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A tree, with slightly compressed woody glabrous or obscurely 

 pubescent branchlets. Leaves shortly petioled, obovate, deltoid 

 at the base, rounded to a cusp at the apex, 3-4 in. long, firm in 

 texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, with 8-10 pairs 

 of distinct arcuate-ascending main veins. Flowers in short- 

 peduncled deltoid terminal panicles. Calyx obconic, A in. in 

 diam., with a short collar-like limb. Corolla £ in. long, with 5 

 small ovate segments. Stamens and style just exserted from the 

 throat of the corolla-tube. Fruit black, globose, £ in. in diam., 

 crowned by the persistent calyx-limb. Seeds one filling each cell. 

 —Baron 851 ! 1240 ! 29G9 ! 2995 ! 3015 ! 



PsTCHOTRIA LT7CIDTJLA, n. Sp. 



Arborea, glabra, stipulis deltoideis, foliis magnis petiolatis oborato- 

 oblongis cuspidatis subcoriaceis, floribus parvis copiosis in paniculam ter- 

 minalem ramulis corymbosis dispositis, pedicellis brevibus, bracteis minutis 

 deltoideis persistentibus, calycis tubo campanulato dentibus 5 minutis 

 deltoideis, corolla? tubo infundibulari segmentis ovato-lanceolatis tubo 

 duplo brevioribus, fructu ovoideo glabro brunneo ruguloso, seminibus 

 profunde sulcatis. 



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

 compressed branchlets. Leaves opposite, distinctly petioled, 

 4-6 in. long, 2-2| in. broad, deltoid at the base, acute or obtuse, 

 with a cusp at the apex, pale green and quite glabrous on both 

 surfaces, rather glossy beneath, with 9-10 pairs of distinct 

 arcuate-ascending main veins. Flowers in a peduncled broad 

 short end-panicle. Calyx campanulate, ^j in. in diam ; teeth 

 minute. Corolla § in. long ; expanded limb ^ in. in diam., with the 

 stamens just exserted from the throat of the tube. Fruit ovoid, 

 brown, | in. long, rather compressed, glabrous, rough, with a 

 distinct groove between the two carpels. Seeds solitary, erect, 

 with the epicarp projecting into five longitudinal furrows down 

 their face— Baron 1285 ! 2699 ! 



GrEOPHILA GeRRARDI, n. sp. 



G. caulibus filiformibus late reptantibus pubescentibus, foliis longe petio- 

 latis reniformibus facie viridibus glabris dorso glaucescentibus venis pubes- 

 centibus, floribus paucis in capitulum terminalem peduneulatum bracteis 

 foliaceis oblongis aggregatis, calycis tubo obconico dentibus minutis del- 

 toideis, corolla: segmentis ovato-lanceolatis tubo infundibulari duplo bre- 

 vioribus, staminibus segmentis brevioribus. 



A herbaceous perennial, with slender wide-trailing pubescent 



