2 RUE ÉUT. A 
2 6 ES RES OL PCR RS A 
MELIACEAE 
imvonia Petelotii sp. nov. fers LHF 14/4719 FIGURE 2. 
’ 
Suffrutex erectus, simplex, circiter 30 cm. altus; caulibus teretibus 
? 
38 JOURNAL OF THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM [voL. xIx 
deorsum glabris, pallidis, sursum plusminusve breviter pubescentibus, 
novellis dense pubescentibus; foliis 1-foliolatis, longe petiolatis, mem- 
branaceis, oblongis vel late oblongo-oblanceolatis, 9-11 cm. longis, 
2-3 cm. latis, integris, supra glabris, subtus obscure breviter pubescenti- 
bus, basi cuneatis vel acutis, apice acutis vel obtusis apiculatisque, nervis 
Ficure 2. MunRoNIA PETELOTII Merr. A, anentire plant; B, a flower, 
enlarged; C, details of the staminal tube showing two anthers and the 
cleft lobes. 
primariis utrinque 5 vel 6, gracilibus, vix vel obscure arcuato-anasto- 
mosantibus; petiolo gracili, leviter pubescente, 2.5-3 cm. longo; floribus 
paucis, pedicellis circiter 7 mm. longis; sepalis 5, anguste oblongis, 
obtusis, leviter pubescentibus, 2.5 mm. longis, 0.8 mm. latis; corollae 
tubo 1.5 cm. longo, extus consperse parcissime pubescente, circiter 1.5 
mm. diametro; lobis 5, obovatis, 7-8 mm. longis, 4.5—-5 mm. latis, apice 
rotundatis, leviter cucullatis, tubo stamineo exserto, lobis ad 1 mm. 
longis, fissis; antheris quam lobis duplo longioribus. 
INDo-CHINA, Annam, Quang Binh Province, My Duc, Petelot 5. n. 
à MERRILL, INDO-CHINESE PLANTS 39 
| 
Y, 1930, a small plant growing in a hole Ï 
ù or cavit th 
rb. N. Y. Botanical Garden. M 
Chis is apparently sufficiently characterized by its slenderly petioled 
È enüre, 1-foliolate leaves. The lower part of the stem of the single 
ni seen appears as if it might have been decumbent 
