

Plate 1705. 



ETTBUS HENBYI, Eemsl. et 0. Kt»e. 



Rosacea. Tribe Rube.e. 



R. Henryi, Eemsl. et. 0. Ktze. (sp. nov.) ■ foliis discoloribus alte 

 angusteque trilobatis, floiibus racemosis, sepalis caudatis glandulosis, 

 petahs puberuhs sepalis brevioribus ; staminibus fere undique parce 

 pi osuhs, ovanis paucis stylisque birtis.— Forbes et Eemsley, Index 

 Floras Sinensis, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiii. p. 231. 



Hab. 



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Frutez supra arbores 20 ped. altos scandens, ramulia gracilibus 

 glabrescentibus, sterilibus pauciaculeolatis, floriferis inermis. Folia 

 gracihter petiolata, snbcoriacea, circumscriptione obovata vel inter- 

 dam ovata, absque petiolo usque ad 6 poll, longa, alte divaricatim 

 tnlobata (lobis angustis acuminatissimis serrulatis) discoloria, supra 

 glabra, subtus iucana, costa interdum 2-3-aculeolata ; petiolus 1-H 

 poll, longus, nudus vel 1-3-aculeolatus ; stipules liber®, lineares, apice 

 Feepius tridentatee. Flores rubri, racemosi, eirciter 9 lineas diametro. 

 Frudus ignotus.— W. B. Eemsley. 



A very distinct species easily distinguished by its thick tripod-like 

 leaves, dark-green and glabrous above and clothed with a very short 

 white tomentum below. 



Fig. 1. Flower partially open. 2. An expanded flower. 3. A petal. 4. Stamens. 

 6. An ovary. All enlarged. 



