Tabula 2849. 



STAUNTONIA PARVIFLORA, Hemsl. 



Lardizabalaceae. 



S. parviflora, Hemsl, {sp, nov,) ; inter species parvifloras S, brevipediy 

 Hemsl.j proxima, differt petiolis longioribus, foliolis teiiuioribiis 

 longe acuminatis, sepalis interioribus fere dimidio minoribus et autlieris 

 baud apiculatis. 



Fnitex scandens vel vagans, undique glaber, ramis striatis. Folia 

 pinnatim 3-foliolata, cum petiolo 15-20 cm. longa ; petiolus teres, 

 gracilis ; foliola fere aequalia, tenuiter coriaceaj lanceolata vel oblongo- 

 lanceolata, cum petiolulo 8-10 cm. longa, longe acuminata, supra 

 nitida, subtus conspicue venosa. Flares (masculi tantuni visi) parvi, 

 camosi, in foliorum axillis nuuierosi, fasciculati ; pedicelli graciles, 

 0'5-l-5 cm. longi ; bracteae fere orbiculares, maximae circiter 5 mm. 

 latae. Sepala 3 exteriora crassa, ovalia, concava, circiter 5 mm. 

 longa, obtusa ; 3 interiora tenuiora, lanceolata, circiter 3 mm, longa, 

 acuta. Nectaria 1 mm. longa. Stamina 6, sepala interiora aequantia, 

 alterna paullo bre\dora ; filamenta libera, carnosa, teretia ; antlierae 

 breves loculis contiguis, connectivo supra loculos baud producto. 



Chixa : Yunnan; Mengtze, at 1,500 metres, A. Henry, 10i62 a. 



Fig. 1, a male flower; 2, the same with the sepals and nectaries artificial!}^ 

 spread out ; 3, section of the same showing the pistillodcs ; nectaries and stamens. 

 AU enlarged. 



There is another very distinct undescribed small-flowered species 

 which may be described here : — 



S. brevipes, Hemsl. (sp. nov,) ; S. parviflorae, Hemsl., affinis, a qua 

 difEert foliis bre\dter petiolatis, foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis crassis 



rigidis, bracteis bracteolisque elongatis, et antheris apiculatis. 



Frutex scandens, volubilis, undique glaber, ramis graciliusculis 

 striatis. Folia pinnatim trifoliolata, cum jpetiolo gracili 1-3 cm, 

 longo 8-12 cm. longa ; foliola fere aequalia, breviter petiolulata, 

 anguste lanceolato-oblonga, absque petiolulo 5-8 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. 



