PLANTÆ DELAVAYANÆ II 
ampla, inferiora pinnato-triternata, petiolulis tenuissimis ; foliola ovata 
vel rotundato-subcordata, sæpius apice triloba, nunc integerrima, sub- 
tus pallidiora et nunc sparsim elevato-punctata ; stipellæ membranacea 
fuscæ, incisæ, stipellulis 3-5 fidis. Inflorescentia terminalis, pedunculis 
3-7 fasciculatis paniculam efformantibus ; flores majusculi vel magni, 
rosei vel lilacini; stamina sub anthesi perianthio sepius subduplo bre- 
viora, filamentis apice paululum incrassatis; antheræ ovatæ, mucro- 
natæ; achænia 15-22, stipitata, oblique oblongo-lanceolata, utrinque 
attenuata, anguste alata, nervis 5 haud anastomosantibus; stigma 
oblongum ovario subduplo brevius. 
Bi-tri-pedalis et ultra; caulis diam. 4-8 mill.; folia inferiora, in va- 
rietate b, usque 50 cent. longa et lata; pedicelli inæquales, longioribus 
usque pollicaribus; flores diam. usque 25 mill.; achænia 1 cent., longa, 
3 mill. sub apice lata. 
a. decorum. — Panicula ampla nuda nunc ultra pedalis, late pyra- 
midata, diffusa, laxa; sepala late ovata, obtusa; foliola majora 25 mill. 
longa; stipellæ parvae, stipellulæ minimae. Achænia usque ad 22, cer- 
nua, valde obliqua, fere falciformia, inferne longe apice breviter atte- 
nuata, distincte alato-marginata, compressa, nervis circiter 5 proemi- 
nentibus. — Variat foliolis majusculis vel parvis. Planta quadripe- 
dalis. 
Yun-nan, in silvis ad collum Yen-tze-hay (Lan-kong) alt. 3000 m.; 
fl. fruct. jun. 8 jul. 1887 (Delavay, n. 2377). Koutoui, in silvis supra 
Mo-so-yn, alt. 3000 m.; fl. 19 jul. 1887 (id.); ad collum Hee-chan-men 
(forma foliolis minimis); fl. 14 jun. 1887 (id.). 
B. acuminatum. — Quadripedale, robustum; foliola majora 8-12 
mill. longa; stipellæ et stipellulæ (praeter supremas) amplæ, multifidæ, 
persistentes; inflorescentia subnuda; flores rosei, sepalis ovato-lanceo- 
latis, longe acuminatis. 
In umbrosis prope Hia-ma-ti, supra Tapin-tze, alt. 1.800 m.; fl. 
fruct. immat. 4 aug. 1887 (Delavay). 
y. parviflorum. — Panicula multiflora anguste pyramidalis; sepala 
6-7 mill. longa, ovata, acuta vel obtusiuscula, staminibus vix breviora; 
carpella 10-12. Stipellæ et stipellulæ minimae, fragiles et tunc facile 
prætervisæ. 
Yun-nan, in monte Tsang-chan, supra Tali; fl. et fruct. (haud ma- ` 
turi) 4 jul. 1882. 
