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' Semecarpus atra Yieill. Paompai ; creekside woods ; 50 ft, 1905, Stout 

 tree 30 ft. Sturdy trunk, Avide-sproadlng brandies. Leaves dark o-reen 



above, glaucous below, ba?al balf of petiole corky-like stem, veins yellowish 

 conspicuous. Corolla white central yellow^ honey disc. Sweet scent. White 

 latex. 



Isle of Pines ; roadside ; 50 ft. 2280. Tree 30 ft., dense folingo dark 

 green above, glaucous below. Corolla dingy yellowish white. Ovary black- 

 Sweet scent. 



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Lotus australis Andr., var. nov. anfractuosus Bak. fil. CauUs anfrac- 

 tuosus foliolis oblongo-obovatis glauco-viridibus ; caltjcis dentihns acutis; 

 forlhus nibro-purpureis ; carina subalbida ; leyumimhts rectis calyco 5-b'-plo 

 longioribus. 



'Isle of Pines, Ouro. Coral and shell-sand, littoral zone edire nearest sea. 

 2252. Perennial prostrate. Leaves pale glaucous green, flesliy. (Jorolla 

 red-purple', carina whitish. Scentless. 

 ' Agrees with a specimen collected by Macgillivray at the Isle of Pine^. 



= ArtiiroclianthuS grandifolius Bak. fib, sp, nov. Arhor circ. 20-pedalis 

 ramulis fere glabris ; foUis trifoliolatis foliolis terminalibus majnsculis 

 10-12 cm. X 4*5-5 cm., papyracels glabris ellipticis vel elliptico-obovatis 

 basi attenuatis foliolis laleralibus niinoribiis 0-10 cm. x 3-4 cm., parum 

 infequilatoralibus \ injforescentiw axi folio breviori 3-4 cm. longo ; Jforihus 

 albis graciliter pedicellatis pedicellis pnberulis floribus saepius 6-10 in 

 inflorescentia ; calf/ce gamophyllo anguste campanula Jo 7-8 mm. Ion 0*0 



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extus minute puberulo lobis triangularibus tubo brevloribus ; eovolUv vartilms 

 suhpoquilongis ; vexillo 30-33 mm. longo, sec. cl. detectorem erecto ; aluhix^i 

 longe unguiculatis carinse adhaBrentibus ; carina +35 mm. longUj alis 

 paululum longiori ; ovario stipitato pubescente linear! ; legumine ignoto. 



J Mt. Canala ; by creek forest region ; 1000 ft. 1201. Small tree 20 ft. 

 Leaves medium green, shining above. Flowers creamy white, scentless. 

 Aloe stuck firndy to the carina. Vexillum erect, its margin unrolled. 

 Stamens 10, the dorsal free. . • 



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• A. CoMPTONii Bak. fil.jsp. nov. Arhiscula circ. 20-pedalis ad Desmodium 

 Andersonii Seem, valde accedens, ramulis terotibus cortice griseo cinereo 

 obtectis ; foliis trifoliolatis foliolis oblongo-cllipticis utrinquc glabris basi 

 cuneatis nervis lateralibus tenuibus; Jiorihus albis in racemos axillares dispo- 

 sitis pedicellis gracilibus 17-18 mm. longis; calyce campanulato +7 mm. 

 longo, pilis sparse tecto lobis brevioribus ; eoroUce partihus ina^quilongis ; 



ve.villo +2 cm. longo, carina distincte breviori , carina 26-30 mm, lonoa 



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