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SPECIES CHINENSES. IgI 
Flores minimi r cm. longi vel minores, tenuissimi, albi. Sepala 
2, late ovata, apice indurato-apiculata, basi rotundata, 3-4 mm. 
longa, 3-5-nervia. Vexillum orbiculare ad 6 mm. longum. 
Alae sessiles 9-10 mm. longae ; lobus basalis oblique ovatus ad 
mediam alam pertinens; distalis fere duplo longior oblongo- 
lanceolatus. Labelli limbus 6-7 mm. longus, scaphiformis, 
horizontalis, subtus medio inter basin et apicem acutum calcare 
vestigiali vix I mm. longo, ut videtur incluso praeditus. Fila- 
menta paulo complanata, antheris obtusis, circa pistillum 
cohaerentibus. Ovarium 3-4 mm. longum, subobtusum. Cap- 
sula ad 2.5 cm. longa, linearis. Semina oblonga, 2 mm. longa, 
minute crebre tuberculata, opaca, fusca. 
“Plant of 4-12 inches. Flowers white. Moist situations 
amongst rhododendron scrub on the western flank of the Lichiang 
Range. Lat... 27° 25". N.. (Alt. 712,000; Tic. “August.19io.- 
G. Forrest. No. 6368. 
Kingdonia, Balf. f. et W. W. Sm. Genus novum Ranun- 
arum. 
Genus ex affinitate Anemonearum, fortasse prope Thalictrum 
melius positum, a quo folio solitario scapo unifloro inter alia 
abunde discrepat. Herba parva caudice perenni. Folia soli- 
taria ambitu orbicularia, pedatim partita. Flores herma- 
phroditi solitarii scapo longo suffulti. Involucrum o. Sepala 
5 petaloidea. Petala 0. Stamina usque ad 15, filamentis 
erectis brevibus antheris minimis. Carpella plerumque 5-7, 
receptaculo parvo inserta uniovulata. Ovulum a media sutura 
ventrali pendulum. Achaenia (semimatura) eis Thalictri per- 
similia. Species unica e China occidentali. 
Kingdonia uniflora, Balf. f. et W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Planta herbacea habitu Adoxae ; rhizoma 5-20 cm. longum 
gracile ; apicem rhizomatis versus inveniuntur squamae cymbi- 
formes tenuiter membranaceae circ. 5 mm. longae e medio 
quarum oriuntur folium solitarium et scapus solitarius. Folium 
petiolo 5~7 cm. longo erecto glabro praeditum ; lamina ambitu 
orbicularis 4—4.5 cm. diametro, pedatim partita in lobos quinque, 
late cuneatos, ipsos ad } vel 4 trilobulatos, margine exteri- 
ore argute apiculato-dentatos, supra viridis, infra subglauca, 
utrinque glabra, nervis basi divergentibus ramosis nec anasto- 
mosantibus, ad marginem longitudinaliter percurrentibus. 
Scapus 7-10 cm. altus, erectus nudus uniflorus gracilis glaber. 
Flos erectus in sicco circ. 8 mm. diametro. Receptaculum 
conicum breve vix I mm. superans. Sepala 5, circ. 6 mm. 
longa, medio circ. 2.5 cm. lata, subrhomboidea, apice acuminata 
