144 42. SABIACE^i. 



North river {Bulloch ex Ranee, 19964). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 

 Japan. 



2. Sabia limoniacea, Wall. Cat. n. 1000 ; Benth. Fl. Rongh. 

 p. 70 ; Rooh.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 3. 



Sabia paniculata, Seem. Bot. Voy. 'Herald,' p. 362, non Edgew. 

 Androglossum reticulatum, Bent h. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 42 ; 

 Walp. Ann. iv. p. 437. 

 Hongkong (Champion ! Wilfordl). Herb. Kew. 

 India, from Sikkim to Bhotan, Assam, and Chittagong. 



3. Sabia Swinhoei, Remsl., n. sp. 



Frutex ut videtur scandens, ramulis ultimis floriferis gracilibus 

 pubescentibus. Folia breviter petiolata, coriacea, oblonga, usque 

 ad 2 poll, longa (bene evoluta forsan majora), vix acuta, integra, 

 supra costa tantum puberula, subtus pallidiora, pubescentia, venis 

 laxiuscule reticulatis subtus elevatis. Flores pentameri, circiter 

 sesquilineam longi, in cymas breves axillares ssepius trifloras dis- 

 positi, pedunculis pedicellisque filiformibus pubescentibus ; se- 

 pala anguste ovata, vix acuta, pubescentia, petalis opposita et 

 multo breviora ; petala ovata, longe acuminata ; stamina parva, 

 petalis opposita ; discus annulatus, obscure lobatus ; ovarium 

 glabrum, 2-loculare, stylo gracili ; ovula in quoque loculo 2, super- 

 posita. Fructus non visus. 



Formosa (Swinhoe !). Herb. Kew. 



Near the Indian S. parvijlora, Wall., but readily distinguished 

 by its entire, shortly petiolate, more coriaceous leaves, pubescent 

 and strongly veined below. 



1. Meliosma Fordii, Hemsh, n. sp. 



Arbor 40-pedalis (Ford), ramulis ultimis floriferis appresso 

 ferrugineo-pubescentibus vel strigillosis. Folia simplicia, longe 

 graciliterque petiolata, papyracea vel subcoriacea, lanceolata vel 

 oblanceolata, cum petiolo 6-12 poll, longa (inferiora forsan multo 

 longiora), integra vel apicem versus interdum utrinque 1-3-den- 

 tata, sarpius acuminata vix acuta, deorsum gradatim attenuata, 

 supra prseter costam strigillosam glabra vel cito glabrescentia, 

 deinde nitida, subtus pallida, venis lateralibus primariis numerosis 

 costaque prominentibus minute strigillosis. Flores, ut videtur, 

 minuta (petala et stamina desunt), paniculata, breviter pedicel- 

 lata ; paniculse amplissimae, terminales vel subterminales, ramulis 



