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158 SMITH—CRAIBIODENDRON. 
To the diagnoses of new species is prefixed a note of the 
extended distribution of C. shanicum. 
Craibiodendron shanicum, W.W. Smith in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. 
vol. iv, p. 277. Plate cviil. 
Distribution—China 
Yunnan, grassy mountains, north of Mengtze. moa 
4-5 ft. high; flowers white; alt. 5000 ft.; Henry 9505, 
Herb. Kew. and Herb. Edin. (Henry 9505B, Szemao cts 
5-6000 ft.; tree, 20 ft.; white flowers. Very near the type, but 
the leaves sometimes acute. In Herb. Kew. and Herb. Edin.) 
Burma :—Near Loimwe, Southern Shan States, MacGregor 
726; at Taunggyi, Southern Shan States, Watson 234; tbidem, 
Abdul Khalil; Maymyo, Upper Burma, 3500 ft., Lace 3128, 
4160; ibidem, Badal Khan 117; Kalay Hills, Prazer 100; 
Tanglabon Hills, Prazer 123; ‘‘height of tree is 20 ft.; colour 
of the flower white. These trees are also seen on the Lummoo 
Hills after leaving Mori Thannah, and on the old Shetong Road.” 
All in Herb. Calc.; Badal Khan 117; Lace 3128, 4160; also in 
Herb. Kew. 
Siam :—At Doi Soatep, 2300-2800 ft.; small tree about 
20 ft.; A. F. G. Kerr 1282, 1282A, 1369, in Herb. Kew. 
Craibiodendron Henryi, W. W. Smith. Sp. nov. 
Species Cratbiodendro shanico, W. W. Smith affinis ; foliis 
lanceolatis acuminatis, corolla minore glabra patentiore, fere ad 
imum fissa differt. 
Arbor circ. 8-10 m. alta ramulis robustis glabris. Folia 
alterna, ad 15 cm. longa, 2°5-3'5 cm. lata, petiolata, lanceolata, 
acuminata, extrema apice subobtusa, basi cuneata, integra, 
subundulata, coriacea, glabra, supra nitentia, infra pallidiora 
glandulis minutis nigrescentibus sparse instructa; petiolus 
circ. I°5 cm. longus rugosulus glaber; nervi utrinque 15-20 
fere horizontales, supra impressi, infra prominuli, intra marginem 
anastomosantes, utrinque distincte reticulati. Inflorescentiae 
plures in apice ramorum racemoso-paniculatae, 15-25 cm. 
longae, multiflorae, glabrescentes. Flores albi parvi; bractea 
bracteolaeque deciduae, in siccitate plerumque desunt. Calyx 
ei C. shanicit persimilis, 1-2 mm. longus, puberulus, post 
anthesin vix mutatus, 5—partitus; sepala fere libera, perlate 
ovata, subapiculata, rugosula. Corolla 2-3 mm. longa, breviter 
campanulata, in lobos triangulari-ovatos, subobtusos patentes 
fere ad imum fissa, coriacea, glabra. Stamina 10, inclusa, 
dimidium corollae acquantia, libera, filamentis glabris medio 
