1924] Merrill: New Species of Plants from Indo-China 427 



TPIEACEAE 



Thea Petelotii Merr. sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parva, glabra vel subglabra, rarais ramulisque 

 glabris, purpureo-brimneis, circiter 3 mm. diametro ; foliis oblongis ad 

 oblongo-ellipticis, 15 ad 23 cm. longis, 5.5 ad 7 cm. latis, coriaceis, 

 glaberrimis, in siccitate olivaceis, subopacis, subtus pallidioribus et 

 in siccitate plerumque verruculosis, breviter acuminatis, basi late 

 acutis ad subrotundatis, margine distanter glanduloso-crenulatis ; 

 nervis utrinque circiter 10, subtns perspicuis, distantibus, anastomos- 

 antibus ; petiolo 1.4 ad 1.8 cm. longo ; floribus terminalibus, solitariis 

 vel binis, pedicellatis, circiter 6 cm. diametro, pedicellis 1 ad 1.5 cm. 

 longis, bracteis late ovatis ad subreniformibus margine obscure ciliatis 



2 ad 3 mm. longis et 3 ad 5 mm. latis sursum in sepalis transnentibus 

 instructis; sepalis exterioribus bracteiformis, interioribus late ovatis, 

 coriaceis, rotundatis, margine plus minusve ciliatis, 10 ad 12 mm. longis 

 et latis; petalis circiter 12, integris, ellipticis ad oblongo-ellipticis, 

 obtusis, 2.5 ad 3 cm. longis, circiter 1.5 cm. latis, margine ciliatis 

 excepta glabris, in siccitate verruculosis; staminibus x, filamentis 

 circiter 1.8 cm. longis, glabris, interioribus liberis, exterioribus 

 omnibus usque ad ^ connatis; antheris 4 mm. longis; ovario glabro, 

 3-loculare ; stylis 3, glabris. 



Indo-China "Massif du Tam Dao," Dr. A. Petelot 848, February, 

 1923, altitude 900 m. 



A species apparently allied to Thea tonkinensis Pitard but differ- 

 ing in its larger, very shortly acuminate leaves, the nerves projecting 

 on the lower surface; longer petioles; the bracts and sepals merely 

 ciliate on their margins, other%vise glabrous; the ovary and styles 

 glabrous. 



FLACOURTTACEAE 

 Homalium mjrriandrum Merr. sp. nov. 



Arbor, floribus exceptis glaberrima, ramis teretibus, ramulis 

 tenuibus ; foliis coriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, utrinque nitidis, breviter 

 obtuseque acuminatis, basi acutis ad rotundatis, integris vel obscure 

 distanter glanduloso-crenulatis, 6 ad 9 cm. longis, 2.5 ad 4.5 cm. latis, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 8, distinctis, curvatis, anastomasantibus ; 

 petiolo 4 ad 5 mm. longo ; racemis axillaribus, solitariis, foliis 

 subaequantibus; floribus numerosis, 9- vel 10-meris, circiter 8 mm. 

 diametro, pedicellis 3 ram. longis ; sepalis lanceolatis, acuminatis, 

 glabris vel subglabris, 3 mm. longis ; petalis oblongis, 4 mm. longis, 

 intus dense cinereo-villosis ; staminibus circiter 100, filamentis glabris, 



3 mm. longis ; ovario pubescente, stylis 4, tenuibus, 1.5 mm. longis. 



Indo-China, Cho-Ganh, Dr. A. Petelot 960 (type), 1460, June and 

 September, 1923. On limestone hills. 



A species very strongly marked by its 9- or 10-numerous flowers 

 and its very numerous stamens, about ten stamens opposite each petal. 



