SABIACEAE. — MELIOSMA 205 



Meliosma Beaniana Rehder & Wilson, n. sp. 



Arbor 12-25-metralis, valde ramosa ramis crassis erecto-patentibus 

 V. in arboribus vetustioribus patentibus; truncus 0.2-2 m. circuitu, 

 cortice cinereo, satis levi demum leviter rimoso, et in arboribus vetusti- 

 oribus magis rimoso fuscescente ; ramuli hornotini tenuiter f errugineo- 

 tomentosi, annotini glabri v. glabrescentes, lenticellati, cicatricibus 

 foliorum ovalibus magnis instructi, flavido-cinerei ; gemmae nudae, 

 ferrugineo-tomentosae. Folia decidua, imparipinnata, 2-6-juga, cum 

 petiolo 4-7 cm. longo 15-35 cm. longa; foliola subopposita v. opposita, 

 breviter petiolulata, ovata v. elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata, basi 

 late cuneata, saepe obliqua, rarius rotundata, remote serrulata 

 dentibus minutis appressis mucronulatis, rarius subintegra, apicem 

 versus accrescentia, par infimum 3-6 cm. longum et 1.5-3 cm. latum, 

 par summum 7.5-15 cm. longum et 3-5 cm. latum, foliolum terminate 

 10-15 cm. longum, interdum obovatum v. obovato-oblongum, supra 

 obscure viridia, initio pilis sparsis minutis subaccumbentibus con- 

 spersa praesertim ad venas, demum glabra v. fere glabra, subtus 

 pallidiora, sparse pilis minutis subaccumbentibus conspersa, in 

 axillis nervorum fulvo-barbata, nervis utrinsecus 8-10 sub angulo 

 35-40° divergentibus curvatis anastomosantibus subtus elevatis, 

 reticulo venularum leviter elevato; petioli glabrescentes, basi incras- 

 sati. Flores praecoces, albi, in paniculis axillaribus in apice ramorum 

 et ramulorum lateralium brevium; paniculae patentes v. pendentes, 

 dense ferrugineo-villosae, cum pedunculo basi nudo 2-5 cm. longo 

 12-20 cm. longae et 6-12 cm. diam.; bracteae caducae; flores in 

 axibus secundi et tertii, interdum quarti ordinis racemosi, pedicellati 

 pedicellis 2-4 mm. longis laxe villosulis; sepala 4, erecto-patentia, 

 ovata, acuta v. obtusa, 1.5-2 mm. longa, saepe leviter irregulariter 

 dentata, minute ciliolata; petala exteriora late reniformia, emargi- 

 nata, concava, circiter 2 mm. longa et ad 4 mm. lata, interiora minuta, 

 bifida lobis acutis ciliolatis; stamina sterilia irregulariter dentata, 

 apice incurva, petalis exterioribus adnata, fertilia filamentis compressis 

 2 mm. longis leviter incurvis, connectivo peltato, antheris ovoideis 

 transverse dehiscentibus; discus cupularis, membranaceus, ovarium 

 subaequans, 3-dentatus dentibus duobus bifidis; pistillum petala 

 paullo superans, glabrum, ovario subgloboso, stylo subulato, stig- 

 mate simplice. Fructus globosus, niger, 6-7 mm. diam.; semen 

 irregulariter depresso-subglobosum, imo latere leviter et obtuse cos- 

 tatum, basi applanatum, hilo fere triangulari albido notatum, griseo- 

 brunneum, leve. 



