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.<2(p I MORINDA TRICHOPHYLLA sp. nov. 



Frutex alta scandens, perspicue villosus, ramis ramulisque 

 teretibus, dense f errugineo-villosis ; foliis oblongis ad oblongo- 

 ellipticis, chartaceis, 7 ad 12 cm longis, 3 ad 5 cm latis, supra 

 olivaceis, subtus pallidioribus, supra sparse hirsutis, subtus 

 perspicue villosis, apice subcaudato-acuminatis, basi rotundatis 

 vel obscure cordatis, nervis utrinque 10 ad 12, subtus valde 

 perspicuis; petiolo villoso, 6 ad 8 mm longo; stipulis tubulosis, 

 vaginantibus, pilosis, usque ad 1 cm longis, truncatis, appendi- 

 cibus binis filiformibus 5 mm longis terminatis; inflorescentiis 

 terminalibus, capitulis (plerumque 5) 6 ad 8 mm diametro 

 subumbellatim dispositis, pedunculis villosis, 2 ad 2.5 cm longis ; 

 calycis liberis, tubo plus minusve pubescente, 2 ad 2.5 mm longo, 

 irregulariter 4-lobato, lobis lanceolatis ad lineari-lanceolatis, 

 curvatis, 1 ad 4 mm longis ; corolla 5 mm longa, tubo 2 mm longo, 

 lobis crassis, valvatis, oblongo-ovatis, 2 mm longis, extus sparse 

 pubescentibus, intus dense villosis; antheris oblongis, 1.4 mm 

 longis. 



Yik Tsok Mau, McClure 8755 (type), 9668, May 17 and 19, 

 1922, climbing in large trees in partly forested ravines. 



A species strongly characterized by its indumentum and its 

 slenderly acuminate leaves, strikingly different from all other 

 species known to me. While in anthesis the calyces are free; 

 still, I believe that the present species is correctly placed in 

 Morinda, although fruiting material may show that some other 

 generic disposition may be necessary. 



lV>^ ^ MUSSAENDA M EM BRANIFOLIA sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, ramis ramulisque glabris, teretibus, tenuibus ; 

 foliis membranaceis, lanceolatis, olivaceis, 9 ad 15 cm longis, 

 2.5 ad 3.5 cm latis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, apice 

 tenuiter acute subcaudato-acuminatis, basi cuneatis, utrinque, 

 praesertim ad costa nervisque, parce adpresse breviter hirsutis, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 9, distinctis, tenuibus, curvato-adscenden- 

 tibus ; stipulis bifidis, segmentis filiformibus, 3 ad 4 mm longis, 

 parce adpresse hirsutis; inflorescentiis terminalibus, peduncu- 

 latis, laxis, plerumque 3-ramosis, floribus exceptis glabris vel 

 subglabris, ramis patulis, tenuibus, circiter 2 cm longis ; bracteis 

 filiformibus, 5 mm longis; floribus paucis, breviter pedicellatis, 

 bracteolis filiformibus, obscure hirsutis, circiter 3 mm longis, 

 calycis tubo glabro, lobis filiformibus, circiter 4 mm longis, ut 

 videtur persistentibus tubo subaequantibus, una maxima petio- 



