SABIACEAE. — MELIOSMA 203 



Meliosma Fischeriana Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Arbor 10-metralis; ramuli annotini gracilcs, flavo-cinerei, glabrescentes, lenti- 

 cellati; gemmae nudae, parvae, villosae. Folia coriacea, persistentia, oblongo- 

 lanceolata v. lanceolata, acuminata, basi sensim attenuata, apicem versus utrinque 

 dentibus 3-1 spinulosis parvis instructa v. Integra, 7-12 cm. longa et 1.5-3.5 cm. 

 lata, maturitate utrinque glabra costa media supra villosula excepta, supra sa- 

 turate viridia, nitentia, subtus pallida viridia, nervis utrinsecus 5-8 curvatis, 

 plurimis ante marginem anastomosantibus, paucis superioribus tantum in dentes 

 excurrentibus ; petioli 1-2 cm. longi, pubescentes, demum glabrescentes. Pani- 

 culae omnes axillares, basi aphyllae, cum pedunculo 1-3 cm. longo 10-15 cm. longae, 

 laxe villosulae, basi 3-7 cm. diam., ramulis sub angulo fere recto divergentibus; 

 flores albi, subsessiles v. breviter pedicellati, in axibus secundi et tertii ordinis; 

 pedicelli villosuli; bracteae ovato-oblongae, acutiusculae, extus pubescentes, 1.5- 

 2 mm. longae; sepala 4-5, imbricata, ovata, minute ciliolata, petalis dimidio 

 breviora; petala exteriora orbicularia v. orbiculari-ovata, concava, carnosa, apice 

 incurva, 2-2.5 mm. longa, interiora duo minuta, profunda biloba, lobis acutis; 

 stamina incurva, fertilia duo petalis interioribus adnata, filamentis minutis, con- 

 nectivo peltato, antheris globosis rima apicali transversali dehiscentibus, stcrilia 

 petalis exterioribus adnata; discus brevis, membranaceus, cupuliformis, minute 

 5-dentatus; pistillum petalis pauUo brevius, glabrum, ovario ovoideo, stylo 

 subulato, stigmate simplice. Fructus desideratur. 



Western Szech'uan: Mt. Omei, woodlands, alt. 1000-1300 m., September 

 1901 (Veitch Exped. No. 4817). 



A rare tree most closely related to M. pungens Wallich which is distinguished 

 by its pubescent branches, stouter petioles, terminal and axillary much larger 

 panicles, more numerous flowers and membranous petals. It is less closely re- 

 lated to M. Henry i Diels, which is distinguished by its red-purple, prominently 

 lenticellate branchlets, less coriaceous, more oblong, leaves and smaller flowers 

 on much longer pedicels. 



Meliosma Fischeriana is named for Herr Fischer, in 1910, German Acting 

 Consul General in Chengtu, as a mark of appreciation of his kind services to me. 



E. H. W. 



Meliosma glomerulata Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Arbor 8-metralis; ramuli dense tomento strigoso-villoso initio fulvo v. griseo- 

 fulvo ad tertium annum persistente obtecti; gemmae nudae, dense fulvo-villosae. 

 Folia decidua (v. chartacea et persistentia), oblongo-lanceolata, longe acuminata, 

 basi sensim attenuata, basi excepta remote serrata dentibus parvis saepe fere 

 ad mucronem reductis, 15-25 cm. longa et circitcr 4 cm. lata, supra obscure 

 viridia, glabra costa media villosula excepta, subtus densius ad venas, sparsius in 

 facie laxe villosa et spatiose reticulata, nervis utrinsecus 10-12 sub angulo acuto 

 divergentibus, mediis fere rectis et in dentes excurrentibus, infimis et summis 

 anastomosantibus; petioli graciles, dense villosi, 2-4 cm. longi. Panicula termi- 

 nalis, late pyramidalis, ad 30 cm. longa et ad 18 cm. diam., dense fulvo- villosa; 

 flores albi, subsessiles, in glomerulis parvis sessilibus in parte inferiore panicula 

 et ramulorum secus axes tertii ordinis, in parte superiore secus axes secundi et 

 primi ordinis dispositis aggregati ; sepala 5, inaequalia, ovata v. ovato-oblonga, 

 acuta V. obtusa, concava, 1.5-2 mm. longa, exteriora villosa, interiora glabra, 

 ciliolata; petala exteriora carnosa, erecto-patentia, orbicularia, 2.5-3 mm. diam., 

 3-5-nervia, interiora minuta, biloba, acuta; stamina fertilia duo, filamentis 

 brevibus compressis incurvis, cormectivo cupulari et peltato, antheris globosis 

 rimis apicalibus minutis dehiscentibus; stamina sterilia petaHs exterioribus adnata 

 et earum trientem aequantia, inflexa; pistillum glabrum, petalis exterioribus 



