250 The Philippine Journal of Science 1923 



SAPINDACEAE 



XEROSPERMUM TOPENGII sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 10 m alta, subglabra, ramis teretibus, glabris, 

 ramulis puberulis; foliis 20 ad 25 cm longis, foliolis 5, oblongo- 

 lanceolatis, chartaceis, 10 ad 15 cm longis, 3 ad 4 cm latis, 

 acuminatis, basi acutis, plerumque inaequilateralibus, supra oli- 

 vaceis, glabris, nitidis, subtus pallidis, subglaucescentibus, leviter 

 pubescentibus, nervis utrinque circiter 14, subtus perspicuis, 

 reticulis utrinque distinctis; paniculis sub fructu 10 ad 12 cm 

 longis, plus minusve pubescentibus; floribus ignotis; fructibus 

 ellipsoideis, 2 ad 2.5 cm longis, rotundatis, in siccitate atro- 

 castaneis, muricatis, processibus rigidis, 2.5 ad 3.5 mm longis, 

 rectis vel leviter curvatis, obtusis vel truncatis, sulcatis, 0.5 ad 

 1 mm latis, basi pyramidatis. 



Ng Chi Leng, McClure 9455, May 5, 1922, on forested slopes 

 on the southern side of the mountain. 



This species was originally referred to Nephelium, but by 

 the characters given by Radlkofer it appears better placed in 

 Xerospermum. It is definitely more closely allied to X. murica- 

 tum Radlk., of Burma and the Malay Peninsula, than to any of 

 the species of Indo-China, authentically named specimens of all 

 the Indo-Chinese species being available to me for purposes of 

 direct comparison. It differs notably from X. muricatum Radlk. 

 in its long-muricate fruits, the stiff, straight or curved processes 

 attaining a length of 3.5 mm. The genus is new to China. Local 

 name : Shan li chi. 



SABIACEAE 



MELIOSMA BUCHANANIFOLIA sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 12 m alta, inflorescentiis subferrugineo-pubes- 

 centibus exceptis glabra; ramis teretibus, circiter 5 mm diametro, 

 perspicue lenticillatis ; foliis oblongo-oblanceolatis ad oblanceo- 

 latis, subcoriaceis, olivaceis, utrinque concoloribus nitidisque, 14 

 ad 20 cm longis, 4 ad 6 cm latis, acuminatis, basi cuneatis, mar- 

 gine integris; nervis utrinque circiter 18, perspicuis, arcuato- 

 anastomosantibus, reticulis distinctis ; petiolo circiter 2 cm longo ; 

 paniculis terminalibus et in axillis superioribus, erectis, dense 

 multifloris, pedunculatis, usque ad 18 cm longis; floribus in ra- 

 mulis ultimis racemose dispositis, confertis, breviter pedicellatis, 

 3 mm diametro; sepalis ovatis, obtusis, 1 mm longis, leviter 

 pubescentibus ; petalis majoribus late ovatis, 2 ad 2.5 mm longis, 

 minoribus lanceolatis, 2 mm longis, 0.8 mm latis; filamentis 



