Plate 2593. 



ANISADENIA PUBESCENS, Griff. 



Linace^:. 



A. pubescens, Griff. Notnl iv. p. 535; caulibus puberulis per 

 totam longitudinem foliatis. 



Ilerba perennis, rhizomate gracillimo, caulibus gracillimis erectis 

 sarins simplicibus 1-H ped. altis. Folia breviter petiolata, tenuia, 



fere menibranacea, lanceolata, 1-11 po}^ l on ga, acuta, margine leviter 



pe 

 Sepala 5, scariosa, lanceolata, acuta, striata, exteriora glandulis looge 

 stipitatis instructa. Petala unguiculata, inter se obtegentia, limbo 

 rotundato. Stamina 5, vix exserta, filamentis basi connatis cum 

 staminodiis filiformibus alternantibus. Ovarium glabrum, 3-locuIare, 

 stylis stamina paullo excedentibus, stigmatibus capitatis. Capsula 

 niihi ignota. 



China : Mengtze, Yunnan, on mossy mountains at 5000 to 6000 

 ft., Hancock, 307 ; A. Henry, ^046. 



This elegant little plant was originally discovered by W. Griffith in 

 the Khasia mountains, where various other travellers have since col- 

 lected it ; but I believe this is the first record of its occurrence in 

 China. In general appearance it so closely resembles a Plumbago as 

 to deceive even a practised eye, especially in a dried state. It is very 

 inadequately figured in Griffith's Icones Plantarum Asiaticarum, t. 593. 

 Mr. Hancock describes the flowers as cream-coloured, and singularly 

 delicate and elegant; whilst Dr. Henry indicates that they are pink. — 



W. Bottixg Hemsley. 



Fig. 1, portion of the under surface of a leaf; 2, a pair of stipules; 3, a flower 

 with the corolla removed ; 4. one of the inner sepals, which are destitute of gland- ; 

 5, a portion of the andravium ; G, a pistil; 7, a cross section of the ovary. Ai 

 enlarged. 



