ICONES PLANTARUM, 43 



Plate 1254. 



:BEACHYB0TBYS PARIDIFORMIS, Maxi 



im. 



BORAGIXE^. 



Brachybotrys, Maximoioicz MSS. — Calyx 5- (v. 6) partitus, 

 laciniis lanceolatis v. ovato-lanceolatis, in fructu conniventibus. Corolla 



) 



Instmctis. Stamina 5 tubo 



filamentis linearibus, antberis oblongis exsertis filamento a}quiIongis. 

 Ovarium lobis 4 distinctis brevibus obtusis ; stylus filiformis exsertus 

 mdivisTis persistcns, stigmate parvo. NncuIjB 4 tetraquetrae faciebus 

 suba^quimagnis lucidis Isevibns subplanis pilosiusculis, basali horizon- 

 tali, areola punctiformi ad angulnm basalem internum insertse. Discus 

 glandulobus circa basin nncularum obsoletus. 



B. paridiformis, Maxim. {Litliospermearum genus novum, Maxim, 

 Diag. PL Not. xi. p. 543). 



Hab, Southern. Mandsbnria (in fruit August ISQO) Maximowicz ! 

 Chienshan, North China, and Kwaudien Mountains (April and June, 

 m flower), Mr, John Boss ! 



Hcrla 1^-2-pedalig, catile rhizomate stolonifero repente erecta, 

 e basi foliis membranaceis linearibus, inferioribus amplexicaulibus, 

 mstructo. Folia 5-7 patentia subverticillata summo cauli inserta, 2-7 

 poll, longa, elHptica v. obovato-elliptica, cuspidato-aeuminata, basi in 

 petiolum brevissimum attenuata, pennincrvia, superne scabriuscula 

 subtus adpresse strigosa. Cijm.a terminalis nuda pedunculata (demum 

 subfoliis' occultata pendula), pedunculus 1^-2 poIL longus. Flares 

 ■f poll. diam. Calyx fructifer 4 lin. longus. Nuculw nigiescentes ad- 

 spectu nucularum FrifricJm et Endogonice, sed fere bilineales. 



Specimens of this interesting plant, received last year from Mr. 

 John Ross, were identified by M. Maximowicz with the undcscribed 

 Mandschurian genus collected by him only in fruit and referred to, as 

 cited above, in his * Diagnoses.' M. Maximowicz has most courteously 

 supplied us with a specimen of the fruit of his plant, together with 

 drawings and a detailed description of it, which I have made use of in 

 drawing up the above description.— D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Two lobes of the corolla with their basal squamae ^and stamens. 

 3. Fruit with the ealys-segmeuts turned back. 4. Nuts, anterior and posterior views. 

 5. Base of style witli scars of the removed nuts. 



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