xni.c.a Merrill: Flora of Loh Fau Mountain 149 



Kwangtung Province, Loh Fau Mountain (Lofaushan), Merrill 11013, 

 August 29, 1917, in damp forested gorges, altitude about 1,000 meters. 



This species is closely allied to Ternstroemia japonica Thunb., from 

 which it is distinguished by its larger, broader, differently shaped leaves, 

 its distinctly longer petioles, shorter pedicels, and depressed-globose fruits. 

 It is clearly not the same as Cleyra fragrans Champ, and C. dubia Champ., 

 which were described from Hongkong material, and which are apparently 

 properly reduced as synonyms of Ternstroemia japonica Thunb. 



THEA Linnaeus 

 ^ THEA FURFURACEA sp. nov. 



r Arbor parva, bracteis et fructibus exceptis glabra; foliis 



oblongis, coriaceis, usque ad 12 cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter 

 angustatis, basi acutis, apice acuminatis, margine glanduloso- 

 denticulatis, in siccitate subolivaceis vel viridi-olivaceis, nitidis, 

 subtus pallidioribus, glandulosis, breviter petiolatis, nervis utrin- 

 que 8 ad 10, supra impressis, subtus perspicuis, anastomosan- 

 tibus; fructibus terminalibus, globosis vel depresso-globosis, bre- 

 viter et crasse pedicellatis, circiter 1 cm diametro (immaturis), 

 extus densissime furf uraceis atque pilis paucis deciduis instructis. 

 A small tree, usually about 3 m high, entirely glabrous except 

 the bracts and fruits (flowers not seen). Branches terete, 

 smooth, pale-brownish, the branchlets occasionally somewhat 

 compressed. Leaves oblong, coriaceous, 7 to 12 cm long, 2 5 

 to 4 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the acute base and to the 

 rather slenderly but blunt-acuminate apex, the margins glan- 

 dular-denticulate throughout, the upper surface pale-olivaceous or 

 greenish-olivaceous when dry, shining, the lower surface paler, 

 glandular, shining; lateral nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the 

 midrib, somewhat impressed on the upper surface, rather prom- 

 inent on the lower surface, anastomosing, the lax reticulations 

 distinct; petioles about 3 mm long, brown. Fruits terminal, 

 globose or depressed-globose, about 1 cm in diameter (immature), 

 externally densely covered with pale-brownish, furfuraceous, 

 appressed scales and with few, somewhat tufted, deciduous, pale 

 hairs, 3-celled, with three seeds in each cell ; pedicels short, stout, 

 4 mm long or less, densely covered with the persistent, imbricate 

 bases of the bracts, the outer bracts broadly ovate to somewhat 

 renif orm, obtuse to subacute, somewhat pubescent on the margins 

 and in the median part of the back, the innermost up to 1 cm 

 in length and somewhat cucullate. 



Kwangtung Province, Loh Fau Mountain (Lofaushan), Merrill 10681 

 (type), Levine 1516, August 17, 1917, in damp forested gorges, altitude 

 about 1,000 meters. 



This species is well characterized by its densely furfuraceous fruits. 



