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3-5 mm. longi, bracteolis 3 lanceolatis seu linearibus. Calycis 
segiente oblongo-lanceolata, 4-5 mm. longa, reticulata et receptac- 
ulis subcutaneis mucilagine repletis munita. * Petala late et 
inaequaliter obovata, truncata, 5 mm longa, apice 4 mm. lata. 
Stamina perfecta 15, cum staminodiis 5 in annulum coalita ; ; fila- 
menta gracilia, inaequalia, aliquando per paria unita ; antherae ovatae, 
connectivo incrassato junctae ; staminodia linearia, mucilaginea, 
4-5 mm. longa. Ovarium 5-loculare, dense stellatim albo-tomen- 
tosum; st las subelavatus, 4-5 mm, longus. Capsulae loculi 5, 
globosi, dense stellatim albo-tomentosi, introrsum Tooulieiile dehis- 
centes, 2-3 mm. diametro, pericarpio tenuiter crustaceo, Semina in 
quoque loculo 2 perfecta, Sagat ; testa coriacea; albumen 
copiosum ; cotyledones plicatae 
SOUTHERN SHAN STATES. At Loi Ai: near Sukat Ryo 
in scrub forest and old clearings, 760 m., W. A, Robertson, 65, Dec 
1909. 
643. Elaeocarpus Robertsoni, Gamble [Tiliaceae]; LE. petiolate, 
Wall., affinis, foliis minus coriaceis, ovario villoso triloculari 
(nee glabro biloculari) et gars brevissime et obtuse apiculatis 
(nec aristatis) praecipue differ 
Arbor ad 12 m. alta, ai griseo-brunneis, ultimis glabris. 
Folia chartacea, ovata, apice obtuse acuminata, basi rotunda 
margine inconspicue crenata a sabintegra ; utrinque siccitate 
glabra, olivacea, supra vix lucida ; 10-12 em. longa, 4-6 cm. lata ; 
nervi utrinque 8-10, pallidi, ramosi, ramis in elandulas crenaturarum 
desinentes ; reticulatio conspicua ; petiolus 2°5-4 cm. longus, glaber, 
supra sulcatus. Racemi axillares, giabri, pauciflori, floribus ad 15 
— saepissime recurvis ; rhachis angulatus, sulcatus ; pedicelli 
m Calycis lobi 5, lanceolati, 7-8 mm. longi, 
covibinaat margine incurvo excepto glabri, costa intus prominente. 
Petala 5, oblonga, 8-9 mm. longa, apice fimbriata, dentibus circa 
_ 9 15-2 mm, longis, basi ad dimidiam partem incurva, extus sericeo- 
villosa, intus etiam pilis decurvis villosa et incrassata, ad basim ob 
glandulas discoideas excavata, Discus carnosulus, a 10 sub- 
globosis, glabris. Stamina circa 20-24, linearia, pube 
onga, antheris apice in mucronem brevem obtusum asehontitvis, 
filamentis antheris dimidio brevioribus. Ovarium ovoideum, trilocu- 
lare dense albo-villosum ; stylus ultra stamina paullo elongatus, 
parce villosus. Drupa ignota. 
SouTHERN SHAN pre, Kalaw, near water, 1310 m., 
W, A. Robertson, 149, April 19 
cant 644, Lespedeza sessilifolia, Gamble [Leguminosae- Hedys rag : 
species foliis sessilibus insignis, aliis notis ad ZL. eriocarpam, DC. 
ecedit. 
Arbuscula ramulis virgatis angulatis albo-sericeis ultimis quad- 
rangulis. Folia chartacea, trifoliata, sessilia vel petiolo vix 3 mm, 
longo ; foliola elliptica vel elliptico-obovata, apice mucronata, Bate 
et basi rotundata, medium ad 5 cm. longum, 2°5 cm, latum petiolulo 
7 mm. longo, lateralia minora petiolulis vix 2 mm. longis ; supra 
sinha pallida, infra adpresse sericeo-villosa ; nervis utrinque 8-10 
prope marginem arcuate junctis et reticulatione prominenter areolata : 
stipulae subulatae, petiolo longiores. Racemi axillares, graciles, 
