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Cuina. Yunnan: Mengts ze, S. Mountain Forests, 1800 m., 
eae 10,741; Kweichau: Long-Ly, Cavalerie, 2995 ; Kiang- 
ouang : Pin-fa, Cavalerie, 2353 ; uo. Cavalerie, 3313. 
Sy 
Seer ys 
1. Portion of twig with inflorescence (nat. size). 
2. Late sta: x 5). 
e of flower 
3. cau 8) laid open ans removal of gynoecium. 
ee d back of upper part of stamen (x 12 
sot of upper portion of ovary (x 7),s ome time after dete 
wing six ovules surrounding the top of the placenta (compare n. 8), 
one of them errs! predominating, inn the three partial daopiments 
7. Young etea Sk eon, laid open showing the six ovules about the time of 
fert fore the u tah 2 erowtn of the placenta and separated into 
mais bet e partial disse 
8. Aawazined ers (% < 10) removed from the ovary, bearing fragments of 
the bases of the partial dissepiments torn off in its upward growth and 
the ovules at rs same “tee easinn 
« 6. 
9. Capsule ( x 4) dehiscing and showing the single seed and some sonedeeest 
ovules borne on the columnar development of the basal place 
10. Langi tudinal section of a seed ( x 6) showing the minute ‘aad abe: 
Dipentodon, as has been mentioned, is characterised by a com- 
bination of structural peculiarities that does not find an even 
approximate counterpart in any other genus known to me, and the 
discovery of the Natural Order to which it is most nearly allied 
has therefore presented considerable difficulties. The situation 
has, moreover, been complicated by the ambiguous character of 
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