﻿Plate 1897. 



ACER TENELLUM, Pax. 

 SAPiNDACEiE. Tribe Acerine^:. 



Acer tenellum, Pax (sp. nov. ex affin. A. Lobelii, Ten.); arbor 

 glaberrima cortice ramulorum cinereo ; foliis tenuiter membranaceis 

 supra opacis subtus nitidulis utn'nque irlabrrrimis i^raciliter petiolatis 

 basi cordatis 5-nerviis trilobis, lobi.s latci alibus brevibus acutis vel 

 obtusis terminal! producto acuminato, omnibus integerrimis, sinubus 

 inter Jobos obtusissimis ; foliis indivisis cordatis acuminatis hine inde 

 inter triloba immixtis ; petiolo glaberrimo gracillimo laminani a^quante 

 vel paullo superante ; mflorescentia in ramulis 2-4-foliatis terminali 

 glaberrima corymbosa, peduneulis filif'orniibus ; floribus lutescentibua 

 andromonoicis mediocribus ; sepalis et petalis 5 subaaquilongis gla- 

 berrimis obtusissimis, illis obovato-oblongis, bis spathulatis ; stamini- 

 bus 8-10 etiam in floribus masculis petalis subajquilongis perigynis, 

 filajnentiB glaberrimis disco medio crasso iusertis ; ovario glaberrimo \ 

 !;i™ CO ' U ! :, ' ,s superne liberis recurvis ; fructu (juvenili) alis 

 angulo obtusissimo divergentibus loculos 2-3-plo superantibus. 

 Hail China, prov. Szechwan, Dr. A. Henry leg. (No. 5612 !). 



\Jj\ jr i ?] alt ( ' l2 ft - tree ')- Folia 5 ~ 6 cm - lon g a et lata ; lobi 



longus Cm ' l0ngi ' terminalis 2 ~ 3 cm - longus. Petiolus 5-6 cm. 



A very distinct, most interesting species, which must be placed near 



«P-sS?p^^ distiDguish it from ever ^ species 



tE*h Stami ^te flower. 2. Section of same. 3. Stamen. 4. PWillat, ««„«. 



B P nr! S - ma n but Very inter esting collection of Acer made by Dr. A. 

 eontlrseverar 1 °^ > *M P">™«» of Hupeh and Szechwan, 

 described n6W SpeCies be8ldes tb e foregoing, which may be here 



Thotnt x Sinen f. e ' Pa * ( S P- nov. ex affinitate A. Campbcllii, Hook. f. et 



suh.u^;, ar,lur 7'""ilis .uhdHM-rimis; foliis coriacvis supra nitidis 



■ bus glaucescentibus utrinque glaberrimis, 



io s ,v; ' "■ ,bus q uam ion s is basi a P erte c ° rda ^ 5-iobi S ; 

 ^"■it"is/iin , ,rc , i , n, niit '? h picem j ersus a, ; gu , te f e T laris basi inte - 



- o latis terminali glaberrima composito-racemosa mnltiflora ; 



