PLate 2714: 
ILLICIUM MICRANTHUM, Dunn. 
MaGnouiacesz. Tribe WINTERES. 
I. micranthum, Dunn (sp. eet ; ab J. parvifloro, Michx., stamini- 
bus pluriseriatis fructuque divers 
Frutex vel arbor parva, 4—15- site (A. Henry), glabra, ramulis 
fo 
flavidis. Yolia subcoria aii su ubtus pallida, lanceolata, acumina 
25-5} poll. longa, basi cuneata, ve conspicuis, petiolo brevi Flores 
solitarii, axillares cum fol ere in verticillos approximati, pedicellis 
li 
ovata. Petala flava vel aurantiaca (A. Henry), interiora 4—5 lin. longa, 
stamina se excedentia, Stamina 12, biseriata. Ovaria 7-8. Fructus 
8-10 lin. dia 
Cuina : Yunnan, Szemao forests and mountains to southward at 
4,500- 5,000 feet. Henry 12108, 12108a, 12224 24, 12224a, 122248, 
12224c. ee 
The specimen of star aniseed sent by Dr. Henry in 1886 from 
Patung under No. 1079 is exceedingly like the fruit of the above 
species, but as none of the following specimens of /Jiciwm collected by 
him in that neighbourhvod can be referred here, it may be the fruit of 
some allied species.—S. T. Dun 
Fig. 1, a flower; 2, an eriaer sect dorian page 3, one of As innermost petals 
and thre rat 4, a stame ; pistil; 6, fruit; 7; a . All except 6 
enlarged. 
