inflorescentiis axillaribus, solitariis, simpliciter racemosis, folia sub- 
aequantibus, breviter consperse pubescentibus, pedicellis circiter 1.5 
mm. longis, glabris; floribus albidis, 2.5 mm. diametro, sepalis binis 
exterioribus orbiculari-ovatis, obtusis, leviter pubescentibus, 1 mms 
diametro, binis interioribus petaloideis, orbiculari-obovatis, concavisn 
2 mm. diametro; petalis 4, membranaceis, leviter pubescentibus, 1.5—1.8 
mm. longis, obtusis, squamis crassis, leviter pubescentibus, 1 mm. longis, 
filamentis glabris, 2 mm. longis, ovario 2-loculari, leviter pubescente. 
Inpo-CHiNA, Tonkin, Massif du Tam Dao, 4. Petelot 4360 (type)," 
May, 1931, “liane à fleurs blanches.” Also represented by Petelot 4814 
from Pho Vi, Province of Bac Giang, May, 1933, a shrub 1.5 m. high. 
A species unrelated to any of those recorded from Indo-China, char- 
acterized by its simple leaves and racemes, the latter about equalling the 
former in length. It resembles AZ/ophylus samarensis Merr. of the 
Philippines. 
Allophylus viridis Radik. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. KI. Bayer. Akad. 
Wiss. 38: 229. 1909, Pflanzenr. 98b (IV-165) : 564. 1932. 
INpo-CxiINA, Tonkin, Cho Ganh, Petelot 1237, September, 1923, on 
limestone hills. Haïinan; the species is new to Indo-China. 
BRERSCENETIDERACERE 
Bretschneidera sinensis Hemsl. Hook. Ic. 28: £. 2708. 1901; Chun, 
Sunyatsenia 1: 265. 1934. | 
INpo-CHiNA, Tonkin, Chapa, Petelot 5830, 5831, April, 1936, in 
1938] MERRILL, INDO-CHINESE PLANTS 45 
INDpo-CHINA, Tonkin, between Chapa and Lo Qui Ho, in deep ravines, 
alt. about 1600 m., Petelot 5823, April, 1936. Kwangtung, Kwangsi, 
Szechuan, and Hainan, with a variety extending to Hupeh, Kiangsi and 
