Puate 1950. 
EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES, Oliv. 
GENUS ANOMALUM, INCERTH SEDIS. 
Eucommia, Oliv. (gen nov.). Flores ut videtur dioici: foominei 
achlamydei; (fl. masc. non vidi). Pistillum dimerum, syncarpicum. 
Fructus samaroideus, indehiscens, monospermus, samara periptera 
tenuiter coriacea stipitata ovali-oblonga basi angustata apice breviter 
ifida, divisuris facie interna dense papilloso-stigmatosis. Semen 
E. ulmoides, Oliv. (sp. unica). 
- China, Prov. Hupeh: cultivated in the Districts of Chang- 
yang and Patung. ‘I have never seen it wild, but I was informed it 
occurred wild in Fang and other Districts to the north,’ Dr. A. Henry 
(Nos. 3182, 4683, 7936). 
Folia 6-7 poll. longa, 24-3 poll. lata, in ramulis fructiferis minora, 
23-4 poll. longa, 14-2 poll. lata; petiolus 3-2 poll. longus. Samara 
1}-15 poll. longa, 4-4 poll. lata. 
Euphorbiacew occurs to one as a probable affinity ; but, until additional 
material has been received, speculation can hardly be profitable. 
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