Gr rt Le Vip TV ébeæ ms * 170 mn ES 
Ilex megistocarpa sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra, ramis pallide brunneis, lenticellatis, ultimis circiter 3 
mm. diametro, sulcatis: foliis firmiter chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, ob- 
longis vel oblongo-ellipticis, pallide olivaceis, opacis vel supra plus 
minusve nitidis, utrinque subconcoloribus, integerrimis, margine anguste 
cartilagineis, 12-15 cm. longis, 4-5 cm. latis, basi late acutis vel sub- 
rotundatis, apice obscure acuminatis, nervis primariis utrinque circiter 
10, supra subobscuris, subtus perspicuis, elevatis, distincte arcuato- 
anastomosantibus, secundariis reticulisque primariis laxis, subelevatis, 
distinctis; petiolo 1-1.5 cm. longo; fructibus axillaribus, ut videtur 
solitariis, magnis, globosis, circiter 1.5 cm. diametro, in sicco extus 
longitudinaliter striatis vel subsulcatis; pedicellis 8-10 mm. longis, 
glabris vel obscurissime puberulis, plus minusve 4-angulatis, rugulosis; 
calycibus Sub fructu disciformibus, 6-7 mm. diametro, obscure late 
8-crenatis; pyrenis 8, extus profunde 2-sulcatis, 3-carinatis, faciebus 
lateralibus profunde exsculptis, plerumque 2-carinatis; stigmatibus ses- 
silibus, subglobosis. 
INpo-CHiNA: Tonkin, Chapa, Pételot 2303, August 1939, altitude 
about 1500 m. 
A species characterized especially by its unusually large fruits which 
are normally composed of eight deeply sculptured pyrenes, their lateral 
faces normally 2-carinate, deeply sulcate, the external face normally 
deeply 2-sulcate and 3-carinate. I have been unable to refer this to 
any of the described species from Indo-China, Burma, China, and other 
contiguous regions. 
Ilex chapaensis sp. nov. Merr. JAA 21: 373, 1940 
Species Zlici Henr yi Loes. valde affinis, differt inflorescentiis 4 minute 
puberulis, floribus multo majoribus, 12-14 mm. diametro. Frutex 4-6 
m. altus, ramis teretibus, leviter lenticellatis, ramulis ultimis circiter 
1 mm. diametro; foliis submembranaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, distincte 
acuminatis, basi acutis vel late acutis, 6-7 cm. longis, 2-3.5 cm. latis, 
supra subolivaceis, subtus paullo pallidioribus et pallide brunneis, mar- 
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gine apiculato-serrulatis, vel crenulato-serrulatis, apiculis adpressis; 
nervis primariis utrinque circiter 9, gracilibus, obscure arcuato- 
anastomosantibus, reticulis laxis, subobsoletis: petiolo circiter 1 cm. 
logo; inflorescentiis axillaribus et in axillis defoliatis, solitariis vel 
subfasciculatis, puberulis, breviter (1-2 mm.) pedunculatis, plerumque 
umbellatim 3-floris, pedicellis puberulis, sursum leviter incrassatis, 3-4 
mm. longis; floribus 4 8-meris, 12-14 mm. diametro; sepalis ovatis 
vel late ovatis, obtusis vel rotundatis, margine obscure brevissime ciliatis: 
petalis late oblongis, rotundatis, circiter 6 mm. longis et 3 mm. latis, 
margine sursum obscure brevissime ciliatis; floribus © fructibusque 
ignotis. 
INDo-CHINA: Tonkin, Chapa, Pételot 5945, April 1936, in open 
forests, alt. 1500-1600 m., flowers greenish. 
This species very closely approximates and strongly resembles Z/ex 
Henryi Loesen. of Szechuan, which was based on a fruiting specimen. 
In vegetative and inflorescence characters the two are exceedingly sim- 
ilar, but the Chapa specimens differ from several recent Szechuan col- 
lections that manifestly represent Loesener’s species in the staminate 
flowers being about twice as large as in lex Henryi Loesen., and in its 
puberulent inflorescences. 
