﻿Plate 1892. 



TETRACENTRON SINENSE, Oliv. 



MAGNOLIACEiE. Tribe TrOCHODEHDEM. 



Tetracentron, Oliv. (gen. nov.) . rmapbrodiH 



Ver'hnithlniii L-pliyllum, segmentis ovate-rotunda t is ohtusis per ji.-iri; 

 decussatis, lateralibus aastivatione exterioribus, imbrican- 

 4 segmentis perianthii opposita inter lobos carnosulos e ba>i carpel 

 lorum borizontaliter prodnctos inserta : antberae basifixa triloculare! 

 longitudinaliter demVcentes. Garpclla 4 inferne coalita stamimhns 

 alterna ; st\ -ales ereeti, mox lvcurvi 



demum ten . ovula ad suturam inserta demum 



pendula panca (eirc. 4j oblonga anatropa. >'< m <'<>». lineai ia v. oh!or,<_-a 

 albuminosa, embryo 



h-7 -tier via obtu.se s 



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fructifera; scepitis decurnp, in raundis brerib'/. 

 r indcB, Florea p irvi, 



gonus, apice depressus, baai 6b tiyl 



T. sinense, Oliv. (sp. unica). 



Hab China prov. Hupeh, districts Cbiessbifa and I 

 Henry (Nos. 6248, 6690, 7417). 



Folia 4-5 poll, longa, 2^-3 (-H) poll, lata ; petiolus f-J J 

 pernio lanceolate coriac^ H P oIL loI *»- S P™ 2 H P olL lou «*- 



Fructus £-£ poll, longas. 





Of the many plants of singular botani 

 indebted to Dr. Henry, this is certainly ( 



cal 





I think I am right in referring it to the 



Ti 



now includes four genera, monotypic or 





species. In habit this plant is nearest to 

 wSlpraaT annually to produce each 

 florescence, in Ct>rrid; r l,, ( 1h • a >W no 







flowered spike. The dilated margins^ 





petiole of each eupbyll may very pro w 





In the behaviour of th« 





Trochodendnm, in which we have al-o en 





strongly recurved styles, winch m /• /^; ' 





obliquity of development of the en!ai-<_rin: 

 finally basal. The obtuse teeth ot the i- 







appear to be in the other members ot t ... 





