10 . ICONES PLANTAliUM. 



hiflorescentia 

 ped 



stipulcB 



cylmdraceo longitudinaliter 10-nervoso, segmentis tnbo brevioribua 

 snbuktis. PetaJa ovali-oblonga, obtnsa, hirtella, calycis lobis longiora. 

 Stamina alternatim breviora ; filamenta lineari-suba!ata, parce pilosula ; 

 antherse ovatge, obtnsas, dorsifixge. Ovarium glabrum, pauci- (circ. 4-) 

 ovulatum ; stylus crassiusculus, ovario sequiloBgns ; stigma leviter 

 obliqunm, decurvatum, capitatum. Legumen subsessile, oblonguin, 

 crassum, apice breviter apiculatunij 2-4-spermtim, valvis convesis 

 la^vibus. iiemhia subglobosa, leviter compressa, albumiuosa, funiculo 



The leaves m our specimens are barelj at maturity, the leaflets 

 scarcely exceeding at time of flowering \ in. in length. M. Baillon 

 describes the base of the petiole as dilated, so as to form a conical 

 Bheath enclosing the axillary bud, as in the Plane tree. This Gvmno. 

 cladus IS the second arborescent genus, recently discovered in China, 

 previously regarded as homotypic and peculiar to Eastern North 

 America; the other being Liriodmdron, collected in Kiu-Kiang by 

 Dr. Shearer and Mr. Maries. The Chinese %rnnoc7ac?t« differs from 

 G. canadensis in the more numerous and much narrower leaflets which 



z::' T::^^i!^Jtt^^ ^-^ ^^t^^^ --p--^ legume. 



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sneaks of if. ^P^ ^ «\ ^f ^°g up greatly in water? M, Raillon 

 Heudes Ihof ? /S!°*r ^^ ^^"^^"^ savon,'so called by Father 

 Se tnnT VJ^i'^i^'/T^" *^ ^^ ''^'^'^' ^^^^^^d him to identify 

 Chinrsav; the f^-; ^" ' ■ ^^^^^^^'^^ ^■^' Consular Service in 

 B^^eeped7r two tt"" T^ ^"^ 'T^'''^ P'^^P^'^^^' 0"^^^ ^^^U ^« 

 sotp or it c.n bf / • !f-7*l'' T*^ ^^' ^'^""'^ ^^«^^ting is used as soft 

 th^ir M^ fe.tl^^ ^' r?;' T^l -^« -fwell figured by 



Medic 



'Of the onVIn anrl ^r^^^^n r^A-^' .' ^^- ^)- ^^ ^^^ere states : 

 He gives the name Tt T °^ ^^i' " ^'""^ " ^ ^^^^ ^« information.' 

 BlaS. TheHre ;thlw ".' ^^^,«:;gf-«t^they belong to the genus 



^ Notes on some BoTanTcSo^npfr'*^ ^^ ^i' ^retschneider in bis 

 of China,' p 14 wCtS f!r' «o/"ected with the Export Trade 



Szeehuen'a^d ^ ^^^ a^ntK^utia^.^^ H '-^\T, 

 the seeds, but nroViaWTr +i.« + t f^^^siang. i have not tested 



cbaracter'of tl'^^SaV i^te^^^^^^^ collenchymatous 



Gymnocladus cMnensu S stated by MbI lion' n^\'" ?'"' '^'^ 

 magnifiquement a Shan ah ii m^i i1 L • f^^"°^,G- c-) as 'croissant 



gcd 



