Plate 1716. 



PETROCOSMEA SINENSIS, Oliv. 



Gesnerace*:, § Ctetandrej;. 



LS» S US " ?- tan ? m antherif era 2 antica basi tubo corolla inserta 

 ™^JT£? i br l evissimis ' aDth eris majusculis ovato-elliptica 

 sTn/S ' blI °^. lanbus 5 staminodia lateralia et postica minutissima 

 Jr?; ^' S r obsolet ™. Ovarium libernm ovoideum pube- 

 JS^fr ftttenoatum, basi latiusculum, unilocular, placentis 



mrVum T^T*" ^ . medio coa]itis ' Stylus gracilis ; stigma 

 SSTv £ m mdlvi8Um - Copula oblongo-oVoidea calycem 



valvis uW^n^r ?T ranS ' 8t ^ 10 lon gi™culo persistent* coronata, 

 foS -hX S U r S ' r dl ° P lac ^iferis. /Wwia minata fori- 

 * tt olomtTT SrT h ' J oHa ^™« long* petiolata, Jmj* 



P. sinensis, Ofo. (q,. ^^3. 



Had. Ichang, China, Dr. ^. Eenry (Nob. 2321, 2921). 



C? ^^^^ H Poll, to , petiolus \ 



2 poii. mam. Capsula $ poll, longa. 



surf a« o^iockS? wi s pr f y Iittle p ]ant as ^ rowi ^ on t] r 



Pressed against th^Lk n °- f * 8ma 1 11 ™*> with the leav6S ol °" I 

 which K enus had ?L , , la nearl 7 allied to Didymocarpw, * 



We been ref erred ^dT ^^ &nd el ° D ^ te ' * migh * " 



^k g ' 5. TrSvei SS !I *° nt 3 '. Cor0 »a laid open. 4. Anther, front and 

 7. Same enlarged. " Tra2- ° Varj '. at lts base - 6 - *"™it and calyx, natural S» 



«• Averse section of fruit. Excepting fig. 6, enlarged. 



