420 ME. J. G. BAKEB ON THE 



brevissimo segmentis ovatis, corollse tubo brevissimo segmentis orbicu- 

 laribus, antberis ad faucem tubi sessilibus. 



A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with very slender branchlets. 

 Leaves |-1| in. long, deltoid at the base, moderately firm in 

 texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, the veins fine and 

 immersed ; petiole j 1 — 8 in. long. Corymbs 2-3-flowered, about 

 as long as the leaves ; pedicels very slender, |-g in. long. Ex- 

 panded calyx y^ in. in diam. ; spreading segments twice as long 

 as the tube. Corolla -fe in. long. Anthers deltoid, half as long 

 as the corolla-segment. Ovary globose ; style short. Fruit not 

 seen. — Baron 2918 ! 



AeMSIA ? MACEOSCTPUA, n. Sp. 



Fruticosa, glabra, ramulis gracilibus teretibus, foliis subsessilibus ob- 

 longis obtusis subcoriaceis, floribus axillaribus solitariis, pedicellis elon- 

 gates, calycis tubo campanulato segmentis ovatis, corolla) tubo oblongo 

 segmentis semiorbicularibus tubo brevioribus, antheris magnis acutis 

 prope basin corolla; tubi insertis. 



An erect shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender subterete 

 branchlets. Leaves obscurelv petioled, l|-2 in. long, firm in 

 texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, with fine indistinct 

 veining. Flowers in the only specimen seen solitary from the 

 axils of the upper leaves on slender ascending pedicels above an 

 inch long, articulated above the middle. Calyx y 1 ^ in. in diam. ; 

 segments broad ovate, obtuse, ciliated, twice as long as the tube. 

 Corolla \ in. long, with 5 semiorbicular segments, not more than 

 half as long as the tube. Anthers i in. long, inserted low down 

 in the corolla-tube. Ovary globose; style cylindrical, ^ in« 

 long. — Baron 2278 ! Differs from Ardisia by its short corolla- 

 lobes and stamens inserted low down in the corolla-tube, and 

 may perhaps claim to be considered a new genus. 



AEDISIA UMBELT.ATA, n. Sp. 



Fruticosa, glabra, foliis oblongis acutis breviter petiolatis subcoriaceis, 

 floribus in cymas axillares paucifloras pedunculatas dispositis, pedicellis 

 elongatis, calycis segmentis ovatis tubo campanulato aequilongis, corollae 

 tubo brevissimo segmentis orbicularibus cuspidatis, antheris parvis ovatis 

 ad faucem tubi paene sessilibus. 



An erect much-branched shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with 

 slender subterete branchlets. Leaves 2-3 in. long, deltoid at 

 the base, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both 

 surfaces, the veins fine and indistinct. Flowers 2-0 in copious 



