Puate 2672. 
TUPIDANTHUS CALYPTRATUS, Hook. f. et T. Thoms. 
ARALIACES. 
T. calyptratus, es f. et T. Thoms. in Bot. Mag. t. 4908 ; Benth. et 
Hook. J. Gen. Pl. i. p. 947. 
This singular a was a oa by Sir Joseph Hooker 
and the late Dr. T. Tho hasia, but it was figured and de- 
scribed in the place sited above otk a eee that flowered in the 
oO 
the series of stigmas are incorrectly figured in the isausare a zine, 
and the seeds are nowhere described, so farasIa r. A. 
having sent ripe fruit containing perfect es its was thought 
desirable to complete the illustration of the e genus, i ae as it pre- 
sents characters of which scarcely a parallel is know e ovary has 
rare upwards of 160 cells, each cell fiers ai one ovule ; anc 
many-seriate in Tupidanthus, but the scars in the circumference of 
figure 4 show that they are in one “gon and upwards of 100 in number. 
The ¢ rustaceous pyrenes and seeds very thin, otherwise they pre- 
sent no deviation from the ordinary conitiioae: —W. Borrine Hemstey. 
ite Szemao, Yunnan, at 4500 ft., A. Henry, 12298, 12298 a, 
a flower-bud, the ealyptrate petals in course of being thrown pel by = 
ate stamens ; 2, etam mens; 3 and 4, a fruit; 5, a cross fer 'g of the same; 
Rae 7, a pyrene; 8, a section of the same; 9, em —All except 1, 3 and y 
rged. 
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