Piate 2688. 
ITOA ORIENTALIS, Hemsl. 
Bixacez. Tribe FLAcOURTIE. 
; 98, fig. 170), et 
Idesice (Maxim. ; Bot. Mag. t. 6794) ; a primo floribus vere unisexualibus 
i issimi ribus 
vel interdum 4-partitus, sericeo-tomentosus, crassus, coriaceus, segmentis 
valvatis fere liberis ovato deltoideis 5-6 lin. longis. Petala nulla. 
Cuina : Mengtze, Yunnan, at 5000 feet, A. Henry, 9408, 10703. 
Itoa, as will be understood from the comparisons made above, is one 
of a small group of allied genera, which are peculiar to China and 
apan. This name has been given in honour of the patriarchal 
