Tabula 2832. 



I MELIOSMA HENRYI, Diets 



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Sabiaceae, 



M. Henryi, Diels in Engl. Jahrh. vol, xxix. p, 452 ; inter species 



sinenses foliis simplicibus iutegris M, squamulatae, Hance, proxima, sed ab 



ea petiolis multo brevioribus, foliis acuminatis nee caiidatisj racemis 



laxioribuSj floribus minoribus et petalis 2 minoribus spatliulatis integris 



. differt. 



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Arbor circitex 3-metralis, floribunda, ramis ultimis gracilibus crebre 

 lenticellatis ceterum glabris. Folia simplicia, petiolata, coriacea, 

 anguste lanceolata, cum petiole 8-10 cm. longa, utrinqne attenuata, 

 acuta, glaberrima, nitida, subtus pallidiora ; venae primariae arcuatae, 

 ante marginem anastomosantes, ultimis minute reticulatis ; petioli 

 circiter 1 cm. longi. Flores minuti, albi, fragrantes, simpliciter race- 

 nioso-paniculati. Paniculae erectae, saepius 10-15 cm. longae ; rami 

 gracillimi, laterales divaricati, unines pilis rectis ferrugineis obscuris 

 vestiti, bracteis bracteolisquc minutis squumiformibus. Pedicelli 

 1-3 mm. longi. Sepala oblonga, 1 mm. longa, obtusa, obscure ciliolata. 

 Petala glabra, 3 majora orbicularia, 2 mm. diamctro, 2 minora ovato- 

 oblonga, staminibus 2 fertilibus aequilongis opposita. Siaminodia 

 magna, petalis 3 majoribus opposita, filamentis valde dilatatis ; 

 antnerarum loculis magnis apertis cassis. Discus parvus, 5-dentatus. 

 Ovamim glsibrnm, globosum, cum stylo sursum attenuato 1 mm. longuni, 

 2-loculare, carpellis facile solubilibus. Ovula in quoque loculo 2, 

 superpusita, Fruclus ignotus, 



China : Hupeh ; Cbienshili, A. Henry, 5865. 



Melios 



M, squamulala, Hance 

 entire instead of bifid. 



We had overlooked Dr. Diels'sTpublication of this species, but Prof. 



press, — W, 



lust 



Fig. 1, a flower-biid ; 2, an expanded flower ; 3, a flower from which the inner 

 petals and stuminodes have been removed ; 4, a petal and its superposed staminode ; 

 5, a petal and its superposed wtamen ; G, dorsal view of a btuiuen ; 7, two stamens 

 and disk ; 8, longitudinal section of an ovary. All enlarged. ^ 



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