SABIACEAE. — MELIOSMA 203 



Meliosma Fischeriana Rehder & Wilson, n. sp- 



Arbor 10-metralis; ramuli annotini graciles, flavo-cinerei, glabrescentes, lenti- 

 cellati; gemmae nudae, parvae, villosae. Folia coriacea, persistentia, oblongo- 

 laaceolata v. lanceolata, acuminata, basi sensim attenuata, apicem versus utrinque 

 dentibus 3-1 spinulosis parvis instructa v. Integra, 7-12 cm. longa et 1.5-3.5 cm. 

 lata, maturitate utrinque glabra costa media supra villosula excepta, supra sa- 

 turate ^ viridia, mtentia, subtus pallide viridia, nervis utrinsecus 5-8 curvatis, 

 plunmis ante marginem anastomosantibus, paucis superioribus tantum in dentes 

 excurrentibus ; petioli 1-2 cm. longi, pubescentes, demum glabrescentes. Pani- 

 culae omnes axillares, basi aphyllae, cum pedunculo 1-3 cm. longo 10-15 cm. longae, 

 ^xe villosulae, basi 3-7 cm. diam., ramulis sub angulo fere recto divergentibus; 

 nores albi,^ subsessiles v. bre\iter pedicellati, in axibus secundi et tertii ordinis; 

 pedicelli villosuli; bracteae ovato-oblongae, acutiusculae, extus pubescentes, 1.5- 

 2 mm. longae; sepala 4^5, imbricata, ovata, minute ciliolata, petalis dimidio 

 breviora; petala exteriora orbicularia v. orbiculari-ovata, concava, camosa, apice 

 mcurva, 2-2.5 mm. longa, interiora duo minuta, profunde biloba, lobis acutis; 

 stamina incurva, fertilia duo petalis interioribus adnata, filamentis minutis, con- 

 nectiyo peltate, antheris globosis rima apicali transversali dehiscentibus, sterilia 

 petalis exterioribus adnata; discus brevis, membranaceus, cupuliformis, minute 

 ^~^^^^^*^^; pistillum petalis paullo brevius, glabrum, ovario ovoideo, stylo 

 subulato, stigmate simplice. Fructus desideratur. 



Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, woodlands, alt. 1000-1300 m., September 

 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 4817). 



A rare tree most closely related to M. pungens Wallich which is distinguished 

 oy its pubescent branches, stouter petioles, terminal and axillary much larger 

 panicles, more numerous flowers and membranous petals. It is less closely re- 

 lated to M. Henryi Diels, which is distinguished by its red-purple, prominently 

 lenticellate branchlets, less coriaceous, more oblong, leaves and smaller flowers 

 on much longer pedicels. 



Meliosma Fischeriana is named for Herr Fischer, in 1910, German Acting 

 Consul General in Chengtu, as a mark of appreciation of his kind services to me. 



E. H. W. 



Meliosma glomerulata Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Arbor 8-metralis; ramuli dense tomento strigoso-^-illoso initio fulvo v. griseo- 

 vv ^^ tertium annum persistente obtecti; gemmae nudae, dense fulvo-villosae. 

 Foha decidua (v. chartacea et persisteutia), oblongo-lanceolata, longe acuminata, 

 basi sensim attenuata, basi excepta remote serrata dentibus parvis saepe fere 

 ad mucronem reductis, 15-25 cm. longa et circiter 4 cm. lata, supra obscure 

 vindia, glabra costa media villosula excepta, subtus densius ad venas, sparsius in 

 facie laxe villosa et spatiose reticulata, nervis utrinsecus 10-12 sub angulo acuto 

 divergentibus, mediis fere rectis et in dentes excurrentibus, infimis et summia 

 anastomosantibus; petioli graciles, dense villosi, 2-4 cm. longi. Panicula termi- 

 nahs, late pyramidalis, ad 30 cm. longa et ad 18 cm. diam., dense fulvo-villosa; 

 flores albi, subsessiles, in glomerulis parvis sessilibus in parte infenore panicula 

 etramulorum secus axes tertii ordinis, in parte superiore secus axes secundi et 

 Prum ordinis dispositis aggregati ; sepala 5, inaequalia, ovata v. ovato-oblonga, 

 acuta V. obtusa, concava, 1.5-2 mm. longa, exteriora villosa, interiora glabra, 

 ciliolata; petala exteriora earnosa, erecto-patentia, orbicularia, 2.5-3 mm. diam., 

 3-5-nervia, interiora minuta, bHoba, acuta; stamina fertilia duo, filamentia 

 brevibus compressis incurvis, connective cupulari et peltato, anthens globosia 

 nmis apicalibus minutis dehiscentibus; stamina sterilia petalis exterioribus adnata 

 et earum trientem aequantia, inflexa; pistillum glabrum, petalis extcnonbua 



