TABULA 2977. 
PITTOSPOROPSIS KERRII, Craib. 
IcACINACEAE. Tribus ICACINEAE. 
P. Kerrii, Craib in Kew Bull., 1911, p. 28; Gagnepain in Lecomte, 
Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine, vol. i. p. 832; Craib, Contrib. Fl. Siam in Aberd. 
Univ. Stud. No. 57 (1912), p. 38. Species unica. 
Frutex sempervirens, ad 4°5 altus (ex Kerr); ramuli subteretes, 
glabri, cortice fusco-brunneo vel rubro-brunneo reticulato-striato 
obtecti. Folia alterna, oblongo-oblanceolata vel oblonga, apice 
acuminata vel fere caudato-acuminata, subobtusa, basi cuneata, 14-21 
em. longa, 4—6°5 cm. lata, chartacea, pagina utraque nisi costa subtus 
minute parceque pilosula glabra, margine cartilagineo undulato, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque ad intra marginem anastomosantibus cum nervis 
transversis supra leviter impressis subtus prominentibus, petiolis 
2 cm. longis supra canal fere glabris suffulta. Inflorescentia 
axillaris, pedunculo communi 1°5-2°5 cm. longo suffulta; cymulae 
3-florae, pedunculo circiter t mm. longo suffultae; pedicelli breves, 
nodis supremis articulatis, bracteolis 3-4 ‘inf articulationem instructi. 
Calycis lobi late deltoidei, acuti, 1 mm. longi, 1 mm. lati, extra pilosuli, 
sub anthesin reflexi, infructescentes fructui adpressi. Petala in alabastro 
superne induplicato-valvata, inferne aperta, sub anthesin elongato- 
spatulata, circiter 7 mm. longa et 2 mm. lata, dorso medio parcissime 
pilosula. Filamenta complanata, superne subito contracta 
adnatus, circiter 0-75 mm. altus. Ovarium glabrum, circiter 1°75 mm 
altum, ovulis 2 erie: ‘stylus crassiusculus, apice brevissime bifidus, 
3 mm. longus, glaber. Fructus immaturus cum pedicelli nodo supremo 
leviter incrassato deciduus. 
Inpo-Cuina. Siam: Chiengmai, Doi Sutep, in evergreen jungle, 
660-750 m., Kerr, 558, 558 a. Upper Burma: Southern Shan States, 
Macgregor. 
The nearest ally of the genus Pittosporopsis is probably Apodytes, 
from which it may be distinguished by the aestivation of the petals— 
induplicate-valvate at the apex and open below—and by the non- 
excentric style-—W. G. Cras 
Fia. 1, flower- stor (the petals are induplicate-valvate at the apex and not imbri- 
cate as in the figure); 2, expanded flower; 3, calyx and pistil; 4, petal, front 
view; 5, sani, 6, ovary, cut longitudinally. All enlarged. 
