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ToDDALIA PILOSA, 11. Sp. 



Inermis, ramulis dense pilosis, foliis petiolatis trifoliolatis, foliolis oblau- 

 ceolato-oblongis integris subcoriaceis dorso pilosis, cymis axillaribus 

 sessilibus 3-5-floris, pedicellis brevissimis, sepalis orbicularibus minutis 

 persistentibus, fructu globoso glabro nigra biloculari haud lobato. 



An erect tree, with unarmed slender terete densely pilose 

 branehlets. Petiole f-1 in. ; leaflets 2-3 in. long, under an inch 

 broad, narrowed gradually from the middle to the base, mode- 

 rately firm in texture, green on both surfaces, distinctly dotted 

 over with black glands beneath. Cyme^ in the axils of the leaves 

 all down the branehlets. Calyx minute, persistent. Petals not 

 seen. Fruit the size of a pea, black, entire, globose, with copious 

 glandular hollows in the epicarp ; all the three layers thin. — 

 Baron 3093 ! 



Ochna vaccikiotdes, n. sp. 



Glabra, foliis oblongis parvis brevissime petiolatis rigidulis crenulatis, 

 cymis lateralibus 2-3-floris, pedicellis flore aequilongis, sepalis persistenti- 

 bus insequalibus patulis obovatis vel oblongis, stylo elongato. 



A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender terete branch- 

 lets. Leaves bright green on both surfaces, moderately firm in 

 texture, J-f in. long, subobtuse, rounded at the base, distinctly 

 crenulate, with fine immersed veins. Flowers 2-3 together in 

 nearly sessile lateral cymes ; pedicels |-j in., ascending or cer- 

 nuous. Fruit-calyx § in. in diara., spreading horizontally ; outer 

 sepals obovate, inner oblong. Petals and stamens not seen. 

 Style straight, gynobasic, I in. long. — Baron 3028 ! 



OCHNA SEERATIFOLrA, n. Sp. 



Glabra, foliis oblongis parvis brevissime petiolatis rigidulis serrulatis 

 dentibus ascendentibus cuspidatis, cymis lateralibus paucifloris, pedicellis 

 flore longioribus, sepalis persistentibus oblongis patulis, stylis apice 

 liberis. 



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

 branehlets. Leaves 1-1| in. long, subobtuse, deltoid at the base, 

 moderately rigid in texture, dark green on both surfaces, with 

 fine immersed veins, minutely toothed, with small ascending 

 deltoid teeth tipped with a cusp. Cymes few, lateral, nearly 

 sessile ; pedicels | in. long, ascending or cernuous. Fruit-calyx 

 spreading, nearly an inch in diameter; sepals oblong, rigid, 

 brown, the inner much narrower than the outer. Petals not 

 seen. Stamens very short. Ovary globose ; style with 5 short 



