Tabula 284S. 



STAUNTONIA LONGIPES, HemsL 



Lardizabalaceae- 



_ S. longipes, HemsL {sp. noi\) ; species distincta peduiiculis lougis- 

 simis 1-3-floris et floribiis pro genere amplis. 



^ Frutex monoicus, scaiidens, omnino glaber, ramis teretibus 

 cinereis. Folia (juniora tantum visa) pabnatini 5-foliolata, cum petiolo 

 12-15 cm. longa; foliola 6, graciliter petiolulata, tenuia, lanceolato- 

 oblonga vel oblanceolata, cum petiolulo 4-8 cm. longa, basi cuneata, 

 apice minute apiculata. Pedunculi nudi, 1-3-flori, clongati, folia 

 subaequantes, longiores cum pedicello 12-15 cm. longi ; bracteolae 

 minutae, fere obsoletae. Flares mascuJi paullo majores (an semper ?), 

 circiter 2 cm. longi ; sepala inaequalia, carnosa, oblongo-spatulata, 

 apice obtusa, incrassata ; nectaria squamiformia, fere orbicularia, 

 circiter 0*75 mm. lata ; stamina quam sepala breviura ; filamenta ima 

 basi leviter connata ; antherae quam filamenta breviores, apiculatae ; 

 pistillodia 3, clavata. Flores jeminei masculis similes ; sepala obovoideo- 

 rotundata, interiora minora ; nectaria deltoidea, 0-5 mm. lata ; stami- 

 nodia antheroidea, circiter 0*75 longa, loculis ca\as albis discretis, 

 connectivo crasso. PistUli carpella 3, ovulis longitudinaliter circiter 

 5-seriatis. Fructus ignotus. 



China ; Western Hupeh ; E. H. Wilson, 648. 



Very small nectaries and staminodes are characteristic of this species. 



The staminodes resemble sessile anthers with two white, parallel cells, 

 separated by a thick connective. The number of parts in the various 

 floral whorls varies, Male flowers have been examined which show seven 

 sepals, nectaries and stamens ; and one had four pistillodes. One female 

 flower had all the parts except the carpels in sevens. — W. Bottjxg 



He MS LEY. 



Fig. 1, a branch bearing one male flower ; 2, a separate male flower ; 3, the same 

 from which the sepals have been removed, showing the nectaries and stamens ; 

 4j a section of the same showing the pistillodes ; 5, a branch hearing leaves and 

 female flowers ; 6, a separate female flower ; 7, the same from which the sepals 

 have been removed showing the pistil and three of the nectaries and Rtaminodos. 

 Figs, 1 and 5 natural size ; all the rest enlarged. 



