340 MB. J. Or. BAKES OS THE 



A tree, with glabrous branches and leaves. Leaves distinctly 

 petioled, 4-5 in. long ; leaflets 7-9, firm and rigid in texture, 

 glossy, green on both surfaces, l-i-2 in. long, £-f in. broad, 

 strongly inciso-crenate, sessile, narrowed to the base, the erecto- 

 patent main veins distinct beneath. Spikes copious, cylindrical, 

 peduncled, 3-4 in. long. Calyx campanulate, § in. in diam., with 

 5 large ovate obtuse segments. Petals not seen. Pistil f in. 

 long, the slender styles as long as the ovoid densely drab-silky 

 ovary. — Baron 3148 ! 



KlTCHIIs'GIA schizophtlla, n. sp. 



Perennis, glabra, caule tereti, foliis petiolatis lanceolato-deltoideis 

 camosis pinnatis segmentis distantibus linearibus deflexis, cymis pauci- 

 floris in paniculam laxam deltoideam dispositis, pedicellis flexuosis calyce 

 longioribus, calycis tubo campanulato segmentis deltoideis cuspidatis, 

 corolla rubra calycem 4plo superante, stylis elongatis. 



A glabrous perennial. Fully-developed leaves 4—5 in. long, 

 including the petiole, consisting of a few deflexed entire linear 

 segments, the lowest about an inch long, the upper growing 

 gradually shorter. Cymes few-flowered, arranged in a very lax 

 large terminal panicle ; pedicels slender, flexuose, ^—3 in. long. 

 Calyx campanulate, \ in. long and broad ; segments deltoid- 

 cuspidate, longer than the campanulate tube. Corolla bright 

 red, only seen in a withered state. Fruit-carpels twice as long 

 as the calyx ; styles as long as the carpels. Anthers minute. — 

 Baron 3132 ! 



Mteiophtilum axilliflobum, n. sp. 



M. caulibus florifcris elongatis, foliis verticdlatis srcpissime quaternis 

 ascendentibus firmulis lanceolatis superioribus serratis inferioribus pec- 

 tinato-pinnatifidis, floribus omnibus axillaribus, superioribus masculis 

 petalis 4 oblongis, inferioribus fcemineis ovario acute 4-angulato vittis 

 tuberculatis petalis 4 parvis. 



Leafy floriferous stems simple, branching off from a wide- 

 creeping rootstock. Leaves rather firm in texture, sessile, 

 ascending, four in a whorl, lanceolate, 3-^ in. long, the upper 

 faintly toothed, the lower pectinate-pinnatifid. Flowers in the 

 axils of all the whorls down nearly to the bottom of the branches, 

 those of the upper whorls all male, of the lowest female. Male 

 flowers with 4 oblong petals and 4 linear-oblong anthers, with 

 short filaments. Female flowers with 4 small petals and an 

 acutely-angled globose 4-celled ovary, rugose on the four keels.— 



