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Elaeocarpus Grifithii "CWisht) FAN ce Wiles V. S. Expl. Exped. 
Bot. 1: 203. 1854: Kurz Jour. As. Soc. Bengal 39(2): 68. 1870; 
Mast. in Hook. f. F1. Brit. Ind. 1: 408. 1874; Gagnep. in Lecomte 
F1. Gén. Indo-Chine 1: 570. 1911. 
Elaeocarpus argyrodes Hance, Jour. Bot. 15: 330. 1877 (syn. nov.). 
The type of Hance’s species was a specimen collected in Cambodia by 
Pierre, the species not having been accounted for by Gagnepain in his 
treatment of the Indo-Chinese species; unfortunately Hance cited neither 
the collector nor the locality in describing his species. The reduction 
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s been made from Hance’s description and an inspection of an excel- 
it photograph of his type kindly supplied by Dr. J. Ramsbottom of the 
itish Museum, Natural History. 
Practically all modern authors, including King, Ridley, Gagnepain, 
d others, credit the binomial ÆElaeocarpus Griffithii to Masters, who 
dependently published it by transfer in Hook. f. F1. Brit. Ind. 1: 408. 
74. However, Kurz had made the same transfer four years earlier, 
ur. As. Soc. Bengal 39(2) : 68. 1870, and both Kurz and Masters were 
1g antedated by A. Gray. The three botanists independently based 
e binomial under Ælaeocarpus on Monoceras Grifithü Wight, Ill. 
84. 1838, which is earlier than Monoceras Grifithii K. Muell. Annot. 
aeocarp. 12. 1849, the latter being a synonym of Æ. pamiculatus Wall. 
ie species occurs in Burma, Siam, Indo-China, the Malay Peninsula, 
matra, and Borneo. 
aeocarpus griseo-puberulus sp. nov. ($ Dicera). 
Arbor circiter 15 m. alta, partibus junioribus et inflorescentiis et foliis 
tus perspicue cinereo- vel griseo-puberulis; ramis teretibus, glabris, 
ticellatis, circiter 4 mm. diametro, novellis dense puberulis; foliis 
longis, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, 9-11 cm. longis, 3-4 cm. latis, 
iter crenato-serratis dentibus subapiculatis, supra glabris, suboliva- 
is, subtus pallidioribus, dense adpresse puberulis, apice breviter acumi- 
, basi acutis; nervis primariis utrinque 9-12, subtus perspicuis, 
vatis, curvato-adscendentibus, obscure arcuato-anastamosantibus, 
iculis haud perspicuis; petiolo puberulo, circiter 2 cm. longo; racemis 
merosis in axillis defoliatis, puberulis, 6-7 cm. longis; floribus numero- 
, 5-meris, pedicellis circiter 4 mm. longis; sepalis anguste oblongis, 
utis, puberulis, 4 mm. longis; petalis 6 mm. longis, deorsum angusta- 
, laciniatis laciniis 8-9 linearibus 2-2.5 mm. longis, extus glabris, 
tus deorsum obscure pubescentibus, margine leviter ciliatis; stamini- 
s circiter 15, filamentis brevibus, antheris oblongis, scabridulis, loculis 
baequalibus, 1.5—-1.8 mm. longis, obtusis; ovario ovoideo, dense cinereo- 
» =scente, stylis circiter 4 mm. longis, deorsum consperse subadpresse 
>scentibus, sursum glabris; disco dense pubescente, annulato, cir- 
wr 1.5 mm. diametro, obscure crenulato. 
Inpo-CHINA, Tonkin, Chapa, À. Petelot 3283, September, 1928, in 
‘ests, alt. about 1500 m. 
A species which I have not been able to refer to any described species, 
aracterized by its short, usually dense, appressed, cinereous or sub- 
ereous, puberulent indumentum, characteristic of the tips of the 
nchlets, inflorescences, petioles, and the lower surfaces of the leaves. 
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