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clavatum abrupte attenuatus, ore ultra medium ascendente erecto 
acuto, Filamenta brevia, lata; antherae ovatae, acutae. Ovarium 
fusiforme, rectum, acutum. Capsulae lineares, 4-5 cm. longae, 
rectae, acutae, polyspermae. Semina oblonga vel obovoidea, 
compressa, 4 mm. longa, laevia, castanea. 
A handsome species the curious sepals of which can only be 
described as more or less broadly reniform, being curved in a 
plane with the stoutly beaked apex lateral or close to the hilum. 
More specimens will probably show great variability in the sepals. 
2. I. microstachys, Hk. 7, sp. nov. 
SZECHUAN OCCIDENT. Huang Yah, alt. 1500-1800 m., H. H. 
Wilson in Herb. Arnold Arboret., no. 3067, et Kew. 
Herba gracilis, glaberrima, parviflora, caule laxe ramoso. Folia 
4-8 cm. longa, alterna, breviter petiolata, firma, ovata vel ovato- 
oblonga, acuminata, crenata vel crenato-serrata, basi acuta, utrinque 
6-7-nervia, petiolo 0°5-1°5 cm. longo nudo vel 1-3-glanduloso ; 
3. I. brevipes, Hk. f., sp. nov. 
ZECHUAN OCCIDENT. Wa-shan, alt. 1500-1800 m., PORE o & 
Wilson in Herb. Arnold Arboret., no. 3059, et Kew. 
nervis utrinque 5-7; glandulae infrapetiolares 0. Ei ieaeneceria 
pedunculata, pedunculo brevissimo unifloro, bractea subulata. ri res 
ad 3 cm. expansi; raphides 0. Sepala 2, orbicularia, 1°2 cm, diam., 
alte fissum attenuatus, ore lato ascendente et sata 
brevia ; antherae didymae. Ovarium angustum, strictum, ac 
2 onum 
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