Camellia cordatula sp. nov. Merr. JAA 20: 348. 1939 
Frutex vel arbor parva, glabra, ramis ramulisque teretibus, ramulis 
laevibus, ultimis 1.5—-2 mm. diametro, internodiis 2-8 cm. longis; foliis 
brevissime petiolatis, firme chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, late oblongis vel 
oblongo-ellipticis, 10-15 cm. longis, 4-7 cm. latis, supra olivaceis, sub- 
nitidis, subtus paullo pallidioribus, utrinque minutissime verruculosis, 
basi rotundatis, distincte cordatis, semiamplexicaulibus, apice distincte 
obtuseque acuminatis, margine minute subdistanter subcrenato-denticu- 
latis, dentibus 2-6 mm. distantibus; nervis primariis utrinque 8-10, 
subtus elevatis, curvatis, arcuato-anastomosantibus, reticulis obsoletis 
vel subobsoletis:; petiolo 2-3 mm. longo; floribus axillaribus vel termi- 
nalibus, solitariis, saltem 3 cm. diametro, breviter (3-4 mm.) pedi- 
cellatis; sepalis numerosis, extus minute puberulis, intus glabris, sub- 
coriaceis, omnibus rotundatis, exterioribus reniformibus, 3-4 mm. longis, 
6—7 mm. latis, interioribus gradatim majoribus, ultimis subellipticis, 
2—-2.5 cm. longis, circiter 1.5 cm. latis; petalis staminibusque ignotis; __ 
ovario ovoideo, dense pubescente, stylis 5, ad basim liberis, cinereo- 
pubescentibus, circiter 1.5 cm. longis; bracteolis late ovatis, subimbri- 
catis, 2-3 mm. longis, rotundatis, interdum breviter apiculatis. 
INpo-CHINA, Tonkin, Hoa Binh Province, between Hoa Binh and 
Vu Ban, À. Pételot 6387, May 5, 1938. Fabre 
À species apparently belonging in the group with Tkea-flava Pitard, 
characterized by its shortly petioled, distinctly cordate and semiamplexi- 
caul leaves and its five free styles, the styles and ovary densely pubescent. 
axIS ; petiolo circiter 5 mm. longo; floribus axillaribus terminalib 
solitariis, albidis, breviter (ca. 1 mm.) pedicellatis, 1.5-2 cm. di ar 
bracteolis glabris, circiter 1.5 mm. longis; sepalis rires nn. 
cavis, coriaceis, exterioribus subovatis, circiter 3 mm. longis res 
ellipticis, tenuioribus, ad 8 mm. longis; petalis ornbaue Le 
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ne 17, 1938, on calcareous rocks or ledges. 
species Characterized by being entirely glabrou 
relatively thin leaves, and especially by t 
S in all parts, by its 
its three, slender, entirely free 
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