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tenaciores demum soluto obtecti, juventi indumento densius inter- 
texto primo argenteo mox ferruginescente vestiti. olia anguste 
oblongo-lanceolata, basi leviter obliqua, ad apicem obtusum vel 
acutum nonnunquam vere cuspidatum, costa autem vix excurrente, 
sensim angustata, 18 cm. vel plus longitudinis, 4°2 cm. latitudinis 
attingentia, petiolo vix 5 mm. longo hirsutissimo rufescente suffulta, 
versus basin quasi tricostata, nervis lateralibus ad decem paria, 
angulo satis acuto a costa exorientibus, leniter arcuatis in pagina 
superiore leviter impressis laxe hirsutis, i in inferiore densius pilosis, 
versus basin prominentibus at superne prope evanidis, nervis 
nunquam ramificatis 2-3 mm. inter se remotis in pagina superiore 
venis lepide reticulatis sub oculo armato evidentibus connexis in 
inferiore propter tomentum omnino occultis, margine plus minusve 
at semper minute saepius irregulariter aliquando obscurissime 
denticulata, denticulis haud rariter pilorum quasi crista ornatis, 
subtus tomento aequo mollissimo dense coacto primum argenteo 
demum rufescente munita, supra pilis rarioribus subpellucidis 
singulis rarius bifurcatis at mnunquam  stellatis conspersa. 
Inflorescentia saps polygamo-monoecia, e fasciculis duobus vel 
pluribus prope sessilibus, bracteolis singulis hirsutis inconspicuis 
instructis, RAST bractea circiter 4-6 mm. longa, ad basin 
deltoideam 1°5 mm. lata, superne in meram setam abeuns, valde 
pilosa ; pedicelli 2-5 mm. longi. Sepala oblongo-linearia, circiter 
6 mm. longa, versus basin circiter 1°5 mm. lata, marginibus alte 
involuta, superne usque ad apicem cucullatum et obscure mucro- 
natum pedetentim angustata, interne aurantiaco-brunnea, externe 
-tomento robusto fulvo nitido hirsuta. Petala floris 3 circiter 
1°5 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, parum incrassata, dorso pilis fulvis 
hirsuta, nectario mellis colore oculo pallidiore pilorum similium 
annulo circumdato — unguem 0°5 mm. attingente, ungui 
flavescente vix 0°5 mm. longo 1 mm. lato apice praemorso. 
Androgynophorii sistant circa 1 mm. longa, 0°5 mm. diametro, plus 
minusve compressa, subpurpurascens ; clavulus ovarium includens, 
iisdem pilis fulvis dense indutus ; stamina circa 20 vel pauciora, 
fils — circiter 2 mm. longis. Drupa ex quattuor pyrenis plus 
aria accretis, constans, depressa, subquadrata, pilis 
longitaoalis albidis 2-5 in tuberculis badii coloris junctim insidenti- 
bus instructa, juventa fusca, maturior x seg  agieee 
urma, Maymyo Plateau, 1050 m., Lace, 32 
Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Srotep 70 m., Kerr, 677. 
To this species probably belongs a plant collected in Laos by 
Spire (No. 547), but the material of the collection in Herb. Kew is 
too insufficient for a definite decision. 
Grewia Microcos, Linn.—F.B.I., i. p. 392 
Chiengmai plain, on waste ground, 300 m., Kerr, 613. 
Distr, India, Burma, Assam, China, Malaya. 
Allied to G. Microcos is a specimen collected by the Siam Forest. 
Officers (No. 170) which ed probably be G. ulméfolia, Roxb. 
Grewia tomentosa, Jus 
Banks of Meh Pig near Raheng, 120 m., Kerr, 903 ; epee 
Djao, Hosseus, 69. 
