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CAPPARIDACEAE 

 Capparis indochinensis Merr. sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, priaber vel subg-laber, ramis ramnlisque purpureo- 

 brnrincis, ramiilis jiiiiiori})ns obscure pubeseentibus <i'labres('entibus; 

 foliis coriaet'is, ()l)lon<i;is, in siceitate supra olivaeeis, nitidis subtus 

 brunneis, g^laberrimis, 4 ad 6 cm. longis, 2 ad 3 cm. latis, breviter 

 acuminatis, basi obtusis ad rotundatis plerumque obscure cordatulis, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 7, obscuris vel admodum obsoletis; petiolo 



4 ad 6 mm. long^o ; stipulis spiniformibus brevibus, crassis, curvatis, 

 1.5 ad 2 mm. longis; inflorescentus axillaribus, brevibus, solitariis, 

 paucifloris, 1 ad 1.5 cm. longis, floribus racemoso-umbellatim dispositis, 

 pedicellis circiter 4 mm. longis; sepalis ellipticis, concavis, quara 

 petalis paullo brevioribus, glabris ; petalis oblongo-obovatis, obtusis, 



5 mm. longis, deorsum ad margine ciliatis : staminibus 20, filamentis 

 4 ad 5 mm. longis, glabris, antheris 1.5 mm. longis ; ovario glabro, 

 breviter (1.5 mm.) stipitato, placentis binis, 2- vel 3-ovulatis. 



Indo-China, Cho-Ganh. Dr. A. Petelot 1463 (type), 14i8, Sep- 

 tember, 1923. On limestone hills. 



A species well characterized by being almost entirely glabrous, as 

 well as by its very short, few-flowered, solitary, axillary inflorescences. 

 As the Indo-China species are arranged by Gagnepain^ it seems to 

 be most closely allied to Capparis tonkinensis Gagnep.. from which, 

 among other characters, it is at once distinguished by its very short 

 inflorescences. 



EUPIIORBIACEAE 

 Glochidion triloculare Merr. sp. nov. § Euglochidion 



Frutex vel arbor parva, ramis teretibus, brunneis, glabris, ramulis 

 tenuibus, leviter ciliatis; foliis chartaceis, subolivaceis, utrinque con- 

 coloribus, nitidis, oblongis ad oblongo-ovatis, 6 ad 9 cm., longis, 2 ad 

 3.5 cm. latis, breviter acuminatis apiculatisque, basi subacutis ad sub- 

 rotundatis, equilateralibus ad perspicue inaequilateralibus. supra 

 glabris vel costa deorsum obscure pubeseentibus, subtus ad costa 

 nervisque leviter ciliatis, nervis utrinque circiter 6, curvato-anastomo- 

 santibus, subtus distinctis; petiolo 5 ad 6 mm. longo. Floribus (^ 

 paucis, pedicellis 5 mm. longis, cinereo-ciliatis ; se]ialis oblongis, 2 ad 

 2.5 mm. longis, extus pubeseentibus, interioribus minoribus; antheris 

 5, connatis, 2 ad 2.5 mm. longis : floribus 5 numerosis, f asciculatis. 

 sessilibus, sepalis 6, elliptico-ovatis, liberis vel subliberis, 1.5 mm. 

 longis, pubeseentibus. alternantibus minoribus; ovario subgloboso. 

 3-loculare, dense pubescente ; columna stylaris (juam ovario brevi- 

 oribus, glabra, crassa, vix 1 mm. longa, basi hand constricta, sub- 

 cylindrica, brevissime lobata. 



1 Gagncpain, F., Cayjparidacces, in Lecomte, Flore generale do 1 'Indo-Chine, 

 vol. 1, 1908, pp. 181-196. 



