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acutura 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 decern paria, 

 angulo satis acuto a costa exorientibus, leniter arcuatis in pagina 

 superiore leviter impressis laxe hirsutis in inferiore densius pilosis, 

 versus basin prominentibus at superne prope evanidis, nervis 

 trans versis e primariis squarrose exorientibus varie curvatis non- 

 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 nunquam stellatis conspersa. 

 Inflorescentia axillaris, polygamo-monoecia, e fasciculis duobus vel 

 pluribus prope sessilibus, bracteolis singulis hirsutis inconspicuis 

 instructis, constituta ; 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 . f ulvo nitido hirsuta. Petala floris <$ circiter 

 1*5 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, parum incrassata, dorso pilis fulvis 

 hirsuta, nectario mellis colore oculo pallidiore pilorum similium 

 annulo circumdato infra unguem 0*5 mm. attingente, ungui 

 flavescente vix 0*5 mm. longo 1 mm. lato apice praemorso. 

 Androgynophorii columna 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, 

 filamentis circiter 2 mm. longis. Drupa ex quattuor pyrenis plus 

 minus per paria accretis, constans, depressa, subquadrata, pilis 

 longiusculis albidis 2-5 in tuberculis badii coloris juuctim insidenti- 

 bus instructa, juventute fusca, maturior subflava, glabrescens. — 

 Drummond et Craib apud Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 21. 



Burma, Maymyo Plateau, 1050 m., Lace, 3223. 



Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 720 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 ; For. Fl. Burma, i. 

 p. 157. 



Chiengmai plain, on waste ground, 300 in., Kerr, 613. 



Distr. India, Burma, Assam, China, Malaya. 



Allied to G. Microcos is a specimen collected by Luang Vanpruk 

 (No. 170) which may probably be G. ulmifolia, Roxb. The collec- 

 tions recently received from Dr. Kerr from Sriracha contain a plant 

 (No. 2085) which is the Indo-Chinese form (or representative) of 

 this species, and which may eventually have to be described as a 

 distinct species. 



