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small oblong anthers. Ovary small, ovoid, with a filiform torus 

 3 in. long.— Baron 2862 ! 



Oncoba capbejefolia, n. sp. 



Arborea, inermis, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis magnis petiolatis late 

 oblongis obtusis facie obscure dorso conspicue pubescentibus venulis 

 exsculptis, floribus solitariis lateralibus breviter pedunculatis, sepalis del- 

 toideis persistentibus, fructu globoso duro multisulcato griseo-velutino, 

 placentis circiter 20, seminibus multis nigris turgidis oblongo-reni- 

 formibus. 



A tree, with pubescent branchlets. Leaves alternate ; petiole 

 about | in. long ; blade broad oblong, entire, 3-4 in. long, 

 l|-2 in. broad, moderately firm in texture, green and obscurely 

 pilose above, conspicuously grey-pubescent beneath, with all the 

 veins and veinlets raised. Flowers solitary, axillary, with very 

 short pedicels. Fruit-calyx | in. in diameter. Sepals deltoid, 

 pubescent. Corolla and stamens not seen. Fruit woody, globose, 

 indehiscent, I-I5 in. in diam., with about 20 placentas and the 

 Rame number of ribs outside, persistently grey-pubescent, tipped 

 with a cusp surmounted by a capitate black stigma. Seeds 

 black, oblong-reniform, \ in. long, with a crustaceous testa. — 

 Baron 2355 ! Allied to O. tettensis and Petersiana. 



PlTTOSPOBUM STENOPETALTJM, n. Sp. 



Glabrum, foliis petiolatis obovato-cuneatis obtusis rigide coriaceis 

 luceutibus, floribus in cymos umbellatos paucifloros pedunculatos verticil- 

 latos vel paniculatos dispositis, sepalis minutis deltoideis, petalis parvis 

 oblanceolatis sordide luteo-viridibus, staminibus flore vix brevioribus, 

 fructu bivalvi biloculari magnitudine pisi, seminibus in loculo solitariis. 



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

 branchlets. Leaves alternate, narrowed into a petiole | in. long, 

 2-3 in. long, 1-1 \ in. broad above the middle, obtuse, narrowed 

 gradually from the middle to the base, firm in texture, green on 

 both surfaces, shining, with fine distinctly visible erecto-patent 

 branching veins. Cymes umbellate, few-flowered, peduncled, 

 simply verticillate at the end of the branchlets, or forming a sparse 

 panicle ; pedicels finally \-\ in. Petals \ in. long, deciduous. 

 Stamens with a versatile oblong anther, one third the length of the 

 glabrous filament. Ovary ovoid, 2-celled, narrowed into an entire 

 style i in. long. Capsule brown, rigidly coriaceous, globose, 

 \ in. in diam., split down to the base into 2 valves ; dissepi- 



