Plate 2486. 



HaDDV Valley, Mr, 



GIRONNIERA WITIDA, Benth 



Urticace^. Tribe Celtide.e. 



6. nitida, Benth. Flora Ilongk. 325 ; arbor 40-pedalis glabra, foliis 

 breviter ^ petiolatis ovato-ellipticis ssepius breviter acuminatis basi 



undatis supra nitidis retioulatis venis prinmriis utrinque 6-7 incurvis, 

 ^yinis $ axiilaribus multifloris congestis petiolo sa^pius longioribus, 

 nonbusbrevissimepedicellatis, perianthii segmeutis 5 obovatis concavis, 



rupjs axiilaribus solitariis ovoideis apiculatis peduuculo semper 

 decurvo longioribus. 



Hab. China : Hong Kong, Champion, 

 ■native collector; island of Lantao, Tutcher. 



■toha coriacea, in sicco cinnamomea, juvenilia parce pubescentia mox 

 glabra, 2-4 poll, longa, 1-2 poll, lata ; petiolus 3-5 lin. longus ; stipula? 

 ianceolata^, caducie. Fil amenta subulata, parce hirtella. Antherm 

 ^lipticse, inappendiculat^. Ovarii rudimentuni, in fl. <?*, hirtum. 

 jfrupa laivis, cum apiculo 5-6 Hn. longa ; endocarpio osseo, mesocarpio 

 (in spp. exsicc.) punctis resinosis copiosis scatente. Albumen inter 

 radiculam et cotyledones parcum. Embryonis radicula teres incurva ; 

 cotyledon es crassse, carnosfe, ut videtur concavae 'externo internum 

 cucullatim amplectente.' 



Until the recent receipt of excellent specimens with male flowers 

 and others in fruit, from Mr. Ford, to whom we owe so many interesting 

 Chinese plants, Champion's specimens, described by Mr. Bentham {Lc.) 

 and referred wdth doubt to Gironniera, were the only examples known 

 to us. Only Mr. Bentham is cited by Planchon (DC. Prodr. xvii. 20/), 

 ^iio gives our nlant as ' Rr^ecies non satis nota' B.nd by Maximowicz 



Melange^ 



I>, Oliver. 



*^ig. 1. Male flower and buds. 2. Front and back riews of stameDs. 3. Fruit. 

 • Section of &eed showing embryo. All enlarged. 



