ICONES PLANTAKUM, 67 



Hab. Canton Province, Soutli China, Mr. Sampson ami Dr. Ranee. 



Gardes erectiv. adscendentesl-l^-ped.glabrisulcati. FoUola l-l-|-polL 

 longa, 3-4-poll. lata; petioluliis foliol. terminalis 2-5 lin. longua; peti- 

 olus foliorum infer. 2-3-polL longus, Bacemi graciles 1|— 3-poll. longi ; 

 flores 2-2^ lin. diani. albi. Sepala adscendentia oblanceolata obtusa. 

 Petala caljce longiora oblanceolato-spatliulata obtnsa Integra basi 

 angastafca. 



Onr specimens do not afford seeds sufficiently matured for analysis. 



D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Flowi^r. 2. Ovary laid open. 



Plate 1286. 



STILBANTHUS SCAJSTDENS, EooJcf^ 



Amaranthace^, Tribe Aiuranthejb. 



Stilbanthus, Rooh /. 



2-bracteolati. Perianthium basi non induratum, elongatum, nitidum, 

 foliolis 5 erectis ovato-lanceolatis acutis nervosis dorso sub apice sericeo- 

 barbatis, exterioribns latioribus. Sfa/inina 5, filamentis elongatis 

 ciliolatis basi breviter connatis, staminodiis interjectis sequilongis ligu- 

 latis penicillatis; antberae didymse, 2-lociilare.s. Ovarizim oblongum, 

 compressum, apice penicillatum ; stylus filiformis, stigmate capitellato; 

 Ovulum 1, oblongnm, ab apice funiculi basilaris ascendentis pendulum, 

 Utricuhis periantbis indutus, oblongus, apice villosus, compressus, 

 membranaceus, indehiscens. Semen yerticale, inversum, late oblongum, 

 testa tenuiter coriacea brunnea, arillo ; embryo annularis, hippo- 

 crepicus, radicula aseendente. — Arbor trunco robusto, alfce scandens, 



ramnlis 



centibns. Folia opposita, petiolata, ampla; elUptico-ovata, caudato 

 acuminata, integerricna, nervis arcuatis. Flores pro ordine magni 



paniculas 



lisque late ovatis aristato-acuminatis scariosis nitidis. 



. Hab. Forests of the Sikkim Himalaya at elevation of 4-6000 feet ; 



Rerh, Grimii, J.JD.R. Fl. August, Sept • 



discovered 



with 



belongs to the subtribe 



