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centibus, 2.5 mm diametro, obscure lobatis; petalis liberis, 

 oblongis, 6.5 mm longis, 2.6 mm latis, extus pubescentibus ; tubo 

 cylindrico, 5 mm longo, 2 mm diametro, glabro, libero, leviter 

 crenulato; antheris 8, oblongis, 1 mm longis, inclusis; discus 

 cupulatus, crenulatus, 1 mm altus ; ovario villoso ; stylis 4 mm 

 longis, deorsum villosis, sursum glabris, stigmate subcapitato. 



Ka La, McClure 9196, April 21, 1922, on rocky stream banks. 



A strongly marked species, according to C. de Candolle's ar- 

 rangement falling in the group with Dysoxylum arborescens 

 Miq., but not at all closely allied to it or to its associated species. 

 It is dedicated to Luk Tak, one of the Chinese collectors who 

 accompanied Mr. McClure on his second" trip to Hainan. 



EUPHORBIACEAE 



ANTIDESMA MACLUREI sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 5 m alta, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque 

 exceptis glabra, ramis tenuibus, teretibus, glabris, cinereis, 

 ramulis leviter puberulis vel pubescentibus; foliis lanceolatis, 

 membranaceis, 7 ad 11 cm longis, 2 ad 3 cm latis, in siccitate 

 pallidis, nitidis, tenuiter acute acuminatis, basi rotundatis ad 

 subacutis, nervis utrinque circiter 7, tenuibus, distinctis, utrin- 

 que glabris vel subtus ad costa leviter pubescentibus; petiolo 

 circiter 8 mm longo, pubescente ; stipulis caducis, ignotis ; inflo- 

 rescentiis 9 in axillis superioribus, solitariis, paniculatis, laxis 

 dense subferrugineo-pubescentibus vel puberulis, usque ad 8 cm 

 longis, ramis paucis, distantibus, patulis, inferioribus circiter 3 

 cm longis; floribus 5 in ramis primariis racemose dispositis, 

 breviter (1 mm) pedicellatis, 4-meris, calycis lobis anguste ovatis, 

 acutis, vix 1 mm longis ; bracteolis lanceolato-ovatis, acuminatis, 

 pedicellis subaequantibus ; fructibus junioribus oblongis, leviter 

 inaequilateralibus, in siccitate pruinosis, vix rugosis, circiter 3 

 mm longis, acuminatis, stigmate terminale. 



Ng Chi Leng, McClure 9551, May 13, 1922, in forests. 



A species in many respects resembling Antidesma japonicum 

 S. & Z. and A. gracile Hemsl., differing notably in its paniculate 

 inflorescences. 



CLEISTANTHUS SAICHIKII sp. nov. § Leiopyxis. 



Frutex 3 ad 4 m altus, ramulis junioribus floribusque exceptis 

 glaber; ramis ramulisque teretibus, tenuibus, ramulis junioribus 

 glabris vel parce ciliatis ; foliis chartaceis, laevis, utrinque nitidis, 

 ellipticis ad ovato-ellipticis vel oblongo-ellipticis, in siccitate 

 pallidis, 3 ad 7 cm longis, 1 ad 3.5 cm latis, perspicue sed obtuse 



