326 MR. J. 0. BAKER ON THE 



peduncles 2-3 in. long ; pedicels about | in. long. Calyx £ in. 

 long; sepals lanceolate, lepidote like the branchlets. Petals 

 \ in. long, scariose, brown, persistent. Stamens very small. 

 Staminodes not more than half as long as the corolla. Ovary 

 small, globose, lepidote, narrowed into a long style. — Baron 

 2373 ! Habit and flowers like those of Melhania laurifolia, 

 which only differs from Dombeya by its isomerous stamens. 



DOMBETA REP AND A, 11. Sp. 



Arborea, ramulis adpresse lepidotis, foliis magnis petiolatis oblongis re- 

 pandis subcoriaceis glabris, cymis paucifloris axillaribus pedunculatis, pedi- 

 cellis flore brevioribus, sepalis lanceolatis lepidotis, petalis parvis persis- 

 tentibus cuneatis, staminibus fertilibus 10, staminodiis petalis duplo 

 brevioribus, ovario globoso lepidoto. 



Calyx, corolla, stamens, and staminodes just as in D.jlori- 

 bunda ; but cymes sparser and leaves quite different, with 6-8 

 pairs of erecto-patent main veins produced nearly to the margin, 

 and not anastomosing by distinctly raised cross-arches a little 

 within the margin. — Baron 2599 ! 



GrREWIA MACROPHVLLA, n. Sp. 



Arborea, ramulis dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus, foliis magnis petio- 

 latis cordato-ovatis acutis dentieulatis subcoriaceis facie calvatis dorso 

 pubescentibus, cymis lateralibus et terminalibus pluribus corymbosis, 

 pedicellis pedunculisque dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus, sepalis lanceo- 

 latis dense ferrugineo-tomentosis, petalis dense pilosis, ovario globoso 

 dense piloso. 



A tree, with slender terete woody branches, densely clothed with 

 ferruginous tomentum. Petiole \-\ in. long ; blade sometimes 

 \ ft. long, 3 in. broad, moderately firm in texture, acute, finely 

 inciso-crenate, green and glabrescent on the upper surface, 

 clothed with ferruginous pubescence beneath ; the erecto-patent 

 main veins and intermediate veinlets raised. Cymes lateral, and 

 forming an ample end-corymb ; peduncles and pedicels \-\ in., 

 densely ferruginoso-tomentose. Calyx above \ in. long; sepals 

 lanceolate. Petals linear-oblong, densely pilose outside, as long 

 as the calyx. Ovary globose, 4-celled, clothed with soft pale- 

 brown hairs ; style \ in. long ; stigma capitate. — Baron 2420 ! 

 2549 ! Allied to G. ferruginea, Hochst. 



Grewia cuneifolia, n. sp. 



G. ramulis gracilibus lepidotis, foliis subsessilibus obovato-cuneatis 

 obtusis iuciso-crenatis subcoriaceis glabris trinervatis, cymis axillaribus 



