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axillaribus, simplicibus, racemosis, petiolo subaequantibus, ple- 

 rumque 2- vel 3-floris; fructibus circiter 5 mm longis, oblongo- 

 ovoideis, cylindraceis, glabris, pedicellis circiter 1 mm longis; 

 bracteis et sepalis persistentibus parcissime pubescentibus. 



Yik Tsok Mau, McClur e 9M£, May 18, 1922, in forested 

 ravines. 



This species in vegetative characters somewhat resembles 

 Symplocos modesta Brand and S. myrtacea S. & Z., but differs 

 totally from both in its very short, 2- or 3-flowered inflorescences 

 which do not exceed the petioles in length. 



i MACLUREI sp. nov. 



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

 inflorescentiisque densissime subf errugineo-tomentosis ; foliis 

 oblongis, 6 ad 9 cm longis, 2 ad 3 cm latis, chartaceis ad 

 subcoriaceis, supra glabris, nitidis, viridis, subtus pallidis, sub- 

 glaucescentibus, junioribus perspicue crispatulo-pilosis, vetustio- 

 ribus glabris, perspicue acuminatis, basi acutis, margine sub- 

 glanduloso-crenulatis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, subtus perspicuis, 

 costa supra impressa; petiolo circiter 1 cm longo, piloso; spicis 

 axillaribus, 5 ad 7 cm longis; fructibus sessilibus, oblongis, 

 cylindraceis, 10 ad 12 mm longis, circiter 4 mm diametro, apice 

 densissime villosis, bracteis dense villosis. 

 Ng Chi Leng, McClure 9461, May 6, 1922, in forested ravines. 

 A striking species, strongly characterized by the dense indu- 

 mentum on the branchlets and the stout spikes; the strongly 

 contrasted leaf surfaces, the upper being green and glabrous, 

 except in very young leaves, the lower being pale, almost 

 glaucous; and the conspicuous crisped indumentum which dis- 

 appears in age. The cylindric fruits at full maturity are 

 entirely glabrous except for the very densely tomentose apices, 

 but the younger ones present the same type of indumentum 

 in places on the sides, indicating that the very young fruits 

 are densely tomentose. 



SYMPLOCOS SCHAEFFERAE sp. nov. § Bobua, Lodhra. 



Arbor 4 ad 5 m alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glaberrima, 

 ramis teretibus, griseo-purpureis, ramulis flavidis, teretibus vel 

 leviter compressis; foliis obovatis ad oblongo-obovatis, in sicci- 

 tate flavidis, coriaceis, 4 ad 5 cm longis, 1.5 ad 5.5 cm latis, 

 breviter abrupteque acuminatis, basi acutis, margine glanduloso- 

 denticulatis, nervis utrinque circiter 6, distantibus, distinctis, 

 perspicue et laxe arcuato-anastomosantibus, costa supra leviter 

 impressa; petiolo 5 ad 8 mm longo; inflorescentiis axillaribus, 



