about 15 m. high, altitude 1500 m. 



It may be désirable to make some other disposition of this large fru 

 form wh'en flowering material becomes available. In végétative charac; ts 

 it closely approximates Schima khasiana Dyer, and, to a degree approacues 

 the var. serkans Hand.-Maz. in that the leaves are slightly pubescent "- 

 neath especially along the midrib in the lower part. The species occurs 

 in northern India, Burma, southeastern Tibet and Yunnan. 



DIPTEROCARPACEAE 

 Vatica subglabra sp. nov. § Synaptea. 



Arbor magna, inflorescentiis minute pubescentibus exceptis glabra, vel 

 ramulis novellis minutissime brevissime stellato-pubescentibus glabrescentj- 

 bus; ramis teretibus, subcinereis vel subcinereo-brunneis, glabris, ramulis 

 ultimis gracilibus, 1-1.5 mm. diamètre, lenticellatis, brunneis, glabris, vel 

 novellis minutissime breviter stellato-pubescentibus, indumento subferru- 

 gineo vel subcinereo; foliis chartaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, acuminatis, basi 

 rotundatis vel latissime acutis, in sicco plerumqde pallide olivaceis, utrinque 

 subconcoloribus, 7-13 cm. longis, 2.5-5. S cm. latis; nervis primariis utrinque 

 10-12, gracilibus, subtus leviter elevatis; petiolo glabro, 5-8 mm. longo; 

 stipuhs non visis, ut videtur deciduis; inflorescentiis axillaribus terminali- 

 busque, 7-10 cm. longis, partibus vetustioribus glabris, junioribus minute 

 breviter stellato-pubescentibus, indunientQ cinereo ; floribus extus dense bre- 



1942] MERRILL, RECORDS OF INDOCHINESE PLANTS, III 187 



ARALIACEAE 

 Panax rseudo-einsene Wall. Trans. Soc. Med. Phvs. Calcutta 4: 117. 1829. PI. As. 



