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PENTAPHYLACACEAE 
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Li 
Pentaphylax spicata sp. nov. /he. DA: QG 01/G% F 
Arbor glabra, circiter 20 m. alta, ramis ramulisque M Fe 
ultimis circiter 2 mm. diametro; foliis coriaceis, ellipticis vel oblongo- 
ellipticis, 6-10 cm. longis, 3-5 cm. latis, perspicue acuminatis, basi 
acutis, supra olivaceo-viridibus; nervis primariis utrinque circiter 7, 
gracilibus, adscendentibus, haud perspicuis, obscure anastomosantibus ; 
petiolo 1-1.5 cm. longo; inflorescentiis spicatis, axillaribus, binis, usque 
ad 6 cm. longis; floribus ignotis; fructibus junioribus ellipsoideis, 5 mm. 
longis, glabris 5-loculatis, stylis 2 mm. longis, stigmatibus 5, brevissimis ; 
sepalis persistentibus 5, coriaceis, late ovatis, obtusis, 2.5 mm. longis, 
margine breviter ciliatis; bracteolis binis, ovatis, acutis vel obtusis, 1.5 
mm. longis, margine leviter ciliatis. 
Inpo-CxinaA, Tonkin, Chapa, Massif du Fan Tre Pan, Petelot 4576, 
July, 1931, alt. about 1400 m. Massif du Tam Dao, Petelot 3213, 4560, 
April and May, 1931, alt. 1400 m. 
A Symplocos-like species, allied to Pentaphylax euryoides Gardn. & 
Champ. of southeastern China, but with strictly spicate, not racemose 
MERRILL, INDO-CHINESE PLANTS al 
ndo-China, the previously known representatives being P. euryoides 
dn. & Champ. and P. racemosa Merr. which may not be distinct from 
2 euryoides, both from southeastern China, and P. malayana Ridl. and 
arborea Ridl. of the Malay Peninsula. 
