318 Mil. J. G. UAKER ON THE 



pubescentibus, dentibus latis minute cuspidatis, floribus copiose panicu- 

 latis, alabastris globosis, sepalis oblongis griseis tomentosis, staminibus 

 pistillisque calyce vix brevioribus. 



A woody climber, with densely pubescent, strongly-ribbed 

 stems. Fully-developed leaves pinnately 5-foliolate, with a blade 

 4-5 inches long and broad, and a common petiole half as long; 

 leaflets cordate-ovate, 2-3 in. long, inciso-crenate, with a minute 

 cusp to each tooth, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous 

 above, persistently grey-pubescent all over below. Axillary 

 panicles as long as the leaves; pedicels |-| in. long. Fully- 

 developed sepals g in. long, dull purple, pubescent. Stamens 

 £ lin. long., one fourth the length of the filaments. Fruit not 

 seen.— Baron 2333! 2336! 



Clematis edestata, n. sp. 



Volubilis, ramulis parce pubescentibus, foliis longe petiolatis deltoideis 

 pinnatim 5-foliolatis, foliolis ovatis acutis integris firmulis glabris, floribus 

 parvulis laxe paniculatis, alabastris oblongis, sepalis lanceolatis pur- 

 purascentibus extus tomentosis, pistillis calyce acquilongis, stylo dense 

 plumoso. 



A climber, with slender terete woody branches, thinly pubescent 

 towards the top. Fully-developed leaves pinnately 5-foliolate, 

 with a blade 4-5 in. long and broad, and a petiole half as long ; 

 leaflets ovate, entire, acute, firm in texture, glabrous, green on 

 both sides, 2-2g in. long. Flowers in sparse leafy panicles at the 

 end of the branches and from the axils of the developed leaves ; 

 pedicels pilose, |-| in. long. Bud oblong. Sepals lanceolate, 

 |-| in. long, grey-purple, densely pubescent, acute, not more than 

 -jJj in. broad. Stamens and fruit not seen. Styles densely 

 pilose, reaching nearly to the top of the sepals before they fall. 

 — Baron 2297 ! Like the two other species now described, this 

 is allied to C, simensis, Fres., and C. grata, "Wall. 



POLYALTIIIA LIJCENS, 11. Sp. 



Arborea, glabra, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis obtusis rigide coriaceis 

 facie lucentibus basi deltoideis, floribus axillaribus solitariis cernuis atro- 

 purpureis, pedicello flore aequilongo, petalis lanceolatis calyce duplo 

 longioribus, carpellis fructiferis 10-12 monospermis oblongis longe pedi- 

 cellatis. 



A tree, glabrous in all its parts, with slender subterete woody 

 branchlets. Leaves alternate ; petiole \ in. long; blade thick, 

 rigidly coriaceous, 2-3 iu. long, 1-14 in. broad, obtuse, deltoid at 



