petiolo'T-8 mm. longo, primo |juucsi.ciilc, uv-muiix f,.^„.^„_, , _^.„.„ 



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

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

 mm. longis, intermedio quam lateralibus brevioribus; floribus confertis, 

 sessilibus vel brevissime pedicellatis, calycis tubo infundibuliformi, 2 

 mm. longo, 3 mm. diametro, extus consperse adpresseque ferrugineo- 

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

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

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



1938] MERRILL, INDOCHINESE PL./VNTS 33 



Indo-China, Tonkin, near Chapa, Petelot 1465, August, 1932, ait. 

 about 1500 m. Liu Kiu Islands and Formosa to Kwangtung, Kiangsi, 

 Kwangsi, Kweichow, Hupeh, and Szechuan. The genus is new to Indo- 

 China, whether this species be considered as a Pileostegia or as a 



