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E, G. BAKER : rOLYPET2\L.E. 270 



GONOSTYLAC^EvE. 



SOLMSIA CHRYSOPHYLLA Baill. Moiit Doi'e ; serpciitine scruL ; 1000 ft., 



occasional. 842, Shrub G ft. Mont Mon; dry scrjicntine scrub; 2000 ft. 



429. Flowers green, scented. Presqu'ile Bogota ; serpentine scrub ; 



1500 ft. 1322. Small shrub 3 ft* Leaves medium green, shining above, 

 grey green below. 



LINACEJ^. 



PIuGONiA PE^TTCTLLANTHEMUM Baill, Rivcr Oomboui ; Callitris forest ; 

 100 ft.; serpentine. 2151. Small shrub 2 ft. Loaves thin, dark green. 

 Calyx green. Corolhi bright yellow. Sweet-scented. 



H. RACEMOSA Schlechter. Mont Mou ; streamside in damp gulley ; 800 ft. ; 

 cretaceous. 519. Sprawling shrub. Flowers widely open, petals yellow. 



ErythrOXYLOKNOVOCALEDONICUM O.E. Scliulz. River Ngoye; Casuarlna 

 forest by river ; 500 ft. 1015. Shrub or small tree 12 ft. Flowers sparse, 

 solitary, dull red. 



ZYGOPHYLLACE^. 



Tribulus moluccanus Decne. Anse Vata. Creeping on sand. 83. 

 Pinnate leaves, yellow petals. Fruit spiny. Moluccas, Timor. 



OXALIDACE^]. 



OxALlS CORNICULATA L. Anse Vata ; sand pit. 73. Widely dis- 

 tributed. 



0. FRUTICOSA YieilL in Herb. Taoni ; upland serpentine scrub; 3000 ft. 

 2328. Small weak subshrub 1 ft. Leaves dark green, tinged purple. 

 Flowers yellow, delicate. 



RUTACEiE. 



Zieridium gracile Baill. River Ngoye (Mts. to N.W. of) ; serpentine 

 scrub ; 2000 ft.j fairly frequent. 1000. Low shrub 2 ft. Flowers Mhite* 

 Leaves dark green above, light and dotted beneath. 



BoROKELLA Francii Schlechter. Plaine des Lacs ; occasional in serpen- 

 tine flood plain ; 800 ft. 343. Small undershrub 1-1^ ft. Flowers white. 

 This specimen agrees with Franc 247 in Herb. Kew. 



B. PARVIFOLIA Bak. fib, sp. nov. Frutex 1-3-pedalis ad B, Francii 

 Schlechter valde accedens, ramis glabris cortice cinerco obtectis ; foliis 

 parviusculis oppositis summitatem versus ramulorum confertis simplicibus 



subsessilibus coriaceis obovatis 10-13 mm. longis apice emarginato superne 

 nitidis glanduloso-punctatis, petiolis 1-1*5 mm. longis suffultis; Jloribus albis 



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