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China. Yunnan: Szemao, A. Henry, nos. 12039 (type), 12039 b, 

 12039 c. 



Turpinia lucida Nakai, sp. no v. 



Rami triennes cinereo-castanei Iucidi, hornotini et biennes virides. 

 Folia 1-3-juga imparipinnata, glaberrima; petioli utrinque incrassati; 

 foliola omnia petiolulata, elliptica, utrique mucronata, cum acumine 10- 

 15 cm. longa et 5-7 cm. lata, coriacea, supra lucida, margine crenata. In- 

 florescentia pseudo-terminalis i. e. e gemmis binis in apice ramorum 

 annotinorum oppositis oriens et perfecte evoluta, dum gemma terminalis 

 foliifera crescere incipit, glaberrima, decussato-panieulata; bracteae et 

 bracteolae minimae sub anthesi partim deciduae; flores fusci, suaveo- 

 lentes (fide M. Adduru) ; masculi sepalis 5 ovatis vel rotundatis imbricatis 

 2 mm. longis, petalis oblongis 3 mm. longis, staminibus 5 petalis brevioribus, 

 antheris late ovatis, carpellis 3, basi tantum coalitis, stylis 3 brevibus; 

 stigmatis punctatis; flores feminei majores, sepalis 3 mm. longis, petalis 

 4 mm. longis, staminibus evolutis, ovario apice trilobato, stylis basi 

 liberis, staminibus aequilongis, stigmatis discoides. Poma 17 mm. lata, 

 globosa; testa seminum fusca. 



Philippines: Is 1. Luzon: prov. Cavite, M. Ramos & D. Deroy, no. 

 22585 (type), 22559; circa Penablanca, prov. Cagayan, M. Adduru, Ar- 

 nold Arb. Coll., no. 273. I s I. Palawan: mt. Pulgar, prov. Palawan, 

 A. D. E. Elmer, no. 13122. 



Turpinia formosana Nakai, sp. nov. 



Turpinia arguta Hayata, Icon. PI. Formos. vm. 32 (1919).— Kanehira, For- 

 mes. Trees, 161 (1918).— Non Seemann. 



Arborea dioica, usque 10 m.; cortex glaber, cinerascens; rami glabri. 

 Folia opposita, glaberrima, simplicia; petioli 0.5-5 cm. longi, utrinque 

 incrassati, teretes; lamina 5-19 cm. longa et 2-8 cm. lata, crenato-serrata, 

 apice obtuse acuminata, basi acuta vel rotundato-acuta, supra lucida, 

 infra pallida, venis elevatis. Infloreseentia terminalis, glaberrima; brac- 

 teae et bracteolae minimae, caducae; flores masculi sepalis 5 (4) rotundatis 

 vel oblongis margine ciliolatis 2-3 mm. longis, petalis 5 (4) 3-4 mm. longis 

 oblongis vel oblongo-spathulatis ochroleucis, staminibus 5, antheris ovatis, 

 pistillo abortivo; flores feminei ignoti. Fructus globosi, viridi-purpurei, 

 diametro usque 1.5 cm., triloculares. 



Foiimosa: prov. Taihoku, E. II. Wilson, no. 10130 (type); Bankinsing, 

 A. Henry, no. 434; Arisan, E. H. Wilson, no. 10866, 9707. 



This species is easily distinguished from Turpinia arguta by its small 

 flowers. 



Meliosma sinensis Nakai, sp. nov. (§ Pinnatae). 



Meliosma Oldhami, Diels in Bot. Jahrb. xxix. 452 (Fl. Centr. Chin) (1900). 

 Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Ital. n. ser. xvm. 173 (1911).— Render & Wil- 

 son in Sargent, PI. Wilson, n. 206 (1914), pro parte— Non Maximowicz. 



Arbor usque 20 m. alta, trunco diametro circiter 1 m. (fide E. H. Wilson) 

 rami juveniles fusco-pilosi sed mox glabrescentes et cinerascentes ; gemmae 



