Meliosma longipes sp. nov. § Simplkes. ;^;zt*A ; ')-<ji^2i\ / 7 f • ^f^^_ 



Arbor 7-8 m. alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra, rapiulis ultimis circiter 

 5 mm. diametro, plus minusve lenticellatis, pallide brunneis; foliis longissime 

 (8-10 cm.) petiolatis, obovatis vel obovato-ellipticis, coriaceis, integris, 

 utrinque glabris, 22-33 cm. longis, 11-17 cm. latis, in sicco supra atro- 

 olivaceis, opacis, subtus pallide brunneis, apice (haud viso) ut videtur 

 acutis vel acuminatis, basi acutis; nervis primariis 2.S-4 cm. distantibus, 

 utrinque circiter 10, supra vix impressis, subtus valde elevatis, perspicuis, 

 circiter ad marginem arcuato-anastomosantibus, reticulis primariis ter- 



tiariisque perspicuis, elevatis; petiolo glabro, ad 10 cm. longo; paniculis 

 terminalibus et ex axillis defoliatis, 15-2 5 cm. longis, erectis, pedunculatis, 

 ramis primariis paucis, distantibus, longioribus ad 12 cm. longis, consperse 

 brevitersubadpressesubferrugineo-hirsutis(praesertim partibus junioribus), 

 floribus in ramulis ultimis racemose dispositis, haud glomeratis, pedicellis 

 crassis, breviter adpresse hirsutis, 1-1.5 mm. longis, bracteolis late ovatis, 

 circiter 1 mm. longis, subacutis, parce breviter adpresse hirsutis; sepalis 

 5, binis exterioribus ellipticis, trinis interioribus suborbiculari-ovatis vel 

 subreniformi-ovatis, omnibus circiter 1.2 mm. longis, rotundatis, ad mar- 

 ginem brevissime ciliatis: petalis 3, margine minute breviter ciliato excepto 

 glabris, suborbicularibus vel obovato-orbicularibus, circiter 2 mm. longis, 

 2-2.5 mm. latis; filamentis fertilibus glabris, 1 mm. longis, appendicis dor- 

 salis bifidis, lobis linearibus, 0.5 mm. longis, sterilibus (staminodeis) 

 3 circiter 1 mm. longis et latis, partibus apicalis incurvatis, sulcatis, fila- 

 mentis latissimis; ovario ovoideo, glabro, cum stylo circiter 1.5 mm. longo, 

 2-loculari, stylo crasso, sursum angustato. 



Indo-Chi.n'a, Tonkin, Sontoy Province, Mount B.ivi, PéXelot 2588, 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. 



Meliosina anguslifolia Mcrr. Philip. Jour. Sci. 21: 384. 1022; Merr. & Chun, Sun- 

 yatsenia 2: 11. 1934; Cufodontis, Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 88: 2%. 1939. 



Meliosma crassifolia Hand.-Maz. Sinensia 3: 191. 19ôi.-hte*\-^a^i: nf-yf-VZ. 



Indo-Chin.4, Tonkin, Sontoy Province, Mount Bavi, Pételot 2614, 202^, May 24 

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



