Piate 2708. 
BRETSCHNEIDERA SINENSIS, Hemsl. 
SAPINDACER, 
Bre f 
qua foliis piserais pinnatis, Pct racemosis, etc., differ re whe ee 
ex aflinitate Ungnadie, Endl., pane floribus amplis racemosis, petalis 
ecristatis episepalis, etc., differ 
Flores, ut videtur, vere ee, Calyx late Nise rains 
pasa: '5- lobulatus, extus puberula, intus pubescen tala 5, 
inzequalia, postico minore, unguiculata, medio calycis pee uaa 
glabra i ade i i 
ium pubescentibus, antheris dorsifixis. Orarium sessile, pubescens 
3-loculare, loculis 2 -ovulatis ; stylus cline stamina paullo superans 
ultra medium pubescens. Ovula subcollateralia, ab axi pendula. 
9-18 poll. longa, ra penta subtereti qracil : "volioke Heat 
opposita vel inferiora alterna, breviter petiolulata, contigua, vix coriacea, 
leviter oblique oblongo- lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, 3-6 poll. longa, 
et usque ad 2 poll. diametro, acute acu uminata, basi rotundata vel 
interdum fere acuminata, integra, subtus pallidiora, venis primariis 
lateralibus utringue 10-15, venis — rabepaa a Flo 
speciost, albo-rosei, circiter 2 poll. diametro, i comos terminales 
erectos rigidos 12- 15 poll. longos dispositi, contigus,, Leet diver- 
gentibus 6-12 lin. longis ; bractere minute, citissimo deci 
Cuina : Mengtze, Yunnan, in mountain forests, A. Henry, 10540 ; 
Sasating: Yunnan, at 5,000 ft., A. Henry, 11651, 
This highly ornamental tree at first suggests Leguminose and the 
tribe Cassiex rather than Sapindacex ; but the number of stamens, 
associated with the structure of the ovar y, seems sufficient to indicate 
i iop of the petals high up in the ca yx-tube 
and the absence of a disk are characters which distinguish it from its 
nearest allies. So the nt is unknown, and the ovary is 
only known in quite a young state. S genus was named in honour 
of Dr. Emil Bretschneider, and specimens of it were exhibited at a 
meeting of the Linnean Society, runes 18, 1901. Some particulars of 
