Sabiaceae 

 Meliosma Blume 



Meliosma affinis sp. nov. § S/w//'//<:c5. Merr. JAA 21: 375. 1940 



Arbor 7-8 m. alla, ramulis inflorescentiisque exceptis glabra, ramis 

 teretibus, subcinereis, lenticellatis, circiter 3 mm. diametro. ramulis 

 consperse subadpresse hirsutis; foliis simplicibus, firmiter chartaceis, 

 oblongo-oblanceolatis, hreviter acuminatis, basi cuneatis, integris vel 

 sursum distanter irregulariterque paucidentatis, dentibus parvis, supra 

 sicco brunneo-olivaceis, nitidis, subtus paullo pallidioribus, utrinque 

 glabris; nervis primariis utrinque 15-20, subtus perspicuis, elevatis, 

 circiter ad marginem arcuato-anastomosantibus, reticulis primariis Iaxis, 

 ultimis confertis, haud foveolatis; petiolo 1.5-2 cm. longo, glabro vel 

 junioribus consperse subadpresse hirsuto; infiorescentiis terminalibus, 

 erectis, breviter adpresse hirsutis, 3-4-pinnatim paniculatis, multifioris, 

 circiter 20 cm. longis, ramis primariis patulis, inferioribus 10 cm. longis; 

 floribus in ramulis ultimis racemose dispositis, breviter sed distincte 

 pedicellatis, haud sessilibus et glomeratis, circiter 4 mm. diametro; pedi- 



ellis breviter hirsutis, plerumque circiter 1 mm. longis. bracteolis parvis, 

 breviter hirsutis, acuminatis, circiter 0.6 mm. longis; sepalis glabris vel 



largine obscure ciliatis, orbiculari-ovatis, 0.5 mm. longis; petalis glabris, 

 3 majoribus orbiculari-ovatis, rotundatis, 2.2 mm. diametro, 2 minoribus 

 ".enuioribus, membranaceis, oblongo-lanceolatis, obtusis, 2.5 mm. longis, 

 L.ô mm. latis; filamentis fertilibus 1 mm. longis, antheris 1-1.2 mm. 

 latis, antheris sterilibus paullo minoribus; ovario ovoideo, breviter ob- 



"ure pubescente; stylo simplice, glabro, circiter 1 mm. longo. 



Indo-China: Tonkin, Hoa Binh Province, between Hoa Binh and 

 Vu Ban, Pételot 2125, May 22, 1938. 



A species closely resembling in gênerai features the rather widely 

 distributed Asiatic Meliosma simplicijoUa (Roxb.) \\'alp., differing how- 

 ever by its constantly pedicelled, racemosely arranged flowers, those in 

 the latter species being sessile, as is also true of those of Meliosma doli- 

 chobotrvs Merr. and M. Petelotii Merr. 



