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length, and is otherwise strongly characterized by its lanceolate, 

 membranaceous, caudate-acuminate leaves and its slender elong- 

 ated pedicels. 



MAESA CONSANGUINEA sp. nov. § Eumaesa. 



Frutex ut videtur scandens, glaber; prophyllis parvis, ovatis, 

 haud cymbiformis; inflorescentiis axillaribus, solitariis, race- 

 mosis vel depauperato paniculatis, petiolo aequantibus vel paullo 

 longioribus, sepalis haud ciliatis, haud lineatis; foliis mem- 

 branaceis, oblongis ad oblongo-ovatis, olivaceis, nitidis, 7 ad 

 12 cm longis, 3 ad 6 cm latis, lineis nervilliformis praeditis, 

 subcaudato-acuminatis, basi acutis ad rotundatis, margine integ- 

 ris vel leviter undulatis vel distanter denticulatis, nervis utrin- 

 que 5 vel 6, distinctis; petiolo 1 ad 1.5 cm longo; inflorescentiis 

 plerumque circiter 1 cm longis, rariter 2.5 cm longis; fructibus 

 subglobosis, breviter pedicellatis, 2.5 ad 3 mm diametro, sepalis 

 5, persistentibus, triangularibus, acutis. 



Ng Chi Leng, McClure 9J>68 (type) 95 U, May, 1922, in 

 forested ravines on the south slope of the mountain. 



A species allied to the Philippine Maesa denticulata Mez and 

 to the Celebesian M. warburgii Mez, from both of which, among 

 other characters, it is distinguished by its short inflorescences. 



EBENACEAE 



DIOSPYROS HAINANENSIS sp. nov. 



Arbor 10 ad 18 m alta, subglabra, ramis teretibus, glabris, 

 griseis, ramulis junioribus leviter hirsutis glabrescentibus ; foliis 

 coriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, 10 ad 14 cm longis, 3.5 ad 6 cm 

 latis, in siccitate pallidis, nitidis, obtusis ad obtuse acuminatis, 

 basi acutis vel plerumque rotundatis, nervis utrinque circiter 9, 

 subtus perspicuis, curvato-adscendentibus, anastomosantibus, 

 reticulis supra obsoletis vel subobsoletis, subtus perspicuis; 

 petiolo 1 ad 1.5 cm longo; floribus ignotis; fructibus ovoideis 

 vel subglobosis, 3 ad 4 cm diametro, nigris, vetustioribus glabris, 

 junioribus dense hirsutis, circiter 8-locellatis, pericarpio circiter 

 4 mm crasso ; seminibus compressis, circiter 1.7 cm longis, albu- 

 mine aequabile; calycis persistentibus crasse coriaceis, hirsutis, 

 vetustioribus glabrescentibus, subquadratis, 2 ad 2.3 cm latis, 

 late 4-lobatis, lobis subacutis. 



Yik Tsok Mau and Ng Chi Leng, McClure 81*62 (type), 9320, 

 97US, December, 1921, and April and May, 1922, in forested 

 ravines up to 1,200 meters altitude. Local names: Ngau kau 

 shue, ngau ham muk, ngau kau muk, chai pat pat. 



