FLACOURTIACEAE 

 Bennettiodendron cordatum sp. nov. Merr. JAA 20 î 352. 1939 



Arbor parva, 5-6 m. alta, ramis teretibus, laevibus, glabris, ramulis 

 circiter 1.5 mm. diametro, dense pubescentibus ; foliis firme chartaceis, 

 oblongo-ellipticis, 8-16 cm. longis, 4-7 cm. latis, distincte acuminatis, 

 deorsum paullo angustatis, subabrupte rotundatis, distincte cordatis, 

 margine serratis, dentibus subobtusis, 4-9 mm. distantibus, supra oliva- 

 ceis, praeter costam nervosque leviter pubescentia glabris, subtus sub- 

 concoloribus, ad costam nervosque distincte pubescentibus, reticulis pri- 

 mariis Iaxis elevatis puberulis; nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 10, 

 subtus elevatis, valde perspicuis, arcuato-anastomosantibus; petiolo 8-18 

 mm. longe, dense pubescente; inflorescentiis racemoso-paniculatis 

 plerumque terminalibus, solitariis, puberulis, S-7 cm. longis, ramis pri- 

 mariis brevibus, 1-3 mm. longis, plerumque 2-3-floris; pedicellis 

 puberulis, 2-3 mm. longis; floribus S 3-meris, sepalis suborbiculari- 

 ovatis, rotundatis, concavis, submembranaceis, 3-3.5 mm. longis, tenuiter 

 3-4-venosis, e.xtus glabris, margine plus minusve ciliatis; staminibus 

 numerosis, filamentis 3 mm. longis, pilosis; glandulis anguste ovoideis, 

 glabris, 0.5 mm. longis. 



Indo-China, Tonkin, Sontoy Province, Mount Bavi, A. Pételot 6308, 

 February 24, 1938, in open forests, altitude about 400 m. 



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A species, in this small group, whether considered under Bennettio- 

 dendron MerriU (l927),or^sBennettlaMiqne\ (1859), (non Bennettia 

 b. F Gray 1821, nec R. Brown, 1852), strongly characterized by its dis- 

 tinctly cordate leaves and by its indumentum. The first représentative 

 of the genus to be recorded from Indo-China. 



