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C. trachycarpa. (Capnites DC.) Spithamaea simplex 

 V. rarius apice breve racemifero-ramosa, foliis subtus 

 glaucis, radicalibus?, caulinis a medio caule, alternis, 

 infimis petiolatis ceteris sessilibus , ambitu oblongis 

 siib-4-jugo-bipinnatisectis, segmentis iiltimis ellipti- 

 cis V. oblongis acute 2 — 3-fidis; racemo densissimo 

 multifloro; bracteis pedicellos superantibus flabellato- 

 pinnatisectis ; flore livido ad laminas atro-violaceo ; se- 

 palis miniitissimis profunde laceris, calcari anguste 

 conico valde acuminato pedicellum laminamque fere 

 duplo super ante, lamina petalorum basi cobaerentium 

 dorso breve lateque 1-alata, exteriorum ovata con- 

 cava; ovario stylo breviore eliiptico capsulaque juve- 

 nili ovali-elliptica quavis facie fasciis 3 dense tubercu- 

 latis; stigmate orbiculari 5-lobo; seminibus 2-seriatis. 

 — Flos 3 cent, longus. 



In Chinae prov. Kansu (Przewalski, 1872). 



Species cum nulla e notis bene comparanda, for- 

 tasse prope C. Sheareri L. Moore in Trim. Journ. 

 bot. 1875. 225. (Fortune! n. 10) ponenda, quacum 

 calcar acuminatum commune babet. 



2. Caulis basi non v. in multicaulibus vix et breve attenuatus, 

 basi petiolis vetustis vaginantibus obsessus, in rhizoma per- 

 enne abiens. 



a. Calcar petalis longius. 



C. dasyptera. {Capnoides DC.) Palmaris robusta li- 

 vido-glauca, rhizomate cylindrico, coUo dense vaginis 

 lucidis acuminato- oblongis obsesso; foliis coriaceis, ra- 

 dicalibus breve petiolatis oblongis pinnatisectis, seg- 

 mentis 11- — 15 approximatis imbricatis subsessilibus 

 late orbiculatis obtuse 2 — 3-fidis lobis ovatis, cauli- 

 nis V. 1. bracteiformi ; caule folia radicalia vix su- 



