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campanulato dentibus minutis deltoideis, corolla? tubo infundibulari seg- 

 mentis brevibus, fructu duro compresso didymo conspicue emarginato. 



A tree, glabrous in all its parts, with slender straight terete 

 branchlets. Leaves moderately firm in texture, 2-3 in. long, 

 deltoid at the base, with distant fine ascending main veins. 

 Flowers 2-4 together from the axils of the leaves all down tbe 

 branchlets ; pedicels finally | in. long. Flower-calyx campanu- 

 late, tV in. in diam. Fruit hardy, didymous, compressed, conspi- 

 cuously emarginate, 3 in. in diam, sometimes one of the carpels 

 aborted.— Baron 2942 ! 3071 ! Also gathered by Boivin. Allied 

 to the Seychelles P. acuminata, Baker. 



IXOBA EMIRNEJfSIS, n. Sp. 



Fruticosa, glabra, stipidis parvis deltoideis, foliis petiolatis oblongis 

 acutis subcoriaceis, floribus in paniculas terminales peduneulatas ramuhs 

 corymbosis dispositis, bracteis minutis deltoideis, pedicellis brevissimis, 

 calycis tubo campanulato dentibus deltoideis, corolla; segmentis ovato- 

 lanceolatis parvis tubo cylindrico 4-5plo brevioribus, filamentis brevissimis, 

 fructu globoso magnitudine pisi. 



An erect shrub, 10-15 feet high, glabrous in all its parts; 

 with slender terete branchlets. Leaves shortly petioled, 3— 1 in. 

 long, 1-1 \ in. broad, deltoid at the base, green and glabrous 

 on both sides, with copious fine venation. Panicles terminal, 

 distinctly peduncled, both end and side branches level-topped. 

 Flower-calyx with a campanulate tube Jj in. in diam. and 4 small 

 deltoid teeth. Corolla with a slender cylindrical tube | in. long 

 and an expanded limb \ in. in diam. Stamens shorter than the 

 segments ; anthers linear, versatile, T ^ in. long ; filaments very 

 short. Fruit brown, globose, coriaceous, \ in. in diam., crowned 

 by the persistent calyx, with one hemispherical seed filling each 

 of the two cells. — Baron 1217 ! 2228 ! Forest of Andrangaloaka, 

 Dr. O. W. Parker ! Allied to the Seychelles I. pudica, and 

 much inferior in floral effect to I. odorata, Hook., which Mr. 

 Baron has twice collected (188 ! 1414 !). 



Psychoteia (§ Gktjmilea) mesentebicabpa, n. sp. 



Glabra vel subglabra, ramulis sub corn pressis, stipulis deltoideis cuspi- 

 datis coriaceis caducis, foliis breviter petiolatis obovatis cuspidatis sub- 

 coriaceis, floribus in paniculam termmalem ramulis corymbosis dispositis, 

 pedicellis brevibus, calycis tubo campanulato limbo brevissimo obscure 

 dentato, corollae tubo infundibulari segmentis ovatis, fructu globoso nigro 

 magnitudine pisi parvi, seminibus sulcatis albumine ruminato. 



