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Lion. Soc, Botany, XXX. 61; Bail!, in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, n. 150 (1895 

 4 1 85- ■ — Pusilla, caudice tenuiter arundinaceo, 5 — 6 mm diamelro. Folia 

 subregulariter vel =b interrupte pinnatisecta, una cum petiolo (4 — 5 cm 

 metienti) 25—30 cm longa, segmentis in utroque latere 14 — 15, angus- 

 tissime lanceolatis et vix sigmoideis, basi parum attenuatis, secus marginem 

 superiorem in cuspidem subfalcatam productis, 8 — 10 cm Jongis, 6 — 10 mm 

 latis summis brevioribus et angustioribus, basi tantum unitis. Spadix foliis 

 brevior duplicato-ramosus; ejus panicula 12 cm longa laxissime pauci- 

 ramea, ramulis gracillimis filiformibus, 2 — 4 cm longis paleaceo-hirtulis. 

 Florum glomeruli non numerosi superficiales remotiuseuli alternato-spiraliter 

 dispositi. Flores cf ohovato-oblongi, vertice rotundato, 2,25 nun longi, 

 1,75 mm lati, petalis quam sepala quadruplo vel quintuplo longiorihus, 

 antheris oblongo-sagittatis obtusis, ovarii rudimento late oblongo staminibus 

 dimidio breviori. Flores Q ovato-conici vix masculis minores, corolla calyce 

 subduplo longiori, ovario oblongo in alabastro subsymmelrico, stigmatibus 

 triangularibus conniventibus, acutiusculo. 



In silvis prope »Fort Dauphin « in ore austro-orientali (Scott-Elliot 

 n. 2615). 



4. Neophloga Majorana Becc. n. sp. — Parvula, caudice gracillimo 

 amndinaceo. Folia circ. 30 cm longa, hinc inde valde irregulariter pinnata, 

 basi cuneata, antice profunde bifida, sinu acuto, petiolo brevi; segmenta 

 in utroque latere 2 — 4 valde inaequalia et rachidis spatio nudo 3 — 7 cm 

 longo separata ; intermedia saepe angustissima unicostata et interdum 

 divaricato-patula; caetera 4— 6-costulata; 2 terminalia 11—15 cm longa, 

 2—3 cm lata, sublanceolata, basi connata, apice attenuata ibique obtusis- 

 sima vel truncata et denticulata; basilaria terminalibus fere duplo longiora, 

 acinaciformia, acuminatissima. Spadix foliis conspicue brevior simpliciter 

 subdigitato-ramosus, parte pedunculari 10 cm longa, spathis 2 in totum 

 vaginata, ramis vel spicis floriferis ad 5, 6—8 cm longis, crassiuscule 

 liiiformibus, 1 mm diam., angulosis, puberulo-furfuraceis. Florum glome- 

 ruli superficiales spiraliter dispositi, bractea communi concava late ovata 

 obtusa, bracteolis sepaloideis ciliolatis. Flores tf ovati, 2,5 mm longi, 

 ^palis in margine ciliolatis, in dorso acute carinatis, petalis tiuam sepala 

 tnplo longioribus, Ulamentis in alabastro brevibus, antheris oblongis utrinque 

 rotundalis; ovarii rudimentum trigono-pyramidatum acutum, staminibus in 

 alabastro subdimidio brevius. Flores Q dum q* fere absoluti adstant 

 P^rvi et bracteolis obvoluti. 



In silva Amboimitombo provinciae Tanala inter 1350—1440 m 

 su ?ra m. alt. Dr. C. J. Forsyte Major, 22. Dec. 1894 legit {«. 605 in herb. 

 <fe Cand.). 



• 5 - Neophloga Thiryana Becc. n. sp. — Di/psk sp. Baker in Journ. 

 Li «n. Soc. Bot. XXIL 526, in nota ad D. rhodotrkham. — Parvula, gracilis. 

 Uuf *ex 4—6 mm diam. Folia irregulariter pinnata, brovitcr petiolata, 



