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RHAMNACEAE 
hamnus griseus sp. nov. Jlesen | AA - [TZ YT 173 
Arbor inermis, circiter 10 m. alta: foliis subtus dense minuteque 
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pallide griseo- ad subcinereo-puberulis, ramis glabris, teretibus, ramulis 
breviter pubescentibus; foliis alternis, discoloribus, supra olivaceis, 
glabris, nitidis, subtus pallide cinereis, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, 
oblongo-lanceolatis vel oblongis, 6—15 cm. longis, 1.5-5 cm. latis, 
tenuiter acuteque acuminatis, basi late acutis vel subrotundatis, inte- 
gerrimis; nervis primariis utrinque 10-12, gracilibus, distinctis, ad 
marginem curvatis, obscure anastomosantibus; petiolo 1-2 cm. longo, 
pubescente; infructescentiis axillaribus, fructibus globoso-obovoideis, 
glabris, 5 mm. longis, fasciculatis, raro solitariis, vel depauperato- 
umbellatis, pedunculo usque 5-7 mm. longis, calycibus persistentibus 
puberulis, disciformibus, 2 mm. diametro. 
Inpo-CHINA, Tonkin, Chapa, 4. Petelot 4371 (type), July, 1931, 
4568, August, 1929, alt. 1500 to 1600 m., fruits red. 
A species strongly characterized by its leaves being glabrous oliva- 
ceous and shining above, and pale cinereous or pale gray and densely 
puberulent beneath. The fruits are axillary, or in pairs, or up to 5 in 
fascicles or in shortly peduncled umbels 
