pubescentibus; foliis coriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis vel anguste oblongo- 

 obovatis, integerrimis, graciliter acute acuminatis, basl acutis, 7-10 cm. 

 longis, 3-4 cm. latis, supra glabris, olivaceis, nitidis, subtus pallidioribus, 

 perspicue subvillosis; nervis primariis utrinque 8-10, supra subimpressis, 

 subtus elevatis, manifestis, arcuato-anastomosantibus; petiolo 1-1.5 

 cm. longo, dense villoso; racemis terminalibus, solitariis, sub fructu 

 10-12 cm. longis, perspicue pubescentibus, pedunculatis; pedicellis 

 circiter 5 mm. longis, villosis; bracteolis villosis, lineari-lanceolatis, 2-4 

 mm. longis; fructibus anguste oblongis, 13 mm. longis, circiter 4 mm. 

 diametro, sursum leviter angustatis, in sicco perspicue longitudinaliter 

 sulcatis, consperse pubescentibus, sepalis persistentibus oblongo-ovatis 

 vel triangulari-ovatis, acutis, 1.5-2 mm. longis. 



Indo-China, Annam, Mount Bana, near Tourane, /. & M. S. Clemens 

 4221, May-July, 1927, a slender tree up to 40 ft. high, in forests, the 

 fruits purple. 



A species strongly characterized by its indumentum, its acutely 



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réduction of Bcilschmiedia jagijolia Nées which may or may not be 

 correct. I hâve seen no Kwangtung material that I would' refer to 



