Puate 1954. 
EUSTIGMA BALANSA, Oliv. 
HaAMAMELIDEA. 
E. Balansw, Oliv. (sp. nov.), arbuscula, ramulis teretibus lenticel- 
latis parce stellato-tomentellis, foliis ellipticis obtusiuscule cuspidatis 
integris supra opacis obsolete scabriasculis, sab Nepee 
tomentellis, floribus Spicatis subsessilibus, spicis terminalibus vy. folio 
Oppositis subsessilibus, bracteis obovatis obtusis v. apiculatis tomentosis 
bracteolis lon gioribus. 
oo Tonkin; forests in the Valley of Lantok, M. Balansa (No. 
in the fine distribution of M. Balansa, differs from H. oblong : 
G.&C., in its distinctly spicate flowers and broadly elliptical less 
Coriaceous leaves.—D. OLIvER es 
Fig. 1. Flower and _bracteoles. 2. Same, calyx-segments and oo nrg oe 
ig. 1 
3. Anther, side and back views. 4, Vertical section of ovary. Zularged. 
