— 2 99 — 



acutata, basi in petiolulos longiusculos attenuata, subintegerrima nec 

 nisi nervis in apiculos mucroniformes excurrentibus remote minutim 

 denticulata, subcoriacea, nervis lateralibus remotis, procurvis, supra 

 magis quam subtus prominulis, sordide viridia, subopaca, glabra, epi- 

 dermide valde mucigera. Thyrsi simplices, petiolis tertia vel quarta 

 parte breviores, perbreviter pedunculati, curvati, dense cincinnigeri, 

 glabriusculi, cincinnis stipitatis elongatis. Bracteae bracteolaeque 

 parvae. Flores magni, longiuscule pedicellati, glabri. Fructus... (non 

 suppetebant). — Rami 4 mm. crassi. Folia petiolo 8 cm. longo adjecto 

 27 cm. longa ; foliola intermedia cum petiolulo i-centimetrali 18-20 cm. 

 longa, circa 4 cm. lata, lateralia quarta parte breviora. Thyrsi 5-6 cm. 

 longi ; pedicelli 2 mm. longi. Alabastra diametro 2-2,5 mm. Sepala 

 glabra ; petala cochleariformia, undique squamaque pilis deorsum versis 

 dense hirsutis ; discus glaber ; stamina basi pilosa ; germen tenere pube- 

 rulum. — Affinis A. grandifloro Radlk. 



In Laos Indo-Chinas : [Spire], n° 192 (circa 1903, flores; ex 

 Hb. Paris, comm.). 



3. Allophylus brachystachys Radlk. in Sit\. k. bay. Ac, 

 XXXVIII (1908), p. 228. 



Frutex (?). Rami teretes, quodammodo flexuosi, juvéniles petiolique 

 sordide puberuli, adultiores glabrati, cortice pallescente. Folia 3-folio- 

 lata, majora longe petiolata ; foliola oblonga, intermedia subcuneata, 

 lateralia basi inaequalia et obtusa, omnia subacuminata, breviter petio- 

 lulata, obscure denticulata, tenuiter membranacea, nervis lateralibus 

 remotiusculis, obliquis, utrinque prominulis, supra obscure, subtus 

 pallide olivaceo-viridia, opaca, praesertim ad nervos pilis adprecds 

 adspersa. Thyrsi simplices, brèves, petiolos dimidios vix aequantcs, 

 sordide hirtelli, ferea basi dense cincinnigeri. Flores (alabastra tantum 

 suppetebant) parvi, puberuli, breviter pedicellati ; fructus cocci subglo- 

 bosi, minores, glabrati. — Rami ad 4 mm. crassi. Folia petiolo 3-i5 cm. 

 longo adjecto 1 4-35 cm. longa; foliola intermedia 11-20 cm. longa, 4,5- 

 7,5 cm. lata, lateralia paullo minora. Thyrsi 2-3 cm. longi. Alabastra 

 diametro i,5 mm. Sepala puberula ; petala obovata, margine villosius- 

 cula ; discus glaber; stamina basi pilosula; germen dense pilosum. 

 Fructus cocci diametro 5 mm. 



In Austro-Cochinchina : [Pierre], n° 4097 (prov. Bien-hoa, 

 ad Bao-Chiang, sept. i865, flores); n° 1750 (prov. Bien-hoa, in 

 silvis ad Tong-hièn,maj. 1877, fructus; Hb. Paris); [Thorel], 

 n° 22 32 (Expédition du Mékong, annis 1 865- 1868, fructus 

 immaturi; comm. ex Hb. Paris). 



