Adinandra Millettii (Hook. & Arn.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hance, Jour. 



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Bejeaud 698, and Robert 14 with Siamese material, I agrée with Craib 

 that Pierre's species is identical with the older Lagerstroemia calyculata 

 Kurz. Indo-China, Siam and Burma. 



NYSSACEAE 



Nyssa sinensis Oliv. Hook. le. 20: /. 1964. 1891 ; Wang. Pflanzenreich 

 41(IV-220a): 10. 1910. 

 Indo-China, Tonkin, Chapa, Petclot 4236, July, 1931, ait. 1600 m. 

 Kiangsu, Kiangsi, Hupeh, Anhwei, Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Kweichow, 

 Szechuan and Yunnan; new to Indo-China. 



MELASTOMATACEAE 



Memecylon confertiflorum sp. nov. (§ Eumemecylon) . 



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

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

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

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

 olivaceis, costa supra impressa, subtus valde perspicua éleva ta, nervis 

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

 mosantibus, inconspicuis, saepe obsoletis vel subobsoletis ; petiolo 4-8 



