Kansu, Shensi, Szechuan, and Vunnan. 
Celastrus monosperma Roxb. Hort. Bengal. 18. 1814, nomen nudum, 
FI. Ind. 2: 394. 1824: Rehd. & Wils. in Sargent, PI, Wils. 2: 357. 
1915. 
INDo-CHINA, Tonkin, Chapa, Petelot 5931, April, 1936, in open 
forests, alt. 1600 m. Bengal and Assam to Vunnan and Kwangtung. 
Evonymus Petelotii sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, glaber, ramis atro-brunneis, teretibus vel obscure 
sulcato-angulatis, ultimis circiter 2 mm. diametro, internodiis 3.5-7 cm. 
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are currently referred to Turpinia pomifera DC. and T. nepalensis Wall. 
these and their allied species, however, always having pinnate leaves. 
ICACINACEAE 
Gomphandra obscurinervis Sp. nov. 
Frutex circiter 3 m. altus, ramulis et petiolis et inflorescentiis adpresse 
pubescentibus, ceteroquin glabris; ramis teretibus, ramulis ultimis 1 mm. 
diametro; foliis lanceolatis, coriaceis, in sicco subatris vel brunneis, 
nitidis, 5-12 cm. longis, .7-2.5 mm. latis, acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis 
primariis utrinque 5-7, distantibus, curvatis, obscuris, obscure anasto- 
mosantibus, interdum obsoletis, reticulis plerumque obsoletis: petiolo 
5—10 mm. longo: cymis axillaribus subterminalibusque, pedunculatis, 
trichotomis, circiter 3 cm. longis, leviter adpresse pubescentibus, 
pedunculo circiter 1 cm. longo; floribus 4- vel 5-meris, sessilibus, 
plerumque in triadibus in ramulis ultimis dispositis, calycibus cupulatis, 
glabris, 1.5 mm. longis latisque, truncatis, dentibus 4 vel 5, minutissimis ; 
corolla 5 mm. longa, lobis plerumque 4, triangulari-ovatis, acutis, apice 
inflexo-appendiculatis : Staminibus 5, filamentis 5-6 mm. longis, sursum 
intusque barbatis, antheris ellipsoideis, 1 mm. longis: fructibus oblongis, 
Ccylindricis, glabris, 2 cm. longis. 
INDo-CHINA, Tonkin, Massif du Tam Dao, 4. Petelot 4359 (type), 
May, 1931, alt. 1100 m.: Chapa, 4. Petelot 4463. September, 1932, alt. 
