longis, partibus vetustioribus parce, Junioribus subdense breviter sub- 
adpresse pallide subferrugineo-hirsutis, ramis primariis distantibus, longiori- 
bus ad 6 cm. longis: floribus numerosis, in ramulis ultimis subglomerato- 
spicatim confertis, sessilibus vel ultimis breviter pedicellatis, bracteolis sub- 
orbiculari-ovatis, rotundatis, 0.8 mm. longis, margine brevissime ciliato- 
hirsutis: sepalis 5, orbiculari-ovatis, circiter 1 mm. longis, margine brevis- 
sime ciliato-hirsutis exceptis glabris, binis exterioribus quam interieribus 
paullo angustioribus; petalis orbiculari-ovatis, rotundatis, circiter 1.8 mm. 
longis, margine minute breviter ciliato-hirsutis, utrinque glabris; stamini- 
bus fertilibus 2, filamentis vix 1 mm. longis, glabris, appendicibus dorsali- 
bus bifidis, lobis membranaceis, linearibus, circiter 0.5 mm. longis, sterilibus 
(staminodeis) circiter 1 mm. longis; ovario ovoideo, glabro, cum stylo 
circiter 1.5 mm. longo. 
Ixpo-CæinaA, Sontoy Province, Mount Bavi, Pételot 2585, October 2, 1940, alt. about 
800 m. 
Meliosma longipes sp. nov. $ Simplices. 
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latis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, chartaceis, olivaceis, graciliter subcaudato- 
acuminatis, basi acutis, aequilateralibus, vel lateralibus leviter inaequi- 
lateralibus, 14-18 cm. longis, 3.5-4.5 cm. latis, margine plus minusve un- 
dulatis, distanter (1-2 cm.) serratis, dentibus apice callosis; nervis primariis 
utrinque circiter 10, gracilibus, subtus elevatis, distinctis, curvato-adscen- 
dentibus, ad marginem arcuato-anastomosantibus, reticulis primariis gracili- 
bus, distinctis, laxis; petiolulis valde inaequalibus, lateralibus 8 mm., cen- 
tralibus 2.5 cm. longis; inflorescentiis axillaribus, solitariis, longe (4-5 cm.) 
pedunculatis, radiatim 4-ramosis, ramis circiter 3 cm. longis, floribus sub- 
laxe cymosim dispositis, partibus floriferis 4-5 cm. latis, ramis et pedicellis 
breviter subpappilose brunneo-pubescentibus, pedicellis circiter 3 mm. 
longis, pedunculo in parte 1-3 inferiore bracteas 4 oppositas ellipticas 
rotundatas subinduratas concavas glabras subpatulas ferentibus; calyci- 
bus breviter subpapillatim brunneo-pubescentibus;: petalis 4, glabris, ob- 
longis, 2 mm. longis, apice cucullatis, dorso brevissime corniculatis; ovario 
styloque glabro, stylo 1 mm. longo, stigmatibus 4, brevis, radiatis. 
INxpo-CHiNA, Tonkin, Chapa, Pételot 3074, July 1927, alt. about 1500 m. 
A species, in accordance with Gagnepain’s treatment of the genus, allied 
to Tetrastigma erubescens Planch. but with differently shaped very-much 
larger leaflets. 
! ELAEOCARPACEAE 
Elaeocarpus limiteanus Hand.-Maz. Sinensia 3: 193. 1933; Merr. & Chun, Sun- 
yatsenia 2: 63. 1935. 
Elaeocarpus Maclurei Merr. Lingnan Sci. Jour. 13: 63. 1934. 
INpo-CxiNA, Tonkin, Chapa, Pételot 1787, 3582, 6156, April 1925, August 1929, and 
July 1931, in forests, alt. about 1500 m. Kwangsi and Haïinan. 
Handel-Mazzetti’s species was based on a fruiting specimen from Kwangsi 
and Æ. Maclurei Merr. was described from a Hainan flowering specimen. 
With abundant material in all stages of development from Kwangsi. Hainan. 
