﻿cell of the fruit in length 4-5 times in A. rufinerve, once or twice ii 

 A. erosum. 



11. A. Maximowiczii, Pax (spec. nov. ex affinitate A TsclionosMi 

 Maxim.); arbor ramnlis glaberrimis cortice ramulorum brunneo ; folii 



antnm in nervorum axilli 

 barbatis ceterum glaben • basi cordatis vel truncati 



vel rotunda?: ibo medio valde producto, lateralibu 



et infimis multo minoribus, omnibus acuminatis vel cordato-acumina 

 tis argute duplieato-serratis subincisis ; petiolo glaberrimo laminan 

 sequante vel superante ; inflorescentia in ramulis 2-foliatis terminal 



glaberrima simpliciter racemosa multiflora ; floribus ; fructibu 



breviter pediceliatis glaberrimis, loculis globosis horizontalibus, ali 



quam loculi triplo ' 



subhorizontalibus t 



tis ; embryone pleurorhizo. 



Hab. China, prov. Hupeh, leg. Br. A. Henry (No. 6857! et 

 6857a !). 



Arbor 3-metralis (' tree, 10ft.'). Folia 5-9 cm. longa, 4-9 cm. lata. 

 Petiolus 3-10 cm. longus. Fructus loculus vix 5-6 mm. longns, ala 

 cum loculo 2 cm. longa, 5-6 mm. lata. 



The species just described is to be placed in the neighbourhood of 

 A. micranthum, Sieb. et Zucc. and A. Tschonoskii, Maxim., from which 

 it can hardly be distinguished without seeing flowers or fruits. A. 

 micranthum has much smaller fruits ; the cell reaches half the length 

 <ii the wing. A. T#choi»mkii, next allied to our species, has loaves 

 which on the nerves of the lower surface and on the petiole are 

 pubescent ; the raceme, moreover, only consists of 6-10 flowers. Also 

 no species of Japan hitherto has been found in the southern parts of 

 the Chinese empire. 



12. AFrancheti, Fax (spec. nov. ex affinitate A. villod, Watt.)? 

 arbor folns chartaceis opacis vel supra paullulo lucidulis supra 



subtus el adultis tomentosis petiolatis basi rotundato- 

 cordatis 5-nervns 3-lobis, lobis triangularibus acutis remote serratis ; 

 petiolo crassiusculo leviter pubescente lamina breviore ; inflorescentia 

 in ramuhs vetushonbus laterali simplici corymboso-racemosa pauci- 



flora ; floribus ; frucr i | [g horizontalibus globosis 



elevato-reticni blis angulo fere recto divergentibus 



dflecolobeT medl ° IatiSSimis basin Versus P arum an gistatis ; embryone 



Hab. China, prov. Hupeh, leg. Dr. A. Henry (No. 6456 !). 



Ajrhor ad 4 m. ('tree, 12ft/) alta. Folia 11-12 cm. lata et longa. 

 < su. i. .-in. lungus. /'.-■-/. xiv »f / a subsexflora. /.• 

 12 mm. fere diam., ala cum loculo 5 cm. longa, 18 mm. lata. 



Nearly allied to A. villosum, Wall., but easily distinguished from it 



&2£?1^ the sma11 teeth on the leaf - ma ^ n ' the simple 



