346 TERNSTRŒMIACÉES  (C.-J. Pitard) 
6. T. Dormoyana Pierre Fl. forest. Cochinch. pl. 118. 
Harms. 
MYRSINACEXE 
Maesa acuminatissima Merr. Philip. Jour. Sci. 23: 257. 1923. 
A opaca Pitard in Lecomte, F1. Gén. Indo-Chine 
Whether this be considered merely as a variety of Maesa striata Mez 
( type from Sumatra), or as a distinct species, M. striata Mez var. opaca 
Pitard is clearly the same as the’earlier M. acuminatissima Mer. (type 
from Hainan). Pitard gave à very ample description of his variety 
based on collections from several localities in Tonkin, including Mount 
Bay It is now represented by several Haïnan collections, and I have 
examined one recent one from Mount Bavi, Pételot 6311, Feb. 24, 1938. 
Indo-China, Haïnan, and Kwangsi (T'sang 24715). | 
Crovrrorro vs D UBUs 110 LHC 14ULEL SpECIES 15 ONE O LIU LUITLIL Lorrraies À —— L 
Shansi, Shensi, Honan, Chekiang, Kiangsu) it is suspected that Lecomte’s 
Indo-Chinese record was based on an erroneously identified specimen. 
Possibly a glabrescent form of Aesculus Wilsonii Rehd. is represented 
by the Balansa specimen that Lecomte examined. 
SABIACEAE 
Meliosma caudata sp. nov. $ Simplices. 
Species M. squamulatae Hance afñnis, differt foliis glabris, haud lepido- 
tulis, nervis lateralibus magis numerosis, floribus pedicellatis, in ramulis 
ultimis racemose haud glomeratim dispositis. Frutex vel arbor parva, 
ramis teretibus, glabris, plus minusve lenticellatis, ultimis circiter 2 mm. 
diametro: foliis simplicibus. firme chartaceis vel auhrariareie nhlanæa 
1939] MERRILL, RECORDS OF INDO-CHINESE PLANTS 349 
Ixpo-CriNA, Tonkin, Chapa, Pételot 6363, April, 1938, alt. 1500 m. 
Yunnan, Szechuan, Hunan, Kwangsi, the species in Szechuan and Hupeh. 
This is the first representative of the genus to be reported from Indo- 
China, although Gagnepain, suspecting that it might occur there, in- 
cluded it in his key to the genera (Lecomte, FI. Gén. Indo-Chine 2: 1184. 
1923). This Tonkin form seems clearly to be the same as T. intermedia 
Harms, which Hu, with apparently valid reasons, has placed as a variety 
of T. angulata Oliver. When Wangerin monographed the group in 1910, 
he had seen no specimens representing Oliver’s species, recognizing 
three species, T. tiliaejolia DOUTE angulata Oliver, and 7. intermedia 
three spec ) D) au INA JUTIDUS ODION£IS 
ace0-membranaceis, plerumque oblongis vel deorsum leviter angusta- 
je : E à ; 2 
oui rotundatis, 5-nerviis, reticulatis, 5-6 cm. longis 
: ; ; - latis, trinis minoribus oblanceolatis, acutis vel obscure acts 
atis, 5-nerviis, 1.6—2 cm. longis, 4-5 mm. latis d 
