328 MB. J. G. BAKEB ON THE 



copiose paniculatis, paniculse ramis ferrugineo-pubescentibus, pedicelhs 

 brevibus basi articulatis, genitalibus breviter exsertis. 



This very distinct-looking plant differs from Linacese by its 

 slightly perigynous stamens, 2-celled ovary, several ovules in a 

 cell, and simple style. Of known genera it appears to come 

 nearest to Asteropeia ; but the fruit has not yet been found. 

 The flowers resemble those of an Erythroxylon, and leaves those 

 of a simple-leaved species of Bhopala. 



Bhodoclada buopaloides, Baker, sp. unica. 



An erect tree, with crowded branchlets, clothed with fine bright 

 ferruginous pubescence. Leaves alternate, simple, obovate- 

 cuneate, entire, about 2 in. long, narrowed gradually from the 

 middle to a very short petiole, which readily disarticulates at the 

 base, glabrous on both surfaces ; the erecto-patent side-veins 

 fine and immersed. Flowers in deltoid terminal panicles 2-3 in. 

 long, with spreading or erecto-patent branches, clothed with fer- 

 ruginous pubescence ; pedicels very short, articulated at the base, 

 originating from the swollen nodes of the rhachis. Sepals -fe in. 

 long, oblong, persistent, reflexing, imbricated. Petals oblong, 

 £ in. long. Stamens and style slightly exserted. — Baron 3094 ! 

 3096! 



Oxalis (§ Biophtttjm) macbopoda, n. sp. 



0. caule elongato lignoso simplici, foliis dense congestis breviter petio- 

 latis linearibus pinnatis, foliolis confertis 40-50-jugis quadratis basi auricu- 

 latis apice oblique cuspidatis, pedunculis folio 2-3plo brevioribus, bracteis 

 multis uiinutis congestis, pedicellis brevibus glandulosis, sepalis ovato- 

 lanceolatis conspicue nervatis fructu globoso brevioribus, stylis hispidis. 



Leaves in a dense cluster at the summit of a simple woody 

 stem 2 ft. long, linear, 3-4 in. long, with a slender pilose rhachis 

 and short petiole. Leaflets |~k in. broad, crowded, sensitive, 

 reflexing, rigid in texture, green on both sides, with an excentric 

 midrib, distinct erecto-patent veinlets, a cusp directed upwards, 

 and a basal auricle close to the rhachis. Peduncle slender, much 

 shorter than the leaves ; pedicels i in. long, rugose, with pro- 

 minent black glands. Sepals £ in. long, with 3 strong ribs. 

 Petals not seen. Capsule globose, \ in. in diam. ; styles hispid, 

 half as long as the capsule.— Baron 2307 ! Near O. myriophylla, 

 0. Hoffm. in Eel. Euteub. iv. 243. 



