Plate 2594. 



KEINWARDTIA SINENSIS, Ilemsl. 



LlNACEJE. 



sinensis, Ilemsl. (sp. nov.) ; a speciebus hactenus cognitis foliis 

 apice rotundatis, petalorum ungue per totara longitudinem angus- 

 tissimo subito in laniinam patentem expanso differt. 



Frutex 3-6-pedalis, undique glaber, dense rainosus, ramulis ultimia 

 hgnosis gracillimis. Folia breviter petiulata, demum subcoriacea 



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oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, maxima cum petiolo 2 poll, longa sed 

 srepius minora, integerrima, apice rotundata, basi cuneata. ^Flores 

 albi, in apicibus ramorum pauci, cyinosi, breviter pedicellati. Sepala 

 parya, anguste laneeolata, vix acuta. Petala unguiculata, unguibus 

 circiter pollicaribus angustissimis fere confluentibus ; lamiiue rotun- 

 data?, patentes, circiter 6 lin. longa*. Stamina 5 breviter exserta, 

 filamentis basi cohrerentibus, cum staminodiis dentiformibus alter- 

 nantibus. Ovarium glabrum, 4-loculare, stylis glabris stamina 

 rcquantibus, sti^matibus parvis globosis. Capsula anguste ovoideo- 

 oblonga, septicide dehiscens, 4-valvis ; semina non visa. — W. Botting 

 Hemslev. 



China : Mengtze, Yunnan, on rocky mountains at 5000 ft. A 

 Henry, 9 081b . 



Kg. 1, calyx and pistil; 2, stamens; 3, ovary; 4, cross section of the same ■ 5 

 capsule ; 6, one carpel ; 7, oblique section of the same from the back. All enlarged. ' 



