(104) 
incurved; bract placed at the base of the flower, the basal expanded 
portion consisting of two broadly ovate obtuse lateral lobes, each 
about 4 mm. long, the spur 10 mm. long, lightly curved, clavate; 
bud globose, 5 or 6 mm. broad; anthers aon small, short and broad. 
“Stems 3 inches in diameter and 30 to 40 ft. long; near Atten, 
6000 ft., Aug. 8, 1902” (No. 1461). 
Species near S. bicolor (Benth.). 
THEACEAE 
Taonabo subserrata sp. nov. 
abrous, except for the minutely papillose sepals. Branchlets 
numerous, short, stout, grayish-red, roughened with very narrow 
annulae and transverse fissures. Leaves drying dark-brown, 
crowded, the petioles 3 or 4 mm. long and nearly as broad, the 
blades 4-7 cm. long, 2-3 cm. broad, a little broader above, the 
base abruptly short-acuminate, the summit obscurely so, obtuse 
or minutely retuse, the margin thinly recurved, obscurely. serrate, 
the midrib faintly impressed above, coarsely prominent under- 
a 
coarsely reticulate. Flowers rather abundant, the peduncles 
I-1.5 cm. long, stout, blackish. Calyx 1-1.25 cm. broad, the 
sepals ae papillose- ‘ciliate. Corolla nearly a half broader ‘than 
the calyx; stamens very numerous, ne about 1.5 mm. long. 
Style stout, es than the stam 
“A stout shrub, 7 ft. high, Tan 8000 ft. alt., July 30, 
1902” (No. 1533). 
Taonabo flavifolia sp. nov. 
(Fruiting specimen.) 
Glabrous throughout, the ee stout, Soa oo 
becoming gray with age. Leaves 3-9 cm. long, 1-3 ¢ oad, 
oblanceolate, tapering “gradually into a Hae af -like aes ‘obtuse, 
10-12 on each side, obscure, interarching. Fruits sparse, globose, 
gi 1 cm. broad, light-brown, the persistent style blackish, about 
m. long; peduncle slender, nearly as long as the fruit, the 
ae sepals appressed, unequal, the largest reaching nearly to 
the middle of the fait seeds light-brown, smooth, nearly ellip- 
soidal, slightly curved, about 6 mm. ong, 4.5 mm. broad. 
“A tree 20 ft. high and 6 in. in diameter, Aten, 5000 ft. alt., 
Aug. 17, 1902” (No. 1452). 
