﻿NATSIATUM SIWENSE, Oliv. 

 Olacinej;. Tribe Phytocbenea 



N. sinense, Oliv (sp. nov.) ; scandens, foliis cordiformibns apicnlatis 

 1 

 ti«, floribus in paniculis laxis saspe ex axillis foliorum delapsorum dis- 

 poses ; pedicelhs flore sa^pius longioribus. 



Hab. China, prov. Hupeh, So. Patung and Chienshih : prov 

 Szechwan, So. Wushan, Br. A. Henry (Nos. 5598, 7342). 



Hamuli teretes novelHs hornotiuis appresse hirtis strio-osisve Folia 

 alterna exstipulata 2^-4 poll, longu, 1 ;! poll. I. t , . : ( Clus I :! > poll. 

 longus. /'/» i poll, diain. Cnh/x parvus 5-tidus 



lobis camosulis corolla multo brevior. Petala oblongo-lanceolata apice 

 iinciiiulato-ac-nmiiiata, basi coalita, intus glabra v. sursum puberula 

 extus parce strigillosa. Stamina 5 petalis alterna libera, squamulis 

 5 orossinscnlis alterna; filamenta glabra corolla breviora; anthera? 

 parvae elliptic© biloculares inappendicnlatae. Ovarium parce strigo- 

 sum 1-loculare; ovula 2 pendula (] abortivum). Frtictus compressus 

 monospermy elliptieus crustacens, £ poll, longus. Semen albnmino- 

 sum, cotyledonibus latis planis. 



The ovarj of the staminate flowers contains geminate ovules, and 

 v may sometimes mature, but it is not improbable that in 

 general the plant is functionally dioecious. 



The only species of the genus previously known is the Himalayan 

 m, Ham., in which the flowers ar< 

 racemes.— D. Oliver. fe ' 



Fig. 1. £ Flower. 2. Petal. ,3. Sbimra. 4. Pistillate flower. 5. ?ame laid 



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