Plate 1765. 



THALICTRTTM ICHANGENSE, Lee. 



Ranunculacej:. Tribe Anemones. 



T. ichangense, Lecoyer in litt. ; herba (9-15-polI.) glaberrima erecta, 

 foliis radicalibus longipetiolatis, foliolis 2-1-ternatis ovatis v. rotundato- 

 ovatis obtusis late crenato-lobatis basi rotundatis snbtus glaucescentibus 

 insigniter peltatis, petiolulis longiusculis rigidinsculis gracillimis, 

 paniculis parce divaricatim ramosis pedunculis pedicellisque gracillimis, 



floribas parvis £ filamentis longiusculis superne dilatatis apice abrupte 



angustatis, antberis oblongis muticis, stigmate laterali stylo ceqnilongo 

 atque cequilato, carpellis fructiferis longiuscule stipitatis sflBpius 5-12 

 fusiformibus longitudinaliter nervosis. 



Hab. Ichang and Nan-t'o, pro v. Hupeh, China, Dr. A. Henry (Nos. 

 3583, 1949). Prov. Kwangtung, 0. Ford (No. 307). 



Radix fibrosa, fibris fusco-tomentellis. Folia radicalia petiolo 5-8 

 poll, longo; petioluli ultimi ^-2 poll, longi; foliola f-lf poll, lata, 

 folia caulina superiora seepe 1-foliolata. Injloresceniia sparsa folia 

 superantia ; pedicelli adscendentes 2-10 lin. longi. Flores albi. Achcenia 

 1^ lin. longa stipite leviter longi ora. 



M. Lecoyer kindly allowed me to submit to him fragments of this 

 (and of the following) species. He regards T. ichangense as approach- 

 ing T. Przewalskii, Maxim., in his section * Microgynes § Longistamines f 

 with claviform filaments, but unlike any species known to him in its 

 peltate leaflets, excepting the American T. peUatum, DC. — D. Oliver. 



Pig. 1. Flower and stamen. 3. Carpel. 4. Head of achenes. 5. Stipitate achene, 

 detached (the nervation has come out too strongly in the print). Enlarged. 



