PLatTe 1928. 
TAPISCIA SINENSIS, Oliv. 
SapmnDace®, Sub-order STAPHYLER P 
piscia, Oliv. (gen. nov.). Flores parvi regulares hermaphroditi 
lati sessiles. Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus breviter late et 
5-lobatus. Petala 5 calycem paulo superantia v. subsequantia, 
tes. 
iusculum subglobosum; stylus longiusculus, apice stigmatifero 
5-7-folioluta, stipulata, stipulis caducis ; foliola ovato- 
cordata v. subcordata acutata v. breviter acuminata serru- 
subtus glaucescentia glabra v. in axillis costarum subtus villosula, 
lulata. Panicule awillares petiolo scepius breviores, divaricale, 
lis villosulis ; bractece minute anguste. 
TT. sinensis, Oliv. (sp. unica). 
Has. China, Prov. Szechwan, Dr. A. Henry (8990). 
Folia 8-15 poll. longa, petiolus subteres glaucescens ; foliola 3-5 
oll. longa, 13-2} poll. lata; petiolulus (folivla lat.) }-} poll. longus, 
term.) 13-14 poll. longus. Panicule pedunculate 2-3 poll. longe 
tque late. Flores 1 lin. longi; stylus exsertus calyce denique 
uplo longior ; panicule fructifere 3-5 poll. longe. Fructus ellip- 
deus v. subglobosus + poll. longus. 
® ber of the Anacardiacew. It is mainly on the ground of the copious 
‘bumen of the seed, the presence of conspicuous stipules (as indi- 
