ICACINACEAE Gore s 
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Gomphandra obscurinervis sp. nov. Winx 
Frutex circiter 3 m. altus, ramulis et ol et recents dresse 
pubescentibus, ceteroquin glabris; ramis teretibus, ramulis ultimis 1 mm. 
diametro; foliis lanceolatis, coriaceis, in sicco subatris vel brunneis, 
nitidis, 5-12 cm. longis, .7-2.5 mm. latis, acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis 
primariis utrinque 5-7, distantibus, curvatis, obscuris, obscure anasto- 
mosantibus, interdum obsoletis, reticulis plerumque obsoletis: petiolo 
5-10 mm. longo; cymis axillaribus subterminalibusque, pedunculatis, 
trichotomis, circiter 3 cm. longis, leviter adpresse pubescentibus, 
pedunculo circiter 1 cm. longo; floribus 4- vel 5-meris, sessilibus, 
plerumque in triadibus in ramulis ultimis dispositis, calycibus cupulatis, 
glabris, 1.5 mm. longis latisque, truncatis, dentibus 4 vel 5, minutissimis; 
inflexo- EL staminibus 5, Hanoute 5-6 mm. ue. à sursum 
intusque barbatis, antheris ellipsoideis, 1 mm. longis; fructibus oblongis, 
cylindricis, glabris, 2 cm. longis. 
Inpo-CxiNA, Tonkin, Massif du Tam Dao, À. Petelot 4359 (type), 
May, 1931, alt. 1100 m.; Chapa, À. Petelot 4463, September, 1932, alt. 
about 1600 m. 
À species among the very few known from Indo-China apparently 
most closely allied to Gomphandra cambodiana Pierre. It is well char- 
acterized by its narrow, lanceolate, obscurely nerved leaves. 
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