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Baron 3325 ! Also Hildebrandt 4030 ! Allied to M. verticil- 

 latum, L. Mr. Baron has also gathered lately in Central Mada- 

 gascar the Cape Qunnera perjpensa, L. (2238 !) 



Weihea sessiltflora, n. sp. 



Glabra, foliis petiolatis rigidulia obovato-oblongis acurainatis sursum 

 serratis, floribus ad nodos 2-4-nis axillaribus sessilibus, bracteolis cori- 

 aceis orbicularibus, calycis tubo campanulato segmentis parvis semi- 

 orbicularibus, petalis dorso sericeis, antheris oblongis. 



A tree, glabrous in all its parts, with woody branchlets dilated 

 below the nodes. Leaves opposite, distinctly petioled, rigid in 

 texture, green on both surfaces, 4-5 in. long, 1^-2 in. broad, 

 lengthened out at the point, serrated in the upper half, entire in 

 the lower half, deltoid, the base distinctly penninerved. Flowers 

 2-4 in a sessile cluster at the nodes, seen only in an early stage ; 

 bracteoles orbicular, coriaceous, entire or cleft. Calyx-segments 

 semiorbicular. Corolla globose in bud, silky on tbe outside. 

 Anthers numerous, oblong. — Baron 2583 ! 



Eugenia (§ SrzYGiuM) loiseleurioides, n. sp. 



Glabra, foliis parvis petiolatis obovatis rigidis, cymis terminalibus 

 parce paniculatis, pedicellis brevissimis, calycis tubo cuneato segmentis 

 latis rotundatis brevissimis, petalis parvis orbicularibus, staminibus circiter 

 30 calycis tubo brevioribus. 



A much-branched sbrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender 

 square branchlets. Leaves shortly petioled, about \ in. long, 

 very obtuse, deltoid at the base, rigid in texture, the veins of 

 the under surface fine, erecto-patent, reticulated. Cymes few- 

 flowered ; pedicels very short. Calyx brown, glabrous, cori- 

 aceous, obconical, ^ in. long and broad. Petals minute, or- 

 bicular. Stamens not above -fa in. long. — Baron 2G41 ! 



Homalium (§ Blackwellia) cojstertum, n. sp. 



Glabrum, foliis obovato-oblongis sessilibus rigidulis serratis obtuse 

 cuspidatis, floribus in spicas ascendentes strictas paucifloras dispositis, 

 bracteis coriaceis oblongis, calycis tubo globoso piloso segmentis 5-6 

 oblanceolatis rigidulis, petalis 5 oblongis sericeis, staminibus isomens. 



A tree, with the leaves crowded on the glabrous branchlets. 

 Leaves firm in texture, green on both surfaces, 2|-3 in. long, 1- 

 1| in. broad, distinctly serrated, shortly cuspidate at the tip, 

 narrowed to a rather rounded base, the secondary veins distinct, 

 erecto-patent, parallel. Flowers few, in shortly-peduncled stiff 

 spikes, each subtended by an orbicular coriaceous persistent 



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