410 MR. J. Gt. BAKER ON THE \ 



lax terminal peduncled corymbose cymes ; pedicels very short. 

 Calyx -j 1 ^ in. long, glabrous ; tube semiglobose. Corolla white, 

 under | in. long, with 4 lingulate ascending segments nearly as 

 long as the tube, and densely pilose inside. Style slender, forked, 

 overtopping the anthers. Fruit not seen. — Baron 2782 ! 



MlJSSJENDA FTJSCOPILOSA, 11. Sp. 



Fruticosa, ramulis lignosis dense fusco-pilosis, stipulis lanceolatis, foliis 

 petiolatis oblongis subobtusis facie parce dorso magis fusco-pilosis, flori- 

 bus paucis terminalibus subsessilibus umbellatis, braeteis lanceolatis, 

 calycis magni segmentis lanceolatis tubo birsutissimo longioribus, corollse 

 tubo cylindrico dense piloso 3-4-pollicari, segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 tubo quadruplo brevioribus, genitalibus in tubo inclusis. 



A shrub or tree, with terete woody branches, clothed with 

 spreading bright-brown hairs. Leaves 4-5 in. long, moderately 

 firm in texture, deltoid at the base, green and slightly hairy above, 

 more hairy beneath, with 12-14 pairs of arcuate-ascending veins. 

 Flowers 3-4 together in terminal nearly sessile umbels. Flower- 

 calyx f-g in. long, the lanceolate teeth exceeding the densely 

 pubescent oblong tube. Corolla-tube densely pubescent, 3-3| 

 in. long; segments patent, f-1 in. long. Stamens and style 

 included in the corolla-tube. Fruit not seen. — Baron 2467 ! 

 2470! 



MlTSSiENDA MACROPODA, n. Sp. 



Erecta, fruticosa, ramulis apice pilosis, foliis longe petiolatis oblongis 

 obtusis vel subacutis facie glabresceutibus dorso tenuiter pilosis, floribus 

 copiose corymboso-paniculatis, pedicellis brevibus, calycis sericei dentibus 

 lanceolatis tubo turbinate sequilongis, corollae tubo dense sericeo sesqui- 

 pollicarj, segmentis oblongis cuspidatis tubo 3-4plo brevioribus. 



An erect shrub or tree, with woody branchlets, thinly pubes- 

 cent towards the tips. Leaves oblong, moderately firm in texture, 

 3-4 in. long, green and finally glabrous above, deltoid at the base, 

 obscurely pubescent beneath, with 8-9-jugate distinctly raised 

 arcuate-ascending veins. Flowers in copious terminal shortly- 

 peduncled corymbose panicles; bracts rigid, lanceolate, per- 

 sistent ; pedicels often g -i in, long. Flower-calyx |-| in. long, 

 the lanceolate-acuminate teeth equalling the densely grey-silky 

 ovary. Corolla with a densely silky tube lg-lf in. long; seg- 

 ments oblong-cuspidate, \ in. long. Stamens and style not 

 exserted from the corolla-tubes. — Baron 3088 ! Allied to M. 

 trichophlebia, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. p. 16G, and the 

 Mauritian M. Landia, Lam. 



