nr + 
[ Te - : 1 = A 
OL JOLRSR Tam 
and now northern Indo-China, I see no valid reason for trying to dis- 
tinguish two species here. There is an isotype of Handel-Mazzettis species 
in the Britton Herbarium, New York Botanical Garden. 
Elaeocarpus linearifolius Knuth, Repert. Sp. Nov. 49: 66. 1940. 
This species was based on Pételot 3748 from Chapa, Tonkin, Indo-China, 
. and. Clemens 3484 from the vicinity of Tourane, Annam. I have seen no 
specimens that I consider to be referable to Knuth’s species. 
Elaeocarpus Petelotii sp. nov. $ Monocera. 
Arbor, inflorescentiis floribusque exceptis glabra, ramulis ultimis 
tereti- 
bus, 4-5 mm. diametro, novellis plus minusve resinosis; foliis plus minusve 
confertis, oblongo-ellipticis vel anguste oblongo-obovatis, coriaceis, utrinque 
glaberrimis et minute distanter verruculosis, 911 em. longis, 3.5—5 cm. latis, 
breviter obtuse acuminatis, basi acutis, margine crenato-serrulatis, dentibus 
3-7 mm. distantibus, minute atro-apiculatis, in sicco pallide brunneo-viridi- 
bus, supra plerumque nitidis, subtus opacis, paullo pallidioribus, 
nervis 
primariis utrinque 7-8, subtus leviter elevatis, curvatis, arcuato-anastomo- 
santibus: petiolo glabro, circiter 1.5 cm. longo; racemis numerosis in ramulis 
ultimis cum foliis confertis, 6-7 Cm. longis, glabris vel parcissime pube- 
scentibus, pedicellis glabris vel subglabris, 6-7 mm. longis; floribus 5-meris, 
INDO-CHINA, Ionkin, Chapa, Fetelot £OU> (TYPE), S119, 5121, July 121 ana 1Y4U, 
scandent in forests, alt. about 1500 m. ; 
When the first material of this apparently distinct species was received in 
1928, it was tentatively placed in Rhamnus napalensis (Wall.) Laws. in 
spite of certain manifest differences, especially in the pale rather than black 
or blackish color of the branchlets, leaves, inflorescences, and flowers, when 
dry. Rhemnus napalensis (Wall.) Laws. is currently credited with a dis- 
tinctly wide geographic range. To it I have reduced Rhamnus sumatranus 
Ridl. and Rehder has reduced the Chinese Rhamnus paniculifiorus 
Schneider. It is suspected that other proposed species should also be re- 
duced, such as Rhamnus javanicus Miq. (already reduced by Koorders), 
the Philippine Rhamnus philippinensis C. B. Rob., and Rhamnus nigrescens 
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