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ment complete. Seeds solitary in the cells. — Baron, 417 ! 2218 I ; 

 Hildebrandt 3670 ! 



PoLTGALA PILOSA, n. Sp. 



Perennis, pilosa, caulibus graeilibus prostratis ramosis, foliis alternis 

 sessilibus lineari-oblongis obtusis uninerviis, floribus in raeemos terminates 

 densos dispositis, pedicellis brevissimis, bracteis minutis caducis, sepalia 

 exterioribus ovatis herbaceis, interioribus petaloideis albis viridi venosis 

 obovato-unguiculatis petalis aequilongis, carina cnrvata appendiculata. 



A perennial herb, with densely pilose, trailing, slender, branched 

 Btems 4-6 in. long. Leaves alternate, sessile, linear-oblong, flat, 

 pilose, green on both surfaces, |-£ in. long. Flowers greenish, 

 Yj in. long, many in a peduncled terminal capitate raceme ; 

 pedicels very short ; bracts very minute, deltoid. Calyx j- 1 ^ in. 

 long ; outer sepals ovate, green, erecto-patent ; inner suborbi- 

 culate, white, with about 5 flabellate green veins anastomosing 

 in arches near the margin. Keel -fe m - l° n g> curved, appendicu- 

 late. Capsule not seen. — Baron 939 ! Allied to our European 

 P. amara, L. 



Sph^eosepalum, genus novum Guttiferarum. 



Sepala 4 orbicularia rigide coriacea valde imbricata. Petala 4 ab sepalis 

 vix dissimilia tenuiora magis oblonga. Stamina perplurima uniseriata 

 hyP°gy na > infra discum inserta, filamentis filiformibus, antheris parvis 

 subglobosis versatilibus. Discus tenuis annularis. Ovarium latum planum 

 biloculare leviter bilobum, ovulis in loculo circiter 3 axillaribus; stylus 

 filiformis ; stigma capitatum. Fructus ignotus. — Frutex Madagascariensis 

 inermis, glaber, foliis stipulatis petiolatis alternis magnis oblongis obtusis 

 rigide coriaceis crebre venulosis, floribus in cymas umbellatas copiose pani- 

 culatas dispositis. 



Differs from normal Guttiferae by its alternate stipulate leaves. 

 It may perhaps have an affinity with Caraipa and its neighbours 

 in TernstroemiaceaB, but as yet the fruit and seeds are unknown. 



SPH^EOSEPALUM ALTEENIFOLIUM. 



An erect shrub or tree, glabrous in all its parts, with slender 

 terete woody branchlets. Leaves alternate ; stipules deciduous ; 

 petiole |-f in. long ; blade oblong obtuse, entire, rounded at the 

 base, rigidly coriaceous, green on both sides, rather glossy above, 

 4-5 in. long, 2-3 in. broad at the middle, all the veins and vein- 

 lets raised, the main ones ascending. Flowers in copious cymes 

 forming an ample lax deltoid panicle at the end of the branches 



