350 MR. J. O. BAKER ON THE 



nearly equal corky ribs on each mericarp. Seed aromatic, faintly 

 bisulcate on the face, with a distinct ridge opposite each of the 

 great corky ridges of the fruit.— Baron GO ! 1814 ! 2227 ! Hilde- 

 brandt 3868! Used as a tooth-ache remedy. Native name 

 " Tsileondroaha." Habit of Angelica, but allied to Seseli and Fceni- 

 culum, from which it differs by its thick corky ribs and narrow 

 very deep vallecula?, and entirely obsolete calyx-limb. 



CUPHOCARPUS INERMIS, n. sp. 



Inermis, glaber, foliis pinnatis, foliolis oblongis obtusis crenatis, flori- 

 bus copiose racemoso-paniculatis. 



A low tree, with thick woody unarmed ultimate branchlets, 

 glabrous in all its parts. Leaves petioled, simply pinnate ; 

 blade 6-10 in. long ; leaflets about 9, oblong, coriaceous, sub- 

 sessile, 2-3 in. long, deltoid at the base, obtuse, conspicuously 

 crenate. Bacemes very numerous, erecto-patent, arranged in a 

 long panicle with a whorl at the end ; pedicels short, square, arti- 

 culated at the apex, subtended by a minute deltoid persistent 

 bract. Ovary globose, 1-celled, 5-ribbed, crowned by the 

 narrow entire calyx-limb. Petals 4, oblong, greenish, ^ in. long. 

 Stamens 4. Berry globose, oblique, 1 in. diam. ; style solitary, 

 erect. — Gerrard 11! Baron 2748 ! This is an endemic genus, 

 of which we do not possess the type species (C. aculeatus, De- 

 caisne & Planch, in Eev. Hort. ser. 4, vol. iii. p. 109), which has 

 never, so far as I am aware, been described in detail. 



Gastonia emirnexsis, n. sp. 



Glabra, foliis simpliciter pinnatis foliolis oblongis integris subcoriuceis 

 oppositis petiolulatis, umbellis 6-9-floris pedunculatis in paniculam elou- 

 gatam dispositis, pedicellis basi articulatis, ovario globoso 10-12-loculari, 

 calycis limbo angustissimo truncato, stylis brevibus clavatis stellatim 

 patulis. 



A shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves a foot or more 

 long ; leaflets opposite, distinctly stalked, 4-5 in. long, obtuse, 

 deltoid at the base, green on both sides, with parallel erecto- 

 patent indistinct secondary veins. Panicle a foot lon^ with a 

 stout woody naked subterete axis, numerous lateral scattered 

 umbels on erecto-patent peduucles 1-2 in. long, and a whorl of 

 five at the end ; pedicels ^ in. long. Fruit globose, | in. in diam., 

 with as many distinct ribs aa there are cells. Styles forming a 



