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E. G. BAKER; POLYPETALTt:. 291 



Small tree 5 ft. Leaves e<lgO(l with roil. Panicle terniinal. Flowers 

 widely open, yellowish green, 



A tree with about 5 pairs oF oblong acuminate leaflets^ shortly petiolulate, 

 and a panicle of small yellowish-green flowers about as long as the leaves. 

 Allied to E. elegans Engler, but there are more pairs of leaflets and the 

 inflorescence Is not so lax^ and it is puberulous. 



EuROScniNUS SYLVicoLA Buk. fib, sp. nov. Arbuscida ad E. vernieosum 

 Engl, accedens, ramulis cinerasceutibus lenticellis plus minus dense obtectis ; 

 yoltis imparipinnatis circ, 5-jagis 5-6 dm* longis foliolis oblongo-ovatis vel 

 oblongo-cllipticis 9-13 cm. X 4-5 cm. apice acuminatis basi late cuncatis 

 costa subtus promlniila nervis lateralibus tcnuibus utrinque 12-15 marginem 

 versus arcnatis snpra glabris petiolulo longiusculo instructis ; paiiiculis 

 niultifloris 3-4 dm. longis qua.m folia pauUo brevioribus sparse pubescentibus ; 

 florihus pallide flavis breviter pedicellatis glonieratis ; cahjcis loins semiorbi- 

 cularibus calycis in toto 1-1*5 mm, longo ; petaUs + 2 mm, longis oblongis ; 

 stamimhus extra discum insertis filamentis brevibus antheris flavis 1'25 mm. 



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longis ; ovario rudimcntario : drupis ignotis. 



Mont Humboldt ; forest ; 500 ft. ; serpentine, 2087. Leaves impari- 

 pinnate, racbis grey mottled with brown, pinna3 medium green, thin. 

 Terminal panicle. Flowers pale yellow, scentless ; anthers yellow. 



Noticeable on account of the glabrous^ oblong-ovate or oblong-elliptical 

 acuminate leaflets, and panicle 3-4 dm, long. 



MoKTAGUEiA Bak. fil., gen. nov. 



Calyx brevis, glaber^ tube turbinato^ limbo truncato vel subtruncato. 

 Petala 4-5, valvata, oblonga, demum reflexa. Stamina 4-5 petala numero 

 8e(][uantia et iis alternantia, antherse dithccse rirais longitudinalitcr dehis- 

 centes- Discus vix lobatns ovarium circumdans. Ovarium superum 1-loculare, 

 ovulum a funiculo infra apicem suspensum. Stylus erectus^ gracilis, stig- 



mate capitato- Arhuscnla 20-pedalis. Folia imparipiniiata d:4-]uga cum 

 imparl, foliolis herbacels ovato-lanceolatis petiolulatis margine crenato- 

 serratis vel undulatis, costa subtus prominente, nervis lateralibus tenuibus. 

 Fanicuhe terminales circ. dimidium foliorum sequantes, raniis approximatis 

 patentibus. Flares pallide flavi, parviusculi, in ranmlos ultimos glomerulati, 

 glomerulis G-12-floris. Bracteolw minutee. Fructus ignotiis, (Plato 15. 



figs. 7-9.) 



Allied to Euroschinus^ from which it differs in its haplostemonous flowers 

 and truncate calyx. The style is erect and shorter than the stamens. The 

 st:imens are alternate with the petals, the anthers being relatively rallier 

 large and longer than the filaments. The petals are valvate and not imbricafe 

 as in Euroscldmts. 



MoNTAGUEiA HArLOSTEMON, sp. nov. Avhuscula 20-pedalis ; foUis impari- 

 pinnatis + 4-jugis cum impari +30 cm. longis foliolis in;:equilateraliter 



