﻿POLIOTHYKSIS SINENSIS, Oliv. 



Bixikeje. Tribe Flacourtieje. 



Poliothyrsis, Oliv. (gen. nov.)-, floras aborfcu umsexmiles monotci 

 apetali in paniculis multifloris dispositi. ' 

 tis ovato-lanceolatis acuminata, dorso margmibnsque 

 sestivatione valvatis. Petala 0. Fl <? : &«»»' < ere. '-"--' al - V(V 

 breviora libera incequilonga, filamentis glal 

 obovatse bilobatse biloculares longitudinaliter dehiscences, coup 

 inappendiculato latiusculo basi in filamentum 



im ovoideum vel oblongo-ovoid( 



tomentellum, unilocnlare, placentis parietalibus 3 mu 

 ~ divergentes demum reenrvi puberuli ; Btigmata 





exocarpio saspe ab endocarpio plu 



(plurima abortiva), albuminosa ; '< 



albumine aequilongns rectus, cotyledooibus plai 



retepaullo longioribus— Arbor 10-30-j 



twnentellis. Folia ai 



amtata remotiuscuh 



mox glabrata, Inflow - 



paniculata caneseens, plun- v. multi-flora, flonbus termvna r 



P. sinensis, Oliv. (sp. unica). y , ]; .. 



Hab. China, prov.Hupeb; Hsi 

 tricts ; prov. Szechwan, Wushan mstnt , 

 0522, 6506, 7140, 7588). . y CO rdata 



Folia 4i-6 poll. longa, 2^-5.1 ! poll, diam 



glabrata v. subtus pilosula, exstipulata. ± lores • 3 r 

 albido-florescentes. Gapsula £-f poll- l0D » a - . , f ies 



This remarkable addition to tie Order ■ 



reminds one much ol / 



le C'tlle more matured fruits the J^^^^S 



t'mm abonveudoearp, the van 



cords of the 3 placentas. 1 



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