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Beesia. 
A New Genus of Ranunculaceae from Burma and Yunnan. 
BY 
ProFessor BAYLEY BALFOUR, F.R.S., 
AND 
W. W. SMITH, M.A. 
With Plate CXLVIII. 
Beesia, Balf. fil. et W. W. Sm. Genus novum Ranuncula- 
cearum. 
Genus ex affinitate Glaucidii &t Hydrastidis ; foliis omnibus 
radicalibus cordatis crenatis nec partitis nec lobatis, floribus 
racemosis nec solitariis, carpellis solitariis distinguendum. 
Herba mediocris rhizomate sympodiali. Folia plura, omnia 
radicalia longe petiolata alte cordata. Inflorescentia racemosa 
scapo longo nudo suffulta. Involucrum o. Bracteae bracteo- 
laeque filiformes. Sepala 4-5, inconspicua alba. Petala o. 
Stamina 20-25 filamentis erectis longiusculis antheris minimis. 
Carpellum solitarium receptaculo parvo insertum pluriovulatum 
ovulis biseriatis suturae ventrali affixis. Fructus oligospermus 
maturitate folliculatim dehiscens. Semina ovoidea testa rugo- 
sula. Species unica in Burma septentrionali finibus chinensibus 
proxima atque in provincia chinensi Yunnan crescens. 
Beesia cordata, Balf. fil. et W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Planta herbacea cum inflorescentia circ. 30-40 cm. alta ; 
rhizoma longum sat crassum radicibus fibrosis numerosis prae- 
ditum apicem versus squamis paucis ovatis vel lanceolatis I-2.5 
cm. longis membranaceis cinctum. Folia 3-5, petiolo 15-20 cm. 
longo basi paulo dilatato glabro praedita; lamina g-16 cm. 
longa, 6-16 cm. lata, cordiformis vel reniformis apice + acumin- 
ata vel rotundata basi altius cordata lobis rotundatis approxi- 
matis vel + remotis, margine regulariter latiuscule crenata 
crenaturis medio indurato-apiculatis, in sicco tenuiter mem- 
branacea, utrinque glabra, supra viridis subtus pallidior nervis 
5-7 basi arcuatim divergentibus. Scapus solitarius usque ad 
40 cm. altus erectus nudus gracilis infra glaber supra minute 
[Notes, R.B.G., Edin., No. XLI, April 1915.] 
