Plantae 



utrinque obsolete trinerviis in stylum duplo breviorem attenuatis, 

 stigmate involuto. 



Kansu: trajectu inter vicos Mor-ping et Wu-ping, 28 Junii fl. 

 ult. fr. immat., 4 Julii '85 flor. 



Statura Th. PrzeivalsUim., folia fere Th.rhynclwcarpi A.Rich., 

 inflorescentia Th. dioici L., carpella Th. saniculaeformis DC. (Le- 

 coyer Monogr. t. V. fig. 10.), sed stylus et carpellum in nostro 

 nonnihil crassiora. Ob carpella sub anthesi sepala superantia ad Le- 

 coyeri sect. 1. Macrogyna, B. Homalocarpa pertinet. 



Specc. 3 collecta ultra bipedalia. Rhizoraa breve crassum, fibris 

 radicalibus numerosis aequalibus crassiusculis. Stolones horizontales 

 fibris radicalibus obsessi vaginis minutis fuscis lanceolatis remotis 

 instruct!. Caulis pennam anseriuam vel corvinam crassus angulatus 

 totus foliatus. Folia radicalia 0, caulina ima basi et inter se approxi- 

 mata 1 — 3, vagiuis ovatooblongis apice brevissime obtuse auriculatis 

 amplexicaulibus, petiolo lamina 7 — 11 cm. longa 8—14 cm. lata, 

 circuitu igitur late deltoidea, breviore. Petioluli omnium ordinum 

 segmento breviores copiose lateque stipellati, stipellis membranaceis 

 ovatis apice saepe laceris, rarius passim obsoletis. Foliola membrana- 

 cea laevia glabra basi rotundata v. cuneata, lateralia sessilia, fere ad 

 medium 3- v. sub-5-loba, lobis ovatis obtusis v. apiculatis, 8 — 12 

 mm. longa, 4 — 10 mm. lata. Folia caulina sequentia 2 — 3, turn 3 

 jam ramos paniculae fulcientia, omnia sensim brevius petiolata et ses- 

 silia ceterum infimis consimilia. Folia summa diminuta bracteiformia. 

 Panicula ultraspithamaea sub anthesi contracta, turn effusa laxissima 

 e racemis simplicibus v. basi compositis constans. Pedicelli graciles 

 capitulo fructuum 1%— 3-lolongiorcs. Sepala anguste oblonga viridu- 

 lodecolora trinervia 3 mm. longa. Stamina circiter 15 in vivo lila- 

 cina, filamento 4—5 mm. longo versus apicem vix dilatato, anthera 

 concolore breve v. longe apiculata 2 mm. longa. Carpella jam sub 

 anthesi toto stylo sepala superantia, maturescentia inferiora patentia 

 7 mm. longa (stipes vix 1 mm., stylus 2 min.), 1,5 mm. lata, 

 ipso loculo ovatolanceolato nunc compresso utroque latere longitudi- 

 naliter 3-costato, costis parum distinctis simplicibus, stigmate se- 



