r 



Tabula 2831, 



SABIA GRACILIS, HemsL 



Sabiaceae. 



S. gracilis, Hemsi- (sp, nov,) ; S. Swmlioei, HemsL, siniilis, ab ea 

 tamen differt cymis saepius plus quam 3-floris et petalis breviter 

 acummatis incurvo-hamatis. 



Frutex ramosus, circiter 1-5 m. altus^ ramis gracillimis pubes- 

 centibus. Folia subdisticlia, breviter petiolataj tenuia, lanceolate 

 f vel oblonga-laiiceolata, 2-6 cjn. longa, apiciilata, praeter costam 



cito glabrescentia, margine le\dter imdulata, subtus pallidiora- Cp)/ae 

 ^aepius 4- vel 5-florae, rarius 1-3-florae, cuin pedunculo 1-1-5 cm. 

 longae, infra folia coiiditae; pedicclli 2-3 mm. longi. Sepala lanceolata, 

 circiter 1 mm. longa, ciliolata. Petala scpalis opposita, lanceolata, 

 3-4 nini. longa, apice inflexa. Stamina 5, petalis opposita, 2 mm. 

 longa, filamentis incrassatis cluvatis. Discus parvus, 5-dentatus. 

 Ovarium glabrum, 2-Ioculare, carpellis inter se fere liberie • «^^^^'' I'^avpr 

 Ovula in quoque loculo 2, superposita. Fructus ignotus. 



Hemsley. 



Chika : Szechuen ; Mount Omei, E. IL Wilson, 4806. 



. ^}S' Jj part of an inflorescence ; 2, a flower ; 3, part of calyx and dJ.sk and the 

 pastil ; 4, a petal with its superposed stamen ; 5, a stamen ; 6, pistil from which 

 a part of the wall of the ovary has been removed revealing the superposed ovul^. 

 -^// erdarged. 



4 



