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number of ovules in each cell only two, not many. The general habit, 
the shape and texture of the leaves, and the character of the rather 
scanty tomentum point likewise to Pentapete es as a near ally. Para- 
dombeya approaches at the same time rather closely to Corchoropsis. 
This differs, however, in having normally [0 fertile stamens and 
numerous ovules in jae ell. "The fruit of ieee ato is a long, 
cylindric, 3-locular capsule: The 
t the 
cell suggests, of course, a fruit of a structure different from that of 
is i 
a, @ In man les O two ovu In 
each cell, but the staminodes are here (always ?) episepalous, and 
the habit is quite different. Melhania again has epipetalous staminodes 
like oo but only five perfect stamens and a very distinct habit.— 
Orro Strap 
Fig. 1, floral diagram ; 2, a flower; 3, a petal; 4, part of the andrecium; 5, pistil. 
Ali enlarged. 
PuatTe 27438. 
PARADOMBEYA SINENSIS, Dunn. 
P. sinensis, Dunn (sp. nov.) a P. burmanica, Stapf, caulium foliorum- 
que indumento stellato, bracteolis caducissimi is, et ovario biloculari 
distin 
Folia ovata, undulata et crenulata, longe acuminata, basi rotundata, 
4-5 poll. longa, 13-2 poll. lata, — stellata primo tecta, mox glabra, 
: nd : 
= ‘ i g 
5 — Staminodia staminibus duplo i ng petalis paullo 
breviora. Ovarium depresso-globosum, 2- Ate loculis faciliter 
pepasabilibis, stylo quadrisulcato duplo brevi 
Cuina: Yunnanfu, Ducloux, 480. 
This species was collected in a locality about 500 miles N.E. of that 
of the Shan plant. It resembles the latter very aapnl in wm but 
differs in its two-celled ovary. Such a. variatio the number of 
ovarian cells within the same genus is not without: sisal among 
the Dombeyer, for Dombeya itself includes species with 2- and 5-celled 
ovaries.—S. T. Dunn 
Fig. 6, an expanded flower ; 7, part of the eo 8, cross-section of an oyary ; 
9, longitudinal section of the same. All enlarged. 
