1942] MERRILL, RECORDS OF INDO-CHINESE PLANTS, II 179 
vel obscure SuICatiS, SUDPAIUIS, 1aiULES Uivirino à eZ anse end, 2 1 
bus vel sulcatis: foliis brevissime petiolatis, subchartaceis, ellipticis vel 
oblongo-ellipticis, 6-10 cm. longis, 2.5-5 cm. latis, acutis, basi late acutis. 
supra glabris, in sicco subolivaceis, opacis vel leviter nitidis, subtus pallidi-= 
oribus, nervis primariis 3-5 mm. distantibus, utrinque circiter 17, gracili- 
bus, utrinque leviter elevatis, haud perspicuis; petiolo pubescenti, crasso, 
1-1.5 mm. longo; inflorescentiis 4 axillaribus terminalibusque, subsessili-2# 2° 
bus, subglomeratis, densis, circiter 6 mm. longis, rhachibus dense pube-)0o0+ 
scentibus paullo productis, bracteis ovatis, acute acuminatis, glabris vel! 
subglabris, 1.5-2 mm. longis; pedicellis ad 1 mm. longis, leviter pubescenti-. 
bus; floribus masculis confertis, 4-meris, sepalis binis exterioribus obscure 
carinatis, quam interioribus paullo minoribus, interioribus late elliptico-. 
ovatis vel suborbiculari-ovatis, late rotundatis, leviter cucullatis, glabris, 
circiter 1.5 mm. longis et 1.3 mm. latis; fillamentis glabris, 2-3 mm. longis, «à 
pistilloidiis subtruncatis, circiter 1.2 mm. diametro, irregulariter sulcatis; ,;,.. 
floribus © fructibusque ignotis. e 
Ixpo-CHINA, Annam, Province of Quang Binh, My Duc, Pételot 6017, July 1930, 
a shrub 5.2 m. high, in open forests at the base of calcareous formations. 
A species characterized by its medium sized, relatively thin leaves, which 
are densely and softly short-pubescent beneath especially along the mid- 
ribs, the same type of indumentum being present on the slender branchlets 
and on the short petioles. The staminate inflorescences are reduced to 
dense glomerules about 6 mm. in diameter. 
\ 
CELASTRACEAE 
Microtropis rhynchocarpa sp. nov. $ Ramiflorae. 
Frutex glaber, ramis teretibus, ramulis ultimis (novellis) circiter 2 mm. 
diametro, brunneiïs, sursum plus minusve compressis canaliculatisque: foliis 
oblongo-ellipticis vel anguste oblongo-obovatis, 15-20 cm. longis, 5-8 cm. 
latis, chartaceis, in sicco laevibus, haud verruculosis, supra subolivaceis, 
subtus brunneis, deorsum angustatis, basi acutis, apice subabrupte breviter 
(1 cm.) obtuse acuminatis; nervis primariis utrinque 7-9, subadscendenti- 
bus, distantibus, subtus elevatis, gracilibus sed perspicuis, laxe arcuato- 
anastomosantibus, reticulis primariis secundariisque laxis, vix perspicuis; 
petiolo 1 cm. longo: floribus ignotis; fructibus in ramis vetustioribus in 
axillis defoliatis fasciculatis; sepalis persistentibus 5, late ovatis, subacutis, 
circiter 2 mm. longis; fructibus anguste ovoideis, cum rostro 2 cm. longis, 
8-9 mm. diametro, extus brunneo-maculatis haud furfuraceis, sursum angus- 
tatis, subabrupte conspicue rostratis, rostris deorsum ad 2 mm. sursum cir- 
1942] MERRILL, RECORDS OF INDO-CHINESE PLANTS, III 177 
Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(5): 247. 1895, retained Séemonurus Blume as 
a valid genus with Gomphandra Wall. and Medusanthera Seem. as syno- 
nvms, but indicated no type of Blume’s genus; at the same time he placed 
Stemonurus in part (as to S. secundifiorus Blume) as a synonym of Urandra 
Thwaites. It should be noted that when Blume again considered his genus 
Stemonurus, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1: 249-250. 1850, he somewhat ampli- 
fied his generic description, and in this amplification he very definitely in- 
cludes specific characters of Séemonurus secundiflorus Blume, yet for some 
unexplained reason he did not include this species in his text, although it is 
ha anler ranrecentative af the sroun that he fioured_ on cit. f 45. Tt might 
