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Kelicia Petelotii sp. nov. ; 



Arbor circiter 10 m. alta, ramulis ultimis circiter 7 mm. diametro, 

 'ecidue subcastaneo-pubescentibus; foliis coriaceis, late oblongo- 

 ublanceolatis, usque ad 30 cm. longis et 9 cm. latis, integris, basi abrupte 

 acutis, utrinque glabris vel subtus secus costam leviter pubescentibus, 

 nervis primariis utrinque circiter 20, subtus elevatis, distinctis, curvatis, 

 haud vel obscure anastomosantibus; petiolis circiter 2 cm. longis, 

 subdecidue castaneo-pubescentibus, vetustioribus glabris; racemis 

 saltem 25 cm. longis, in trunco vel in ramis vetustioribus, perspicue 

 ferrugineo-pubescentibus; floribus circiter 3 cm. longis, pedicellis crassis, 

 ad basin vix vel obscure connatis, 6-7 mm. longis, ferrugineo-pubescenti- 

 bus; antheris 4 mm. longis; ovario glabro, glandulis hypogynis in disco 

 annulato obscure 4-lobato connatis. 



Indo-Chin.-\, Tonkin, slope west of the first ridge, Massif du Fan Tre 



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Pan, near Chapa, A. Petelot 5721, July, 1931, ait. about 1400 m. 



Il al, well characterized by its elongated, many-nerved, entire, 



and esseii.ially glabrous leaves as well as by its racemes being borne on 

 the trunk and larger branches. 



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.^rbor parva, ramulis novellis et inflorescentiis obscure consperse 

 adpresse pubescentibus exceptis glabra, ramulis ultimis elongatis; foliis 

 lanceolat.s vel auguste lanceolatis, coriaceis, 9-11 cm. longis, 1-1.5 cm. 

 latis, supra nitidis, in sicco plerumque viridibus, subtus brunneis, in- 

 tegris v« in parte quarta superiore remote pauceque serratis, utrinque 

 angusta s, basi acutis, apice obtuse acuminatis, nervis primariis utrin- 

 que circiter 8, distantibus, subtus perspicuis, arcuato-anastomosantibus; 

 petiolo 8-10 mm. longo; racemis gracilibus, axillaribus, solitariis, quam 

 foliis multo longioribus, usque ad 25 cm. longis, obscure consperse 

 adpresse cupreo- vel brunneo-pubescentibus, indumento subdeciduo; 

 floribus parvis, extus parcissime adpresse pubescentibus, circiter 1.2 

 cm. longis, gracilibus, pedicellis circiter 4 mm. longis, ad basin in paribus 

 leviter (ca. 1 mm.) connatis, bracteis anguste lanceolatis, acute acumi- 

 natis, 1-1.5 mm. longis, bracteolis solitariis, vix 1 mm. longis; ovario 

 glabro, anguste ovoideo; glandulis hypogynis 4, pallidis, haud 1 mm. 

 longis, subliberis vel leviter connatis. 



Indo-China, Annam, near Tourane, J. & M. S. Clcmcns 3487, May- 

 July, 1927, a small tree along river margins. 



A species strikingly characterized by its slender, slightly appressed- 

 pubescent racemes which are much longer than the leaves, the latter 

 being very narrow, lanceolate, gradualiv narrowed upward to the blunt 

 acumen, and entire or with a very few widely scattered small teeth in 

 the upper one-fourth. 



