Piate 2220. 
CORIARIA TERMINALIS, Hemsi. 
CoriaRIiE&. 
Coriaria terminalis, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; herbacea, foliis seepius rotun- 
datis 7-9-nerviis, racemis elongatis terminalibus, 
Has. Ina collection from West Szechuen and the Tibetan frontier, 
chiefly near Tachienlu, alt. 9,000-13,500 feet, Pratt (No. 820). Also 
from several localities in Sikkim at elevations of 9,000 to 11,000 feet, 
rooted Liachen, Changtum and Samdong, collected by Sw J. D. 
ooker. 
Herba perennis (ut videtur), caulibus erectis 2-3-pedalibus pauci- 
ramosis Crassiusculis, Folia opposita vel sabopposita, sessilia vel bre- 
vissime petiolata, membranacea, late ovata vel interdum fere orbicu- 
aria, vel in ramulis lateralibus oblongo-lanceolata 1-3 poll. longa, 
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nervos usperula, lores polygami in racemos solitarios terminales 
5-7 poll. longos dispositi, pedicellis gracilibus puberulis vel asperulis 
Circiter semipollicaribus, demum patentibus. Sepala ovata vel lanceo- 
lata obtusa vel acuta. Petala per anthesin parva quam sepala multo 
minora, post anthesin accrescentia, incrassata, intus carinata. Ourpella 
glabra, carinata, seepius 2-costata.* 
In the ‘ Flora of British India’ this very distinct species is not dis- 
tinguished from OQ. nepalensis, Wall., though in the Kew Herbarium it 
is marked var. sikkimensis in the handwriting of Sir J. Hooker. 
Coriaria nepalensis, Wall., is quite woody, and has three-nerved 
glabrous leaves, and short, often clustered, lateral racemes. 
from North-western India into Central China; and the Japanese 
C. japonica, A. Gray, presents no obvious differences any more than 
specimens in the Kew Herbarium from the Philippine Islands.—W. B. 
Hemstery. 
Fig. 1. Flower and bract. 2. Sepal. 3. Anther,back and front view. 4. Pistil. 
5. Longitudinal section of carpel. 6. Persistent corolla enclosing fruit. 7. Fruit 
carpel. 8. Embryo, Al/ enlarged. 
* Fruit figured and described from an Indian specimen. 
SER. IV, VOL. WI. PART f. 
