1873.] S. Kmz—N'ew Burmese Flants. 237 



256. Antidesma fruticulosum, nov. sp. 



Fruticulus 2 — 4-pedalis ramosus pubescens ; stipulae linoarcs, acumi- 

 natae, fulvo-pubescentes, petiolo longiores, 2 — 3 liu. longiB ; folia parva , 

 elliptico- ad obovato-lanceolata, petiolo crasso c. lin. longo fulvo-pubescente, 

 basi attenuata rotundata v. obtusa, 1 — 2i poll, longa, breviter et obtusiuscule 

 acuminata cum mucrone, passim obtusa v. retusa, membranacea, supra sparse 

 hirsuta subtus imprimis secus nervos adpresse pubescentia ; flores miiiuti, 

 sessiles, in spicas breves sat robustas fulvo-tomentosas simplices v. raro 

 compositas vulgo e ramulis reductis ortas collecti ; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, 

 pilosae, minutae ; calyx extus tomentosus, 4-partitus, lobis rotundatis sub- 

 aeutis ; discus subgiaber ; stamina 2 v. 3, antheris didymis ; stylus terminalis, 

 simplex ; drupae rubrse dein atropurpureae, suboblique ovoideee, laeves, 2 — 2|- 

 lin. longse, putailciine compresso subrugoso. — Pegu. — A. Boxhurghii, Wall, 

 valde affinis, sed omnibus partibus minor. — ■N'. B. A. molle, Mull. Arg. 

 sjmonymon est A. velutinosi, Bl. ; bractese dum juveniles obovatae, dein sub 

 antliesi lineari-lanceolatce. 



Glochidion, Foest. 

 Genus dist^'nctissimum, a cl. Muell. Arg. cum Bliyllantlii genere inapte 

 conjunctum, structura florum femineorum et etiam (uti jam beat. E-oxbur- 

 ghius docuit) arillo (spurio) facile distinguitur. In sicco hie arillus 

 spurius V. potius tegumentum exterius seminis utplurimum pulchre miniatus 

 V. coccineus succosus more Euphorbiacearum aliarum (e. g. Claoxylon etc.) 

 membraniformis indeque ab auctoribus plurimis omnino prsetervisus erat. 

 Omnes species a cl. Muell. Arg. in Dc. Prod. vol. XV. et a cl. Benthamio 

 in Flora Austr. vol. YI. sub JEu,.- et Hemi-glocMclione publicatae iterum ad 

 genus Glocliidii reducendse sunt. 



257. Glochidion DASYSTTLrM, nov. sp. 



Arbuscula v. frutex 15 — 20-pedalis, pubescens, ramulis subteretibus 

 fulvo- V. ferrugineo-hirsutis ; folia ovata, subobliqua, petiolo 1 lin. longo 

 tomentosa, acuminata, basi rotundata v. obtusa, 2 — 3 poll, longa, chartacea, 

 molliter pubescentia, adulta supra minute puberula ; flores desunt, feminei 

 fasciculati v. subumbellati ; capsulae pedieello gracillimo usque ad ^ poll, 

 longo piloso suffultae, depresso-globosae, c. i poll, in diametro, 3-loculares et 

 6-lobulato3, patenter albo-pilos£e ; columna stylaris brevis, 3-lida, lobis linea- 

 ribus simplicibus patentibus pubescentibus. — Martaban. — Gynoon Jiirsutum, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1909 liabitum plantoB supra descriptoo optime representat sed 

 certissime specifice distinctum est. 



258. Glochidion leiosttltjm, nov. sp. 



Frutex magnus v. arbuscula, ramulis subangulatis novcllisque pubes- 

 centibus ; folia oblique ovata ad oblongo-ovata, petiolo lin. longo pubescente, 

 basi inaequali acuta v. obtusa, longius v. brevius saepius obtusiuscule acumi- 

 nata et mucronata; chartacea, supra costa excepta glabra, subtus praeser- 



