^ii^.iu^^ij, i^iiipucis, j-11 LUI. longis, Z-i> cm. latis, laevibus, supra viridi- 

 bus vel viridi-olivaceis, subtus pallidioribus, breviter obtuse acuminatis, 

 basi acutis vel leviter acuminatis, margine breviter serrato-dentatis vel 

 serrato-crenulatis, dentibus brevissimis, plerumque brevissime apiculato- 

 glandulosis, 2-3 mm. distantibus; nervis primariis utrinque 6-7, subtus 

 elevatis, distincte laxe arcuato-anastomosantibus, reticulis primariis 

 la.xis; petiolo circiter S mm. longo; floribus a.xillaribus terminalibusque, 

 solitariis, albidis, breviter (ca. 1 mm.) pedicellatis, 1.5-2 cm. diametro; 

 bracteoLis glabris, circiter 1.5 mm. longis; sepalis utrinque glabris, con- 

 cavis, coriaceis, exterioribus subovatis, circiter 3 mm. longis, interioribus 

 ellipticis, tenuioribus, ad 8 mm. longis; petalis membranaceis, ellip- 



E. D. Merrill / 



The following paper is based on selected spécimens received from 

 time to time from Dr. A. Pételot of the Université Indochinoise at Hanoi. 

 Several previously described species are herein fi;^st credited to Indo- 

 China, while seven are described as new. The gênera Torriccllia de 

 Candolle and Bcnnettiodendron Merrill (Benncttia Miquel) are new to 

 Indo-China, while the first true représentative of the genus Sarcosperma 

 Hooker f. for Indo-China is herein recorded. 



HIPPOCASTANEACEAE 



Aesculus assamica Grifî. Notul. 4: 540. 1854; Kurz. For. FI. Brit. 

 Burma 1: 286. 1877; Craib, FI. Siàm. Enum. 1: 338. 1926. 



Acsciiliis puiidiiaiia Wall. List, no. 1189. 1829, iiPiiicn iimiiiin: Hiern, in 



Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 1: 675. 1875. 

 Aesculus khasyana Voigt, Hort. Suburh. Cale. 97. 1845. noincn inidinu. 



Indo-China, Tonkin, Langson Province, near Dong Mo, Pételot 

 6315, February, 1938. Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Siam, and Yunnan. 



Not previously recorded from Indo-China, the only species of the genus 

 admitted by Lecomte, FI. Gén. Indo-Chine 1: 1005. 1912, being Aesculus 

 .u;^„„.;, R„nrro i c .!,« 1.-*^ - - c .-„.fi,„.„ rViinp ( Thibli 



