LAURACEAE 

 Beilschmiedia foveolata sp. nov./lut,»*'^ -l H. 



Arbor glabra, circiter 10 m. alla, ramis ramulisque teretibus, laevis; 

 foliis chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, 10-15 cm. longis, 3.5-5 cm. latis, basi 

 acutis, apice caudato-acuminatis, acumine 1.5-2 cm. longo, recto vel fal- 

 cato, in sicco utrinque subconcoloribus, pallide olivaceo-viridibus. sub- 

 nitidis, nervis primariis utrinque circiter 7, subcurvato-adscendentibus, 

 arcuatis, in utraque pagina dense manifesteque foveolato-reticulatis, 

 Costa supra plana, subtus éleva ta; pétiole 2-3 cm. longo; floribus ignotis; 

 infructescentiis in axillis superioribus, brevibus, pedicellis 8-15 mm. 

 longis, paullo incrassatis, siccis sursum circiter 5 mm. diametro; fructi- 

 bus globosis, 2 cm. diametro. 



Indo-Chin.4, Tonkin, Chapa, ait. 1700 m., Petelot 5380, August, 1930. 



In spite of the fact that the flowers are unknown, I judge this to be 

 a Beilschmiedia in the alliance with B. Foxiana Gamble of the Malay 

 Peninsula, another species characterized by its densely subfoveolate- 

 reticulate leaves. B. foveolata differs in its caudate-acuminate leaves, 

 apparently shorter inflorescences, and in its globose not ellipsoid, smoo*' 

 or somewhat wrinkled, not p'" ular fruits. 



Beilschmiedia Roxburghiana Xees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. 2: 69. 1831; 

 Liou, Laur. Ch. Indoch. 110. 1933.1'^^^'^'Y^^' ^'f' ' ' 

 Launis bilociilaris Roxb. FI. Ind. éd. 2, 2: 311. 1832. / '/'■ 



Indo-China, Tonkin, Chapa, along the Ngoi Bo stream, ait. 1200 m., 

 Petelot 5379, 5379 bis, February and July, 1931, the former in flower, 

 the latter in fruit. Assam to Tenasserim, Yunnan and Kwangsi. 



Chun's record of this as occurring in Kwangtung was based on a 



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réduction of Beilschmiedia jagijolia Nées which may or may not be 

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

 B. Roxburghtana Nées. The species is new to Indo-China 



