﻿Plate 1823. 



EMMENOPTERYS HENRYI, Oliv. 



Rubiace;e. Tribe Cinchonej:. 



Emmenopterys, Oliv. (gen. nov.) Calyx limbo 5-partitocircumscisse 

 deciduo, lobis brevibas late rotundatis ciliatis imbricatis vel lobo unico 

 persistente in lamina ampla albo-colorato petiolato producto Corolla 

 mfundibnlaris basi in tubum angustum cylindricum attenuata extus 

 cano-tomentella, lobis testivatione imbricatis ovatis obtnsis intus cris- 

 dis. Stamina 5 tnbo faucem versus inserta inclusa ; anther® 

 oblongo-elliptic© dorso infra medium affixee, biloculares, longitudina- 

 liter dehiscentes. Ovarium biloculare ; stylus g 



tantnm bilobulatum. Fructus ovali-fusiformis v. anguste ellipsoideus, 

 mappendiculatus v. passim appendice foliacea petiolata tenuiter coriacea 

 coronatus, bilocularis : pericarpium tenue coriaceum lateraliter bisulca- 



tum We. iSemina numerosissina verticalia arete imbricata irregula- 

 nteralata prsecipue innucleo reticulato-areolata.— Arbor 30-40-pedalis, 

 glabra. Folia opposita petiolata la 



cuneata tnteg 2£-4 ^n \ a t a . 



~ poll, longus. Stipulaa caducissimce. Inflorescentia termi- 



: 



tonga. Fructus 1^ poll, longus, ± poll, latus. 



E. Henryi, Oliv. (sp. unica). 



Hab. China, Prov. Hupeh, Patung district, Br. A. Henry (Nos. 

 4857,4999,5196). * J 



Another of Dr. Henry's highly interesting additions to the flora of Cen- 

 tral China. Technically its affinity I take to be with the Himalayan genus 

 Imculia, which, however, is very different both in form of calyx-limb, 

 and absence of coloured accrescent lobe, form of corolla, and style. It 

 agrees in the early-deciduous stipules and calyx-limb. The conspicuous 

 Mitsscenda-like appendix is white and persists until the fruit is ripe, 

 apparently serving the double function of an attractive organ at the 

 time of flowering, and a sail to the falling fruit. Apparently about 

 one flower in each cymule of the inflorescence is thus appendaged. 

 The appendix is about 1^-2 inches long, |-1£ inch broad, on a petiole 

 of nearly the same length. 



In the activation of the corolla (I have had only one good bud) I find 

 two lobes exterior and two interior, one intermediate. The two interior 

 have each a lateral appendix or auricle which overlaps a margin of 

 each of the exterior lobes.— D. Oliver. 



