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acuminatis, 10 mm longis, 4 ad 5 mm latis, pilosis; petalis 

 subaequalis, crasse coriaceis, oblongo-ovatis, obtusis, 8 ad 9 mm 

 longis, 4.5 ad 5 mm latis, leviter pilosis, in siccitate atris; 

 antheris numerosis, connectivo truncato ; ovario piloso, 1-ovulato, 

 stylis 0.7 mm longis, stigmate villoso. 



Notia, McClure 8976, April 11, 1922, in thickets between dry 

 fields. The flowers are yellow and greenish, very fragrant, and 

 the fruits are said to be edible. Local name : Lo yan pi. 



A species rather strongly characterized by the large bracts, 

 borne on the lower half of the pedicels, and by its very thick 

 petals being slightly shorter than the distinctly thinner sepals. 



LAURACEAE 



*\V° L1TSEA LANCILIMBA sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 8 m alta, glabra (floribus ignotis) , ramulis 

 circiter 6 mm diametro, teretibus, rubro-brunneis ; foliis alternis, 

 lanceolatis, 14 ad 18 cm longis, 3.5 ad 4.5 cm latis, coriaceis, 

 tenuiter acute acuminatis, basi cuneatis, supra pallide olivaceis, 

 nitidis, subtus glaucescentibus, vix foveolatis, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 12, curvato-adscendentibus, utrinque cum reticulis dis- 

 tinctis; petiolo 3 cm longo; umbellulis axillaribus, ut videtur 

 paucifloris, solitariis, pedunculis sub fructu valde incrassatis, 

 usque ad 5 mm longis; fructibus oblongo-ellipsoideis, 2.5 cm 

 longis, 1.4 cm diametro, in siccitate atris, rugosis, calycis accres- 

 centibus subpatelliformibus, circiter 1 cm diametro, obscure 

 irregulariter lobatis, brunneis, nitidis, rugosis, pedicellis cylin- 

 draceis, circiter 8 mm longis et 5 mm crassis. 



Ng Chi Leng, McClure 9353, April 29, 1922, on forested slopes, 

 altitude about 900 meters. Local name : Pat kok. 



A species recognizable by its lanceolate acuminate leaves which 

 are somewhat glaucous beneath and entirely glabrous on both 

 surfaces, as well as by its paired oblong-ellipsoid black fruits 

 and its thick-pedicelled, somewhat saucer-shaped accrescent 

 calyces. 



LITSEA MACLUREI sp. nov. * 



Arbor 5 ad 8 m alta, ramulis junioribus et subtus foliis minute 



puberulis, glabrescentibus ; foliis alternis, oblongis, coriaceis, 11 



* " 1 cm longis, 3 ad 5 cm latis, breviter obtuse acuminatis vel 



obtusis, basi 



supra in siccitate olivaceis vel viridis, 



subtus glaucescentibus, obscure et nee profunde sub-f oveolatis ; 

 nervis utrinque 7 vel 8, curvatis, subtus conspicuis, vix anasto- 



