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Asteropyrum, nobis, genus novum foliis peltatis petalis longe 
stipitatis indusiaeformibus carpellis numerosis demum stellato- 
patentibus distinctum. Ob folia peltata in — Cal- 
thearum remoyendum " est, nisi characteres subtribium secus 
Genera Pinineruss (Benth. et Hook. f.) mutentur; follicula eis 
Trollii omnino simillia videntur. 
Species 2, chinenses. 
Folia haud vel leviter lobata 1. A. peltatum. 
Folia profunde 3-5-lobata, lobis trian- 
gularibus acutis . 2. A. Cavaleriet. 
ise raiatel ire peltatum, nobis, comb. 
Lsopyrum peltatum, Franch. Pl. David;: ii. et . 4. (1888) 
Descr. emend.—Rhizoma abbreviatum, wasabes exiguis pilis 
rufis minutis. Folia omnia radicalia, longe petiolata, peltata, 
ambitu obtuse subpentagona vel suborbicularia, undulate lobata 
et dupliciter crenulata vel denticulata, ‘5 cm. diametro, char- 
tacea, obscure nervosa, supra marginem Mars subappresse setu- 
loso-pubescentia, infra glabrescentia; petioli parum carnosi, 
usque ad 9 cm. longi, basi in auriculas ried babdbeeel suborbicu- 
— rel Sten gra dilatati, = retrorsum pilosi, purpurascen- 
eee cull hizomate ort i, solitarii vel plures, simplices 
a rare biflori, foliis aequilongi vel multo longiores, fere glabri, 
apices versus bracteis approximatis vel alternantibus ovatis 
ei tants circiter 4 mm. longis instructi. los albus, circiter 
13cm, expansus. Sepala late obovata, apice rotundata, 5-7 mm. 
longa, 35-45 mm. lata, distincte 5-nervia, sicco fere mem- 
branacea, ‘glabra. Petala quam sepala | imidio breviora, stipi- 
tato- indusiaeformia, circiter 3mm. longa. Stamina petalis paullo 
longiora ; antherae 1 mm. longae. Carpella circiter 10, sub 
anthesi erecti, matura stellatim patentia, subcoriacea, vix reti- 
culata vel rugosa, demum obscure torulosa, circiter ie mm. longa 
Fig. 1—AstEeRoryRuM PrEetTaTum (whole plant 2 nat. size) ; dissections 
enlarged. 
