Plate 1746. 



CIMICIFUGrA CALTH^JPOLIA, Maxim. 



Ranunculace^;. Tribe Hellebores. 



C. calthaefolia, Maximowicz MS8. ; foliis radicalibus simplicibns 

 longe petiolatis cordiformibns apiculatis crenatis crennlis cuspidatis, 

 scapo erecto foliis longiore simplice v. 1-2-ramoso, floribus fasciculatis 

 pedicellatis bracteatis, sepalis 5-6 exterioribus late ellipticis apiculatis 

 interioribus oblongo-ellipticis, petalis 0, staminibus go, filamentis 

 anguste linearibus basi leviter angustatis antheris globosis emar- 

 ginatis subdidymis, carpello solitario, ovulis circ. 8 biseriatis, folliculo 

 oblique lineari-oblongo apice stylo coronato oblique nervoso, semini- 

 bus oblongis oblique corrugatis. 



Hab. Mount Omei, 4,500 feet to summit ; Prov. Szechwan, China. 

 Rev. Ernst Faber (Nos. 624, et var, minor 625, 626) ; Eastern Kansuh, 

 fide Maximowicz. 



Eerba f-H-ped. radiee fibrosa fibris dense ferrugineo-pilosis. 

 Folia glabrata membranacea v. teuuiter eoriacea 3-4^ poll, lata; 

 petiolus glaber, 4-8 poll, longus. Scapus erectus folia superans 

 glaber; racemus interruptus pnberulus ; bractesB lanceolate acuminata 

 pedicellis pubescentibus breviores. Flores parvi £-^ poll. diam. 

 FolUculus ^-f poll, longus. 



I bad intended to separate this plant generically; but M. Maxi- 

 mowicz, who kindly allows me to consult bim in such cases, informing 

 me that he had already referred it to Cimicifuga, though not unmindful 

 of the very different aspect of the plant, I think it may be prudent, 

 provisionally at least, so to leave it for the present. — D. Oliver. 



Figs. 1 and 2. Expanded flowers. 3, 4. Outer and inner sepals. 5. Stamen^(the 

 filament should be slightly narrow below). 6. Carpel. 7. Same laid open. 8. Seed, 

 9. Longitudinal section of same, with embryo. Enlarged. 



