Plant Diversity ›› 1980, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (01): 1-3.

• Articles •    

MATERIAE AD FLORUM POLYGALACEARUM SINICARUM

Wu Cheng-yih Chen Shu-Kun   

  1. Kunmming Institute of Botany,Academia sinica
  • Online:1980-02-25 Published:1980-02-25

Abstract: Species X. excelso Bl. affinis, sed plantis arborescentibus, foliis llipticis longe caudato-acuminatis, floribus luteo-albis, majoribus atque paucioribus, 1-1. 2 cm.longis differt.Frutex ad arborescentem 2-4 m. altusl ramulis luteolo-fulvis. Folia chartacea elliptica 11-14 cm. longa, 2. 5-5 cm. lata, apice caudato-acuminata, acumine 3 cm. longo, basi cuneata, margine undulata, glabra, costa utrinque prominenta, nervis lateralibus 6-7-jugis, nervis tertiariis parallelisj petiolo 5 mm. longo. Inflorescen-tia racemosa vel paniculata, terminalis, circ. 4 cm. longa, oligantha, pedicellis 6-7mm. longis, dense puberulisi sepalis 5, inaequalibus, puberulis; petalis 5, fere aequ-alibus, luteo-albis 1-1.2 cm. longis, carina albo-puberula; staminibus 8, quarum 5in basi petalorum adnatis, filamentis basi tumentibus, pubescentibus; ovario ovato,glabro, stipitato et disco praedito, stylo 9 mm. longo, dense fulto-albeque puberuli,stigmatibus bilobatis. Fructus globosus, 2-3 cm. diam.; seminibus sphaeroideis indigoticis, 1.6 cm. diam.

Key words: meteriae , florum, polygalacerum