R. Hamiltoni Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. II, p. 328 (1878). 



R. hexagyno simillimus, differt vero petiolis pedunculisque brevioribus, stipulis et bracteis majoribus, 

 foliis plerumque longioribus. 



Stipulae petiolo duplo vel triplo longiores et, ut videlur, minus caducae quam in R. hexagyno, 

 fimbriato-pinnatifidae; folia anguste oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, utrinque fere 12-nervia. 



