Tabula 2844. 



STAUNTONIA ELLIPTICA, Hemsl. 



Lardizabalaceai^, 



S. elliptica, HemsL {sp. nov.) ; S. Brunonianae arete affinis, differt 

 petiolis brevibus, foliolis saepe ellipticis, floribus minoribng, sepalis 

 exterioribus latioribus, et staminum cornibus quam antheris 

 brevioribus. 



Frutex scaadens, glaber. Folia cum petiolo interdum usque ad 20 cm., 

 sed saepius circiter 10 cm. longa, petiolo gracili basi leviter incras- 

 sato ; foliola tenuiter coriacea, graciliter petiolulata, elliptica, oblonga, 

 ovato-oblonga, obovata vel interdum fere orbicularia, absque petiohilo 

 3-10 cm. longa, utrinque rotundata, vel xaro apice obtuse acuminata. 

 Racemi numerosi, ad foliorum axillas fasciculati, graciles, multiflori, 

 saepius 4-6 cm. longi, Flores masculi tantum visi vix 1 cm, longi, 

 pedicellos gracillimos excedeutes. Sepala exteriora late ovata, interiora 

 lanceolata. Nectaria clavata, filamentis breviora. Filamenta alte 

 counata ; antberae breviter cornutae. — W. Bottixo Hemsley. 



India : Assam ; without locality, Griffith^ K. D. 116 ; Simons 195 ; 



Jeiihins, 



Fig. 1, a male Howor ; 2, nectaries and androecium ; 3, section of the latter 

 showing the pistillodes. AU enlarged. 



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