42. SABIACE.E. X45 



gracillimis. Fructus immaturus 1J-2 lineas diametro tantum 



visua. 



Kwangtttng : Lofaushan (Ford !). Herb. Kew. 



Allied to M. dillenicefolia, Hook, f, and M. simplicifolia, Eoxb., 

 differing from the former in having entire or almost entire leaves 

 with fewer and less conspicuous lateral veins, and from the latter 

 in having pedicellate flowers, &c. 



2. Meliosma myriantha, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat 

 p. 45. 



Cobean Archipelago : Herschel Island (Oldham, 183/1 !). 

 Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



This is perhaps a variety of the Himalayan M. dilleniafolia, 

 Hook. f. An imperfect specimen in the Kew Herbarium from 

 Ichang may belong to the same species. 



3. Meliosma Oldhami, Maxim, in Mel. Biol. vi. p. 263. 

 Cobean Archipelago, without locality (Oldham, 183 !). 



Herb. Kew. 



4. Meliosma patens, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Arbor 20-pedalis (Ford), ramulis ultimis crassiusculis ferrugineo 

 puberulis. Folia patentissima, longe petiolata, coriacea, anguste 

 lanceolata vel oblanceolata, 6-10 poll, longa, 1 ad fere 2 poll, lata, 

 integra, utrinque prsecipue deorsum insigniter attenuata, acuta, 

 supra glabra, costa impressa, subtus praesertim in venis ferru- 

 gineo-pubescentia, venis primariis laterakbus numerosis conspicue 

 elevatis ; petiolus 1-2 poll, longus, teres, basi incrassatus. 

 Mores hermaphroditi, parvi, subsessiles vel breviter pedicellati, 

 glomerati, racemoso-pauiculati ; paniculae erectae, amplissima?, 

 terminales, ferrugineo-pubescentes, ramulis lateralibus patentis- 

 simis ; sepala orbicularia, valde inaequalia, extus plus minus 

 pubescentia, ciliolata ; petala glabra, imbricata, 3 majora orbi- 

 cularia, striata ; stamina 5, quorum 3 deformata, 2 fertilia ; 

 ovarium glabrum, compressum, 2-loculare, stylo elongato ; ovula 

 in quoque loculo 2, superposita. Fructus deest. 



Hongkong : Victoria Peak and Say wan (Ford !). Herb. Kew. 



5. Meliosma rigida, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap., Fam. Nat. p. 45 ; 

 Maxim, in Engler's Jahrb. vi. p. 60. 



Meliosma pungens, Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 4. 



MiUingtonia pungens, Wall. Cat. no. 8114; Royle, III. Bot. Himal. 

 p. 139. 



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