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Memecylon confertiflorum sp. nov. (>; llmm Diccylon). 



Frutex 3-4.5 m. altus, glaber, ramis ramulisqiie teretibus, ramulis 

 ultimis circiter 1 mm. diametro; foliis crasse coriaceis, ellipticis vel 

 elliptico-ovatis, 5-9 cm. longis, 3-5 cm. latis, nitidis, apice obtusis, raro 

 leviter retusis, basi acutis vel rotundatis, supra viridibus, subtus brunneo- 

 olivaceis, Costa supra impressa, subtus valde perspicua elevata, nervis 

 primariis utrinque circiter 7, gracilibus, haud vel obscurissime anasto- 

 mosantibus, inconspicuis, saepe obsoletis vel subobsoletis : petiolo 4—8 

 mm. longo: inflorescentiis axillaribus, multifloris, densis, subglobosis, 

 circiter 1.5 cm. diametro, e cymis vel racemis multis brevibus fascicu- 

 latis paucifloris compositis; floribus pedicellatis, 4-meris, lilacinis, 

 calycibus circiter 2 mm. longis, tubo deorsum 1 mm. diametro, sursum 

 ampliato, 2 mm. lato, breviter 4-denticulato; petalis oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 acuminatis, crassis, 3 mm. longis; filamentis 8, 3 mm. longis; bracteolis 

 minutis, basilaribus. 



Indo-China, Southern .Annam, near Dalat, Squires 787, May 6, 1932, 

 in forests. 



A species characterized by its terete branchlets, very coriaceous ob- 

 scurely nerved leaves, dense globose a.xillary inflorescences, thèse com- 

 posed of numerous short few-flowered racemes or depauperate cymes, 

 and its thick acuminate petals, which with the filaments are about 3 mm. 

 long. Its alliance is with Memecylon laevigatitm Blume and M. Har- 

 mandii Guill. 



