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coriaceous pubescent capsule \ in. long, with an erect deltoid 

 wing on each side, and a very short style.— Sent twice by Mr. 

 Baron. Also Hildebrandt 3604, from Andrangaloaka. 



CALYCIELOR.E. 



RoTJREA PLATYSEPALA, n. sp. 



Arborea, glabra, foliis petiolatis pinnatis, foliolis 5-7 rigidulis ovatis 

 acutis, floribus laxe copiose paniculatis, pedicellis flore longioribus, sepalis 

 ovatis obtusis valde imbricatis, petalis oblongo-spathulatis calvce duplo 

 longioribus, staminibus inclusis biseriatis antheris parvis, carpellis sessili- 

 bus ovoideis, stylo elongato, stigmate capitate 



A tree, glabrous in all its parts, with terete branchlets. 

 Petiole l-lg in. long; leaflets 5-7, ovate, acute, petiolulate, 

 1-1 1 in. long, rigid in texture, glossy, with a distinct brown 

 midrib, the other veins fine and immersed. Panicles of 

 numerous crowded lax racemes 1-2 in. long ; pedicels slender, 

 flexuose, \ in. long. Calyx campanulate, ^ in. long; sepals 

 ovate, obtuse, much imbricated, the two inner quite hidden by 

 the three outer. Petals oblong-unguiculate, \ in. long. Stamens 

 with long filaments and short globose anthers. Carpels more 

 than one, with a produced style and capitate stigma. Fruit not 

 seen. — Baron 2528 ! Nearly allied to the East-Indian It. santa- 

 loides, Wight & Am. 



Neobarosta, genus novum Dalbergiearum. 

 Calyx parvus, campanulatus, dentibus minutis deltoideis. Corolla 

 papilionacea, petalis acquilongis ; vexillum obovatum obtusum unguicu- 

 latum ; alae angustiores ; carina navicularis recta subacuta. Stamina 10 

 diadelpha, filamentis 9 in tubo apice fisso connatis, supremo libero fili- 

 formi, antberis parvis globosis. Ovarium sessile lineare, ovulis paucis, 

 stylo brevi abrupte incurvato, stigmate capitato. Legumen coriaceum 

 indehiscens turgidum 1-2-spermum, apice et basi attenuatum. — Arbor 

 Madagascariensis, ramulis in phyllocladiis rigidulis oblanceolatis triplo 

 compositis mutatis, foliis propriis nullis, floribus parvis ad dentes 

 phyllocladiarum impositis, pedicellis brevibus, bracteis minutis deltoideis. 



Mr. Baron has been at last successful in procuring flowers and 

 fruit of a very curious plant, which has puzzled us for a long 

 time. We had specimens without either, long ago from Bojer 

 and Meller, consisting of triply compound phyllocladia with dis- 

 tantly-toothed margins. In my last paper (Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 vol. xx. p. 249) I described it as a doubtful Exocarpus, and it 

 was named in manuscript by Bojor Xyloph/lla ensifolia. Now 



