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racemo 15-20 cm. longo evoluti, pedicello valde incrassato insidentes; 

 torus subhemisphaericus v. oblongus, 6-25 mm. longus; carpella 

 ovoidea, 8-10 mm. longa, camosa, atrocoerulea, stipiti 6-12 mm. longo 

 crasso concolori insidentia; semina ovoidea, 4.5-5.5 mm. longa et 

 4.5-5 mm. lata, testa nitida laevissima nigra, basi applanata et hilo 

 diametrmn seminis aequante cinereo-albido medio minute apiculato 

 notata. 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 600-1300 m., 

 common, May 10, 1907 (No. i68, in part (flowers)); Changyang Hsien, 

 thickets, alt. 1300 m., September 1907 (No. 108^. in part (fruit)); 

 without locality. May 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 726). 



A plant of Sargentodoxa cuneata is growing at the Arnold Arboretum, but it has 

 not yet flowered. For warmer regions it will certainly be a handsome climber 

 with its pendulous racemes of yellow fragrant flowers in spring. 



