Stephania. 273 



glaberrimi. Foliorum petiolus 6 — 12 cm longus; lamina tencrrime membranacea, glaber- 

 rima, subtus glaucescenti-pallida, late triangularis vel rotundato-pentagona, basi truncata 

 apice obtusa vel minute mucronulata, 4 — 6 cm longa, 4,5 — 8 cm lata, nervi primarii 

 sursum 3 (quorum inferiores furcati) deorsum 4 tenuiores, subtus tenuiter prominuli, 

 nervuli colore saturatiore notati reticutati. Umbellae Qi 1 parvae e cymulis paucifloris 

 compositae, pedunculus capillaris 2 — 4 cm longus; pedicelli \ — 1,5 mm longi; sepala 

 6 membranacea glabra, marginibus tegentia, obovata, basi sensim vel abruptius angu- 

 stata, apiculata uninervia, 1,8 — 2 mm longa, 1,3 mm lata; petala 3 rotundato-rhom- 

 boidea 0,7 — 1 mm longa, 1 mm lata; synandrium 0,6 mm longum. Umbellulae Q et 

 pedicellis simplicibus et cymulis trifloris compositae graciles longe (2 — 4 cm) pedunculatae; 

 sepala membranacea, glabra, 2 — 4, ovata, utrinque angustata, subacuta, 1,8 — 2 mm 

 longa, 1,3 mm lata; petala 2 — 4 late obovata vel rotundato-rhomboidea circ. 1 mm 

 diamet. ; staminodia pauca, 1 vel nulla; ovarium 1 mm longum, stigmata inaequalia. — 

 [Drupae adhuc non visae]. — Fig. 90.4, B. 



Gentral-China: Gheng k c ou, bei 1400 m ü. M. qP und Q blüh, im Juli (Farges 

 n. 902 — Original der Art!); o. n. 0. g blüh. (Henry n. 60891, 6089A!). 

 Kuei tschou (Perny nach Gagnepain, doch vielleicht zu voriger gehörig?). 



Einheim. Name: »ou hui tiao« (Farges nach Gagnepain). 



17. St. elegans Hook. f. et Thoms. Fl. ind. I. (1855) 195; Hook. f. Fl. ßrit. 

 Ind. I. (1872) 103; Miere in Contrib. Bot. III. (1871) 227. — St. japonica (Thunb.) 

 O. Ktze. var. glabra O. Ktze. Rev. gen. I. (189 1) 9 partim, var. elegans O. Ktze. Rev. 

 gen. I. (1891) 10. — Clypeae sp. Griff. Not. pl. asiat. IV. (1854) 304 Icon. pl. 492. — 

 Rami cortice demum laxo verrucoso brunneo tecti. Ramuli tenues torquati. Foliorum 

 petiolus 2,5 — 4 cm longus; lamina papyracea, glaberrima, supra nitida subtus pallidior, 

 triangularis vel oblongo-triangularis, basi truncata, ad angulos rotundata, nonnunquam 

 emarginata, apicem versus sensim angustata acuta rarius obtusata, 5 — 10 cm longa, 

 4,5—5,5 cm lata, nervi primarii sursum et deorsum 4 — 5-ni, subtus cum secundariis 

 prominuli. Umbellae gracillimae parvae, pedunculus erectus filiformis 4 — 6 cm longus, 

 radii pauci breves cymulas paucifloras gignentes. Flores pedicellati, viriduli vel pur- 

 purei; sepala qj 1 6 glabra atropurpurea obovata ca. 1,6 mm longa, 1 mm lata; petala 

 3 carnosula late obovata apice nonnunquam emarginata 0,8 mm longa; synandrium 

 ca. 1 mm longum. Flores Q masculis similes. Drupae scarlatinae, 6 — 7 mm longae, 

 ambitu e basi truncata obliqua obovoideae; endocarpium costulis transversis circ. 10 

 ornatum, non perforatum. 



Himalaya: Gurhwal Q blüh. (Falconer n. 89!); Nepal o. n. O. (Wallich n. 4977A!, 

 Hornemann!, J. D. Hooker — Original der Art!); Sikkim: o. n. O. 600 — 1200 m 

 (J. D. Hooker!); Darjeeling Q blüh, und frucht. im August (Clarke n. 8816!), ebendort, 

 (J blüh. (Clarke n. 12119A!, King, Gamble u. a.!); Punkabari, rf blüh, im Juli 

 1862 (Anderson n. 359); Kharsiung, ca. 1500 m, q? blüh, im September 1884 (Clarke 

 n. 35811!); Ost-Bengal, o. n. 0. (Griffith n. 86!); Khasia, Mucklow u. a. O. bis 1800 m 

 (J. D. Hooker u. Thomson!, Griffith!, Simons!); Assam (Jenkins!); Suddyah 

 (Griffith); Naga Hills, Kegwima (Clarke n. 41158!); Mairing (Meebold n. 7197!). 



18. St. gracilenta Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. ser. XVIII. (1866) 15 n. n., in 

 Contrib. Bot. III. (1871) 219. — Rami graciles striati. Foliorum petiolus 5 — 6 cm 

 longus; lamina tenuiter membranacea, in utraque facie subtus pallidior, e basi truncata 

 lateribus rotundata subaequilaterali-triangularis apice minute mucronulata, 5 — 6 cm 

 longa, 6 — 7 cm lata, nervi primarii circ. 5 sursum, circ. 3 deorsum a centro diver- 

 gentes, subtus tenuiter prominuli. Inflorescentiae Q? axillares, pedunculus pergracilis 

 3 — 4 cm longus, umbellae radii circ. 5 — 6 apice in cymam soluti, pedicelli filiformes, 

 ultimi 0,5 mm longi, glabri; sepala 6 membranacea, anguste obovato-oblonga, circ. 

 1,5 mm longa; petala 3 — 4, saepe 2 elliptica 0,6 mm longa, 0,4 mm lata, 2 majora 

 obcordata 0,8 mm longa, 0,5 mm lata. Inflorescentiae fructiferae pedunculus 5 — 6 cm 

 longus. Drupae obovoideae applanatae, endocarpium dorso costulis transversis 7 — 9 

 ornatum. 



A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryopliyta siphonogama) 94. i 8 



