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Popowia Mesnyi, Craihy comb. nov. P. aherrans, Pierre ex 

 Finet et Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr,, Mem. 4, p. 109, vix 

 Folyalthia aberrans, Maingay, Unona Mesnyiy Pierre Fl. For. 

 Cochin., t. 17, pro parte. 



Sriracha, Nong Yaiboo, 24 m., Mrs. D. J. Collins 6; Bangkok, 

 Palace Gardens, Murton 30. 



In Maingay's plant the carpels are nearly glabrous and tlie 

 receptacle has a convex top, whereas in the plants quoted above 

 the carpels are densely adpressed pubcvscent and the receptacle 

 has a flat top. 



Melodorum oblongum^ Craih [Anonaceae-Xylopieae] ; ab 



affini M. ruhiginoso^ Hook. f. et Th., sepalis fructescentibus 

 longioribus, carpellis brevius pedicellatis lecedit. 



Frutex scandens (ex Kerr) ; ramuli primo ferrugineo-pubes- 



mox 



striato lenticellato obtecti. Folia oblonga vel cuneato-oblonga, 



emar 



ex cuneatis lad rotundata, 4-5-20 cm* longa, 2^-9 cm. lata, 

 coriacea, supra costa impressa inferne parce j>ubescente excepta 

 glabra, subtus costa nervisque lateralibus praecipue ferrugineo- 

 piloso-pubescentia, sicco brunnea, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 14-15 vel foliorum minonim 10 supra impressis subtus cum costa 

 valde prominentibus, nervis transversis subtus prominulis, supra 

 sub oculo armato arete reticulata, margine recurvo, petiolo ad 



longo supra canaliculato suffulta. Sepala fructescentia 



cm 



mm. lonsra, 6 mm 



adpresse pubescentia. Petala ignota. Carpella subglobosa, 

 circiter 2-5 cm. diametro, ferxugineo-tomentella, stipite ad 

 1'4 cm. longo ferrugineo-tomentoso suffulta. Semina carpello 

 quoque 3-4, brunnea, nitida, ad 1-8 cm.^longa. 



Chiengmai. Doi Sutep, in evergreen jungle, 1650 m., Kerr 



18T9. 



Thea (Camellia) confusa» Craih [Ternstroemiaceae-Gor- 

 donieae] ; a T. Sasanqua, Nois., foliis majoribus facile distin- 



guenda. 



Arbuscula circiter 7-5 m. alta; ramuli teretes, primo parce 

 puberuli, mox glabri, cortice binmneo vel cinereo-brunneo 

 reticulato-striato obtecti. ^ Folia oblanceolata ad obovato- 

 oblanceolata, apice acuminata, acutiuscula, basi cuneata, 



65-13-5 cm. longa, 3-52 cm. lata, coriacea, costa supra 

 pubescente excepta glabra, supra yiridia, nervis laterali- 

 bus utrinque 6-8 intra marginem anastomosantibus 

 supra subconspicuis vel leviter impressis subtus ^ prominulis, 

 margine recurvo inferne distanter, superne, acumine excepto, 

 n-rolinft dpntir^.nlata. netiolo ad 7 mm.- lonso supra canaliculato 



Flores terminales, g-emini, albi, sicco 



parce pubescente suitulta, 



5-5 cm. diametro; alabastra 1'5 jcm. ulta, 8 mm. diametro; 



mbricatae 



praecip 



albo-piibescentes. Petala alba, apice emar^^ 

 longa et I'S cm, lata. Filamenta libera, inferne complanata, 

 exteriora circiter 1 cm. louga, antheris 2'5 mm. longis. Pistillum 

 12 cm- altum, ovario 4'5 mm. alto dense albo-hirsuto, stylo 



