1942] MERRILL, RECORDS OF INDOCHINESE PLANTS, III 161 



Asaruni reticulatum sp. nov. 



Glabra, rhizomate repente, radicante, caulibus adscendentibus, brevi- 

 bus, simplicibus vel depauperato-ramosis, ad 3 mm. diametro; foliis 

 anguste ovatis vel late oblongo-ovatis, chartaceis, utrinqiie glabris, 10-15 

 cm. longis, 6-7 cm. latis, acutis vel breviter acute acuminatis, basi cordatis, 

 lobis vix vel leviter patulis, ovatis, rotundatis, 2. 5-3. S cm. longis, 2.5-3 cm. 

 latis, nervis primariis basalibus 3, perspicuis, subtus elevatis, la.xe arcuato- 

 anastomosantibus, additis binis paullo gracilioribus in lobos basales ex- 

 tendentibus, subtus laxe perspicue reticulatis, venulis elevatis, distinctis, 

 reticulis primariis 5-10 mm. diametro; pétiole 6.5-7 cm. longo: perianthii 

 tubo 3-3.5 cm. longo, extus glabro, anguste campanulato, basi acuto, 1.8 

 cm. lato (compresse) fauce leviter constricto ut videtur depresso, lobis late 

 ovatis, rotundatis, circiter 2 cm. longis latisque, utrinque glabris, basi intus 

 subtransverse verruculosis, pedicellis circiter 2 cm. longis; bracteolis lanceo- 

 latis, acuminatis, circiter 1.5 cm. longis, saltem ad marginem plus minusve 

 ciliato-hirsutis. 



Indo-China. Tonkin, Chapa, Pélelot 25?4, April 1035. in mossy humus, open 

 forests, altitude about 1.Ï00 m. 



In gênerai characterized by being glabrous throughout, the leaves promi- 

 nently and laxly reticulate beneath, the perianth about 4 cm. wide, the 

 lower half of the lobes inside transversely verruculose, the lobes broadly 

 ovate or orbicular-ovate, rounded, and about 2 cm. in diameter. 



Lecomte, FI. Gén. Indo-Chine 5: 53. 1910, admitted a single species of 



