FLORA OP ATADAGASCAB. 819 



the base, finely veined. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves, 

 on very cernuous black pedicels | in. long. Calyx £ in. long ; 

 sepals deltoid. Petals 6, lanceolate, | in. long, narrowed from 

 base to apex. Fruit-torus woody, hemispheric, alveolate, | in. in 

 diam. ; carpels oblong, blackish, coriaceous, indehiscent, 1-seeded, 

 3 in. long, | in. in diam., narrowed into a cylindrical pedicel 

 of the same length.— Baron 31 L6! Allied to P. Chapellieri, 

 Baillon, Adans. viii. p. 349. In his latest paper Dr. Baillon 

 reduces JPopowia, Clathrospermum, and Polyalthia, all three to 

 TTnona. 



TlIYLACUITJM LABTJRNOIDES, n. sp. 



Fruticosum, glabrum, foliis longe petiolatis pinnatim trifoliolaris, foliolis 

 oblongis, floribus paueis dense corymbosis breviter pedunculatis, alabastro 

 globoso, calyce viridi herbaceo, filamentis toroque subpollicaribus. 



A small erect tree, glabrous in all its parts, with crowded 

 branchlets. Leaves alternate; petiole slender, 1-1 1 in. long; 

 leaflets 1-1 1 in. long, all three shortly stalked, obtuse or deltoid 

 at the tip, minutely cuspidate, moderately firm in texture, green 

 and glabrous on both surfaces, obscurely veined. Flowers 6-8 

 in a dense corymb at the end of the branchlets ; pedicels |-^ in. 

 long. Bud globose, green, glabrous, \ in. in diam. Calyx 

 green, herbaceous, the top splitting off from near the base. 

 Stamens 40 or more, about an inch long ; anthers small, oblong. 

 Torus rather shorter than the stamens ; ovary small, oblong. — 

 Baron 32G3 i 



Thvlaciiium latjbifolium, n. sp. 



Arboreum, glabrum, foliis simplicibus oblongis obtusis rigide coriaceis 

 longe petiolatis, floribus paucis corymbosis longe petiolatis, alabastro 

 globoso, calyce brunneo coriaceo, filamentis 2-21 poll, longis, toro tri- 

 pollicari. 



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

 branchlets. Leaves rather crowded, alternate, ascending ; petiole 

 about an inch long, articulated at the tip ; blade rigidly coria- 

 ceous, dark green on both surfaces, obscurely veined, quite 

 entire, deltoid at the base, 2-3 in. long, 1-1| in. broad. Flowers 

 4-6 in a corymb at the end of the branchlets ; pedicels 1^-2 in. 

 long, without bracts or bracteoles. Bud globose, glabrous, 

 coriaceous, £ in. in diam., the calyx splitting off in a cap below 

 the middle. Stamens about 30, with long glabrous filaments aud 



