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STAUNTONIA BRUNONIANA, Wall. 



Lardizabalaceae. 



S. Brunoiiiana, WalL Cat. lu 4952 ; ab S. cUiptica, Hcmsl., foliolis 

 oblongo-Ianceolatis acumiiiatis, floribus majoribus et staniinum cornibus 

 antheris longioribus recedit. 



Frulex dioicus(?), alte scandeus, oiuulno glaber, caulibus primariis 

 crassiusculis, cortice saepe suberoso. Folia persistentia, exstipulata, 

 pumatim trifoliolata, cum petiolo iuterdum usque ad 30 cm. longa, 

 scd sae2>ius in ramis latcralibus floriferia luinoraj petiolo rhachique 

 gracilibus ; foliola dbtinctepetiolulata, tcnuitercoriacea, oblongo-lanceo- 

 lata, cum petiohdo 5-15 cm. longa, acuminata, acuta, Integra, supra 

 nitida, subtus pallidiora. Flares unisexuales, albi, fcminci majores, 

 sepalis circiter 1-5-1 -7 cm. longis. Flonim mascHloruvi sepala 3 

 exteriuni ovata, 6-9 mm. longa, 3-4 mm. lata, intus longitudinaliter 

 7-cristato-striata, 3 iuterioxa lanceolata, 5-8 nun. longa, 5-striata, 

 omnia prope apiceui leviter iucrassata, acuta ; nectaria oblonga, car- 

 nosa, 1-2 mm, longa ; filamenta fere ad apices usque connata, antherae 

 birimosac, oxtrorsae, longe corimtae ; pistillodia 3, filiformia, filamenta 

 excedentia. Sepala florum femiueorum iis florum masculorum 

 similia sed majora, Nectaria (petala) lanceolata, circiter 2 mm. louga, 

 abrupte acuminata. Slaminodia filiformia, nectariis opposita et iis aequi- 

 longa. PistilU carpella 3 ; ovula numerosa parieti pilifero affixa, pluri- 

 seriata. Carpella matura ovoideo-oblonga, 3-5 cm. longa, endocarpio 

 crustacco. Scmina ignota. — Panatia Bninoniana, Decaisne, in Arch. 

 Mns, Hist. Nat. Par. 1839, vol. i. p. 190, t. 12a ; Hook. f. PI. Brit. Ind. 

 vol. i. p. 108. Stauntonia irifoliata, Griff. Notulae, 1854, vol. iv. p. 330 ; 

 Ic. PL As. t. 495, ii. et iii, 



India : Khasya Hills; in various localities, Griffith^ Hooker 

 cfc Thomson, etc. China : Yunnan ; P^zcmao, at 1,200 m., A. Ilain/, 

 12661. 



Working with fresh material, Griffith referred the two members 

 of this group, which he described in detail, to the genus Stauntonia 

 of De Candolle, and Wallich reduced his first Ilolboellia to Stauntonia 

 when he established his second Ilolboellia, a genus of grasses. Some 

 years later Decaisne established a third genus, rarvalia, and restored 



