Abstract: The new species of Dicranostigma.D.henanensis S.Y.Wang et L.H.Wu, from Henan provice is described in this paper.It is similar to D.leptopodum(Maxim.) Feddle, but differs from the latter by the numbers of stems (reaching to 80cm high) varying form 8 to 40, the length of leaves reaching to 29cm, petals varying from 1.5 to 2.4cm, capsule from 7 to 15cm, and seeds 1mm long.It is also similar to D.iliensis C.Y.Wu, but the difference between them are that the stems are higher than latter, the sepals are covered with short pubescence and ovary with tuberculate hairs, seeds are in ovoid from.The present paper also reports the karyotype of the new species.The karyotypic formula was K (2n)=2x=12=6m (2SAT)+2sm+2st+2T.One pair of satelites was lo cated in the first pair of chromosomes.Under normal conditions, only one satelite was found cleary, sometimes all of them were not found clearly.The karyotypic asymmetry belongs to Stebbins' 2B type.

Key words: Dicranostigma, New species, D.henanensis, Karyotype