﻿Plate 1526. 



PLAGIOSPERMUM SINENSE, Oliv. 



CELiSTRACEjE. 



Plagiospermum, Oliv. (gen. nov.) ; calyx tubo turbinate, limbo 5-fido 

 lobis ovato-deltoideis. Petala 5 rotundata v. ovato-rotundata breviter 

 ungmculata subintegra, margini calycis inserta. Stamina 10 perigyna, 

 n (antipetela) disco prope marginem inserta, 5 exteriora 

 margim disci inserta; filamenta subulata v. anguste linearia, anthera 

 rotundata biloctdaris longitadinaliter dehiscens, filamento suba)quiTonga. 

 Discus carnosulus tubo calycis adnatus margine prominulo. PistillStt 

 monocarpicum ; ovarium hberum sessile 1-loculare ; ovula geminate 

 colJateralia lateraliter affixa ; stylus lateralis ovario tequilongus, 

 FrSus 6 VltGr tat ° apiCe trUnCat ° V - leviter depresso. 

 „Z T ^Z s Pj nescem >™™ute mlterelilm epidermide alhescenti tenuUer 

 , " ' ^ - ■ ' ■ - 



an Zl \ Z?, m axill ] s f asc ] cula ^ petiolata ovali- vel oblongo-lanceolata 

 1 ' ' * a »'J"<*tata olhisiuscnlu v. ncHnu.mlt tnurm,, u/uf„ '„,<; m 



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inZZ suhulaib - FIores pe 1 nculatl 



P. sinense, Oliv. (sp. unica). 



PeSt^rio ^ -i~ 5 \ l3ta; P eti0bs H Poll- lougus. 

 reaunculi 4-7 lin. longi graciles. Flore* £ poll, diam 



^aL^^^ Ross ; Mukden 



i?ia«r o / e Jti,T e litUe , d ° Ubt as t0 th0 affinity, whether with 



^tei^^w in the absence of 



i case it to be allied to the exceptional genus 



wutwr*, described by Dr 



P- 29, fc. xii. B.-D. Olivee ^ m P,anta3 W "*? htiaD 



I Cajyx (too s trong, yci l 

 gitudmal section. Enla 



