332 MR. J. G. BAKER OS THE 



green, £ lin. in diam. ; sepals 4, almost orbicular, green, free to the 

 base. Fruit oblong, black, compressed, glabrous, indehiscent, 

 coriaceous, above \ in. long, narrowed to an acute apex ; epicarp 

 thin, brown ; mesocarp thin ; endocarp thin, white, densely- 

 spiny inside the cavity, filled with one large seed. — Baron 1374 ! 

 (fruit), 3018 ! (female flower). Baron 1348, with oblong-acute 

 glabrous strongly toothed leaves, is very likely another new species 

 of this genus ; but the flowers are too immature to be certain. 



Desmostachts acuminata, n. sp. 



D. ramulis gracilibus pilosis, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis acuminata! 

 rigidulis dorso hispidulis, floribus in spicas axillares fastigiatas dispositis, 

 calycis minuti pilosi segmentis deltoideis, petalis lanceolatis dense pilosis, 

 staminibus iaclusis, ovario ovoideo piloso. 



An erect shrub, with slender terete woody pilose branchlets. 

 Leaves 3-4 in. long, 1-lj in. broad, rounded at the base, pale 

 green, moderately firm in texture, the raised main veins of the 

 under surface united by distinct simple cross-arches. Spikes 

 axillary, clustered, 1-1| in. long, with a very hairy slender 

 rhachis. Calyx \ lin. in diam. ; sepals deltoid. Petals yellowish, 

 densely pilose, T L in. long. Stamens with a linear-oblong anther 

 equalling the filament. Ovary ovoid, very hairy, narrowed into 

 a cylindrical style as long as itself. — Baron 2622 ! 



Desmostachts deltoidea, n. sp. 



D. ramulis gracilibus pilosis, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis acutis 

 rigidulis glabris, floribus in racemos paniculatos dispositis, calyeis minuti 

 pilosi segmentis deltoideis, petalis oblauceolatis viridibus dense pilosis, 

 staminibus inclusis, fructu globoso. 



An erect shrub, with very slender terete pilose branchlets. 

 Leaves shortly petioled, pale green, moderately firm in texture, 

 glabrous, 1^-2 in. long, f-1 in. broad, subdeltoid at the base, 

 narrowed gradually to an acute apex, the veins fine and incon- 

 spicuous. Eacemes under an inch long, forming a deltoid panicle 

 at the end and side of the branches ; axis pilose ; pedicels very 

 short ; bracts minute, deltoid. Calyx campanulate, green, \ lin. 

 in diam. Petals very hairy, greenish, y 1 ^ in. long. Disk with 5 

 lobes. Immature fruit globose, rather hairy, the size of a 

 pea, tipped with the short cylindrical style. — Baron 2926! 

 D. Benschii, O. Hoffm. & Hildeb. Sertum, p. 11, is the same 

 species as Z>. Planclwnianus, Miers, Contrib. i. p. 68, tab. 9. 



