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lilcr si-nala. Slipulac parvae, filifonnes. Inflorescenlia lerininalis clongala, angusla, supcrne raceniosa, 

 apiiylla, inferne saepe raniulis axiliaribus paucifloris aucta. Rliacliis cum pedicellis tomentoso-hirta; 

 bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, villosac. Flores parvi, mediocriter pedicellati; calyces cano-tonientosi, 

 sejjalis ovatis exlernc albis mucronatis in fructu ])atentibus. Pelala unguiculata, sepalis paulluium 

 lonj^iora, purpurca. Slamiua numerosa, stylis glabris fere aequiionga. Ovaria pul)escentia. Fructus 

 globosi, mole j^isi magni vel fragae silvestris parvae, sub maluritate rul)ri, demum nigri. 



Zentralchina. Hupeh (P^xs. A. Henry 5853, 6495, 7321); W. Szechuan (Wilson 1261). 



Fig. 78. R. Giraldianus Focke. 



242. R, Giraldianus Focke ex Diels in Engler Bot. Jahrb. XXIX p. 401 (1901). 



Ranuis tereliusculus, glaber, aculeis paucis sat validis uncinatis armatus; folia pleraque septe- 

 nato-pinnata, cum petiolis fere 12-15 cm longa, rhachi sulcata glabra parce aculeata; foliola inaequa- 

 hter grosse serrata, supra glabra, subtus appresse cinereo-tomentosa, terminale ovato-lanceolatum 

 vel rhombeum, ullra medium incisum vel lobulatum, diam. 5-6:2-3 cm, lateralia sessilia, oblongo- 

 lanceolala; slipulae peliolares, filiformes. 



