Rar. 2: 30. «. iJ7. 1831. 

 Aralia pseudo-gimeng Benth. ex C, B, Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 2: 721. 1879. 

 Indo-China, Tonkin, Chapa, Pételot 24S9, April 1935, in open forests. ait. ISOO m. 

 Himalayan région to Yunnan. 



The Index Kewensis référence to Wallich's species is his 1831 publica- 

 tion, but tlie species was described in détail in 1829, cited by Wallich as 

 "Act. Soc. Med. Phys. Calcutta iv.ll7." This is the "Transactions" and 

 the volume, which I hâve examined, was published in 1829. Pitard had 

 only rhizomes of a Panax from Indo-China and included a short generic 

 description only in Lecomte, FI. Gén. Indo-Chine 2: 1162. 1923. 



CORNACEAE 



Cornus controversa Hemsl. Bot. Mag. 135: sub. (. S261. 1909; Kew Bull. 1909: 331 



1909; Wang, Pflanzenr. 41 (iv. 229) : 49. 1910; Nakai, FI. Sylv. Kor. 16: SI. (. 25, 



26. 1927. 



Indo-China, Tonkin, Chapa. Pételot 24S5, April 1936, in shrubby savannas, ait. 



1500 m. Himalayan région through China to Kwangtung and Shantung to Korea, 



Japan, and Formosa. 



Hitherto a single species has been credited to Indo-China, Cornus capitale 

 Wall.; Evrard in Lecomte, FI. Gén. Indo-Chine 2: 1192. 1923. In additior 

 to the very characteristic and widely distributed Cornus controversa Hemsl 

 which is well characterized by its large alternate leaves, the followin, 

 opposite-leaved Indo-Chinese species is described as new: 



Cornus oligophlebia sp. nov. § Thelecrania, Amblycaryum. 



Arbor 12-15 m. alla, ramis ramulisque glabris, ramulis in sicco subatris 

 vel atro-brunneis, ultimis 2.5-3 mm. diametro novelh's plus minusve adpresse 

 ferrugineo-pubescentibus; foliis ellipticis vel elliptico-ovatis, acuminatis. 

 basi late acutis vel rotundatis, coriaceis, rigidis, utrinque subconcoloribus 

 vel subtus paullo pallidioribus, subnitidis vel opacis, in sicco olivaceis vel 

 atro-olivaceis, 8-14 cm. longis, 4-8 cm. latis, glabris, vel utrinque con- 



