Pygeum lancilimbum sp. nov. ! kocH) \ f^^ l^ î ^V- ! f VT 



Arbor 8-1 S m alta, ramis teretibus, glabris, ramulis circiter 1 mm. 

 diametro breviter pubescentibus; foliis lanceolatis, chartaceis ad sub- 

 coriaceis graciliter subcaudato-acuminatis, basi acutis vel subrotundatis, 

 6-11 cm longis, 1.5-2.5 cm. latis, supra glabris, olivaceo-brunneis, sub- 

 tus pallidioribus, junioribus consperse pubescentibus. vetust.onbus 

 glabris glandulis binis, immersis, 2 mm. latis, usque ad 8 mm. supra 

 laminae basim in pagina inferiore locatis; nervis primariis utnnque 

 circiter S curvato-adscendentibus, gracilibus. reticul.s subobsoletis; 

 petiolo 5-8 mm. longo, primo pubescente, demum glabrescente ; spic.s 

 axillaribus, solitariis, petiolo vix longioribus, densifloris, ferrugineo- 

 pubescentibus; bracteolis deciduis, trifidis, lobis linearibus, usque ad 4 

 mm longis. intermedio quam lateralibus brevioribus; floribus confert.s 

 sessilibus vel brevissime pedicellatis, calycis tubo infundibuliformi, 2 

 ' ' mm longo 3 mm. diametro, extus consperse adpresseque ferrugmeo- 

 'j pubescente. intus glabro vel fundo plus minusve barbato, lobis 6 vel 7, 

 oblongo-ovatis, plerumque obtusis, 0.5-1 mm. longis, ferrugmeo- 

 ciliatis; petalis 0; staminibus circiter 16, filamentis glabris, usque 4 mm. 

 longis; ovario glabro. 



Indo-China, Tonkin, neighborhood of Chapa, Massif du Fan Tre 

 Pan ait 1400-1700 m., Petelot 4499 (type), 4589, September, 1931, 

 and'.\ugust, 1930; near Chapa, ait. 1200 m., Petelot 4588, July, 1930; 



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route to Lo Qui Ho, ait. 2000 m.. Petelot 4592, September, 1931, a tree 



^TÎpTcies'tell characterized by its lanceolate, slenderly caudate- 

 acuminate, obscurely reticulate leaves, its dense axillary sp.kes abou 

 equaling the pétioles in length. The characteristic tnhd bracteoles fall 

 before the flowers open. 



