428 ME. J. G. BAKER Otf THE 



long as the tube. Capsule 1 in. long, pilose, narrowed gradually 

 into a curved style £ in. long; stigma capitate.— Baron 2655 ! 



COLEA PARYIFLORA, n. Sp. 



Fruticosa, erecta, glabra, foliis longe petiolatis foliolis 1-5 oblongis 

 coriaceis pinninerviis, floribus in cymas axillares paucifloras dispositis, 

 pedieellis brevibus, calycis tubo obconico segmentis brevissimis, corolla? 

 pilosae tubo infundibulari segmentis brevibus oblongis, genitalibus inelusis, 

 fructn oblongo acuto. 



An erect much-branched shrub, with glabrous terete branchlets. 

 Petiole sometimes an inch long. Leaves rarely simple, usually 

 compound, with 3-5 oblong obtuse coriaceous leaflets 1-1-jr in. 

 long, green and glabrous on both surfaces, rather glossy above, 

 with 5-6 pairs of distinct parallel arcuate ascending main veins. 

 Flowers few together in shortly-peduncled axillary cymes from 

 the leafy brancblets. Calyx g-| in. in diam., glabrous, with small 

 deltoid segments. Corolla § in. long, pilose, with a funnel- 

 shaped tube and small obtuse segments. Stamens not reaching 

 the tip of the perianth-segments. Capsule glabrous, smooth, 

 1| in. long, narrowed to the point — Baron 3099! 



Thtjnbergua conyolvulifolia, n. sp. 



Volubilis, glabra, foliis breviter petiolatis cordato-ovatis acutis, floribus 

 axillaribus solitariis, pedicellis elongatis, bracteis oblongis foliaceis persisten- 

 tibus, ealyeis dentibus lanceolatis, corollse tubo deorsum cylindrico sursum 

 oblongo ventricoso, segmentis parvis orbicularibus, genitalibus in tubum 

 inelusis, fructu globoso longe cuspidate 



A climber, with slender shrubby angled stems. Leaves 1-1^ 

 in. long, moderately firm in texture, turning blackish when dried, 

 with an open basal sinus and rounded auricles ; petiole £-3 in. 

 long. Flowers solitary from the axils of the leaves on ascending 

 peduncles about an inch long. Bracts | in. long, similar to the 

 leaves in colour and texture. Calyx with a very short patellsef orm 

 tube and 10 rigid erect teeth T l 2 in. long. Corolla f in. long, 

 the ventricose upper part of the tube ^ in. in diam. ; segments 

 purplish black, ^-1 in. long and broad. Capsule globose, 3 in. 

 in diam., with a beak nearly a in. long.— Baron 2923 ! Nearly 

 allied to T. angulata, Hils. and Bojer, of which there is a figure 

 in Hooker's ' Exotic Flora,' tab. 166. 



Ktjellia brevicaulis, n. sp. 



Herbacea, perennis, pilosa, caulibus brevibus, foliis parvis scssilibus 

 oblanceolato-oblongis obtusis vel subacutis, floribus solitariis axillaribus, 



