mentis latissimis; ovario ovoiaeo, giaoro, cum styio circuer i.i miu. lungu, 

 2-loculari, stylo crasso, sursum angustato. 



Indo-China, Tonkin, Sontoy Province, Mount Bavi, Pételot 2}SS, October 2, 1940, 

 ait. about 800 m. 



Among the simple-leaved species with very large, entire, glabrous blades, 

 this is very strongly characterized by its unusually long pétioles, the longest 

 one seen being 10 cm. in length. 



Meliosma angustifolia Merr. Philip. Jour. Sci. 21: 384. 1922; Merr. & Chun, Sun- 

 yatsenia 2: 11. 1934; Cufodontis, Oestcrr. Bot. Zeitschr. 88: 236. 1939. 



Meliosma crassifolia Hand.-Maz. Sinensia 3: 191. 1933. 



Indo-China, Tonkin, Sontoy Province, Mount Bavi, Pételot 2614, 2629, May 24 

 and July 2, 1940, altitude about 700 m. Kwangsi, Kwangtung, and Hainan. 



KHAMNACEAE 

 Rhaniniis subapetahis sp. nov. 



Species Rkamno napaknsi (Wall.) Laws. affinis, differt foliis infloresc^n- 

 tiisque in sicco pallidis, haud nigrescentibus, foliis acutissime subcaiid' >- 

 acuminatis, inflorescan.ti)s glabris vel sub lente minutissime puberulis, pe. ..is 

 vel quoad visis 1-3 tantum; minutis, lineari-lanceolatis, acimiinatis, qi'im 

 filamentis bene brevioribus, planis. Frutex scandens vel subscandens, or. ni- 

 bus partibus glaberrimis vel inflorescentiis sub lente minutissime puberulis, 

 ramis brunneis, teretibus, subverrucoso-lenticellatis, ramulis ultimis _£^-^. 1 

 mm. diametro; foliis plerumque oblongo-ellipticis, firmiter chartacei,«. in 

 sicco pallidis utrinque subconcoloribus nitidisque, 10-15 cm. longis, 4-8 cm. 

 latis, basi late acutis, apice graciliter subcaudato-acuminatis, acumimlus 

 recti's vel falcatis, ad 2 cm. longis, distincte apiculatis, niargine anr -ite 

 cartilagineis, leviter recurvatis, irregulariter subcrenato-serrulatis, de s 



