262 



The two specimens cited are indistinguishable except in the 

 colour of the flowers. 



949. Selago McClouniei, Rolfe [Selagineae] ; affinis S. tenuicauli, 

 Rolfe ; eed foliis paullo majoribus, minus pubescentibus et calycis 

 lobis oblongis differt. 



ramosi. 



ulus, 20-45 cm. altus. Guides pubescentes, f oliacei, apice 



■• Folia oblanceolata, subobtusa, prope apicem interdum 



denticulata, basi attenuate, 1-3 cm. longa, 2-5 mm. lata, puberula. 

 Cyimte corymbosae, densiflorae. Bracteae oblongae vel lanceolato- 

 oblongae, subacutae, 2-2*5 mm. longae, marginibus interdum 

 ciliatis. Calyx campanulatus, 5-fidus, 1-5 mm. longus ; lobi 

 oblongi, obtusi, ciliati. Gorollae tubus oblongus, 1 mm. longus ; 

 lobi maequahter orbiculari-oblongi, tubo aequales. Fructus 

 didymus, subglobosus, 1 mm. longus. 



British Central Africa. Nymkowa, at 1950 m., 



UcCloume, 57 ; Panda Peak, at 1500 in., McGlounie, 139, 

 September, 1902. 



Uiottii, G. H. Wright [Filices- 

 ™j™™«ca«, ; A . amsopnyuo, Hunze, affine, pinnis brevioribus 

 latiunbus subintegris differt, 



Oaudex non visus. Stipites 12 cm. longi, glabri, tenues, 

 biammei Frondes lanceolati, simpliciter pinnati, 28 cm. longi, 

 ipLT* - ; P i mnae rb /Omboideae, acuminatae, minute crenulato- 



rS ti' ° Cm i , i ng f ' X ' S cm - latue ' lamina superior basi truncata 

 S P^a le a, lamina inferior plus minusve obliqua ; venae 



3 4 Z. longi } Umfurcatae ; P^olulus ad 2 mm. longus. Sort 

 G B F!EMotL A * T APRI0A - Aberdare Ran S e > ^ about 2800 m., 



thJn in b r^!,v e / l0 /r r Sid V f the P innae w ^ch more obtuse 

 rhach^ """frvU™, and is sometimes almost parallel to the 



XXXV.-TEO-NON, A NEW RUBBER TREE FROM 



TONKIN 



) 



Otto Stapf. 



published by the Director nf a y ^ r , of the ^Uetin Economise, 

 of Indo-China (m> £? r °* A f™ulture, Forests and Commerce 

 Agriculture ^vf a ltn P > Dr ' Th ' Eberhardt, Inspector of 

 valuable rubber tree t T*i aC T nt of the occurrence of a 

 "Teo-non." At the tim -l*' Wn to the Thos P eo P le as 

 systematic position of th* nwV™ 8 ? ot P° ssib le to define the 

 Since then, however it L« vi ey ° Ud its affinitv with Ulmaceae. 

 Bleekrodea (MoracaJi ami \Z ?i reco ^ nised as a member of the gen us . 

 Dabard and EbeSd 1,^ been / ^ibed as B. tonkinensis by 

 CX 1 V., Oct, 1907, pn- 1 1U T t ° mpL * end - Ac. d. Sc. Paris, vol. 



of the plant, recenUy received 6 ^^ 11011 ° f a few branchlets 



) received at Kew from Dr. E. Per rot, 



