330 MB. 3. G. BAKER OX THE 



spreading branches.— Baron 811! Allied to O. Wightiana, 

 Wall., of India and Ceylon. 



GrOMPHIA PERSEJEFOLIA, n. gp. 



Glabra, ramulis angulatis, foliis petiolatis oblanceolato-oblongis obtusis 

 emarginatis rigide coriaeeis, racemis subdensis subpaniculatis, pedunculo 

 ancipiti, pedicellis flore sequilongis, sepalis persistentibus oblongis reflexis, 

 fructu globoso. 



A tree, with slender woody branchlets, glabrous in all its 

 parts. Leaves alternate, not crowded, shortly petioled ; blade 

 4-6 in. long, 1-lf in. broad above the middle, narrowed gra- 

 dually to the base, entire, obtuse, and distinctly emarginate at 

 the apex, thick and very rigid in texture, glossy, with fine im- 

 mersed veiulets. Racemes dense, on axillary or terminal slender 

 ancipitous ascending peduncles l|-3 in. long ; flowers in shortly - 

 peduncled cymes at some of the lower nodes ; pedicels | in. long. 

 Fruit-calyx \ in. long, reflexing ; sepals brown, oblong. Petals 

 and stamens not seen. Fruit small, globose. Style very slender, 

 \ in. long.— Baron 2226 ! Near a. oltusifolia, DC. 



GrOMPHIA LANCEOLATA, n. Sp. 



Glabra, ramulis gracilibus teretibus, foliis petiolatis lanceolatis vel ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis integris rigide coriaeeis, racemis axillaribus vel termi- 

 nalibus pedunculatis erectis vel cernuis, pedicellis flore longioribus, sepalis 

 oblongis persistentibus diu ascendentibus, fruetu globoso. 



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

 parts. Leaves not crowded, thick and rigid in texture, entire, 

 obtuse with a minute cusp, 2-4 in. long, f-1 in. broad at the 

 middle, green and rather glossy on both surfaces, with fine im- 

 mersed veinlets. Hacemes terminal or from the axils of the 

 upper leaves; peduncles slender, erect or cernuous, as long 

 as or shorter than the leaves ; pedicels finally ^-| in. Fruit- 

 calyx \ in. long, ascending ; sepals brown, narrow oblong. Petals 

 and stamens not seen. Style very slender, \ in. long. — Baron 

 2960 ! 2984 ! 3076 ! Allied to O. obtusifolia, DC. Mem. t. 8. 



GrOMPHIA ANCEPS, n. Sp. 



Glabra, ramulis gracilibus angulatis, foliis magnis subsessilibus oblongo- 

 lanceolatis subintegris rigide coriaeeis, racemis pendulis cylindricis pedun- 

 culo elongato ancipiti, pedicellis flore sequilongis, sepalis oblongis persis- 

 tentibus reflexis, ovario turbinato, stylo elongato. 



A tree, with slender angled woody branchlets, glabrous in all 



