Piate 1964. 
NYSSA SINENSIS, Oliv. 
Cornacez. Tribe NyssEz. 
reum discum carnosulum dispositis, fl. 9 : basi minutissime brac- | 
teolatis pedicellatis ovario glabro vy. basi pilosulo. 
Has. China, Proy. Hupeh, Districts of Chienshih and Changlo 
(Nos. 5832, 6273), Dr A. Henry. 
Folia 4-6 poll. longa, 13-24 poll. lata; petiolus 4-? poll. longus, 
sepius parce pilosulus. Pedunculus 13-2 poll. longus, fl. 9 sepius 
3-5-florns, fl. g 10-15-florus. 
Having been previously discovered in the Himalaya, this genus, 
formerly supposed to be restricted to the Eastern States of North 
America, was sure to turn up in China. This species differs from its 
nearest allies in the pedicellate ovaries. I have not seen the frait— 
_D. Otrver. 
Fig. 1. Staminate flower. 2. Ova 
d 
ry, after flowering, and pedicel. 3. Longitudinal 
Section of ovary. Enlarged. : 
