Gymnopetalum quinquelobatum sp. nov. I {tt-t^ fM'' 1^1 i^'^ ''(''■ 

 Herba scandens, ramis glabris vel parcissime pubescentibus, laevibus, 

 1-1.5 mm. diametro, sulcatis; foliis ambitii ovatis, profunde anguste 

 S-lobatis, ad 10 cm. longis et 8 cm. latis, utrinque papillatis, scabris, 

 basi profunde cordatis, lobis basalibus ad 3 cm. longis, deflexis, laterali- 

 bus patulis, usque ad 4 cm. longis, terminalibus rectis, usque ad 7 cm. 

 longis, omnibus circiter 1 cm. latis, distanter sinuato-denticulatis, 

 plerumque breviter apiculatis vel basilaribus plus minusve obovatis et 

 paullo latioribus; petiolo circiter 1 cm. longo, pubescente; floribus 9 

 axillaribus, solitariis, pedunculo 1-2. S cm. longo, calycis tubo plus 

 minusve pubescente, lobis lanceolatis, acuminatis, 8-9 mm. longis, 2 mm. 

 latis, corolla 2 cm. longa, lobis ovatis, acutis; inflorescentiis S axillari- 

 bus, solitariis, longe pedunculatis, ad 12 cm. longis, pedunculo 6-8 cm. 

 longo, subglabro, partibus floriferis bracteisque pubescentibus, bracteis 

 in sicco brunneis, elliptico-ovatis, 2-2.5 cm. longis, inferioribus 2- vel 

 3-lobatis, supsrioribus plerumque irregulariter grosse dentatis; fructi- 

 bus S-6 cm. longis, 1.5 cm. diametro, perspicue longitudinaliter 10- 

 carinatis, longe acuminatis, leviter pubescentibus. 



Indo-China, Southern Annam, near Dalat, R. W. Squircs 943, 

 March 18, 1932, on sandy river banks, flowers white. 



A species allied to Gymnopetalum cochinchinense (Lour.) Kurz, 

 differentiated, however, by its deeply and narrowly 5-lobed leaves. 



