440 ME. J. G. BAKES ON THE 



ad nodos sessilibus, ovario globoso nigro dense papilloso-muricato, stylo 

 brevissimo, stigmate capitate 



A much-branched shrub, with terete many-ribbed divaricating 

 branchlets, breaking up readily at the nodes, with internodes 

 1-1£ in. long. Flowers 2-6 in sessile verticels at the nodes. 

 Mature ovary black, globose, y 1 ^ in. in diam., covered all over with 

 prominent hard black papillae ; style very short, cylindrical ; 

 stigma capitate. Male flowers and sepals not seen. — Baron 

 2408! 



ErjPHOBBIA TETRAPTEEA, 11. Sp. 



Arborea, glabra, foliis alternis petiolatis oblongis integris acuminatis 

 subcoriaceis, capitulis in paniculam decompositam terminalem ramis dicho- 

 tomiter cymosis dispositis, bracteis parvis lanceolatis persistentibus, invo- 

 lucro campanulato appendicibus 5 orbicularibus integris carnosis, dentibus 

 minutis quadratis emarginatis, ovario biloculari, styli ramis brevibus apice 

 emarginatis, earpellis fructiferis globosis dorso bialatis. 



A much-branched erect tree, with woody terete not at all 

 fleshy branchlets. Leaves 2-3 in. long, acuminate, entire, deltoid 

 at the base, moderately firm in texture, mostly alternate but the 

 upper opposite, green and glabrous on both surfaces, with fine 

 distinct main veins anastomosing in intramarginal arches. Pa- 

 nicles 2-3 in. in diam., at the end of the branchlets, overtopped by 

 the upper whorled leaves. Involucre with a campanulate tube 

 -^ in. in diam. and 5 orbicular entire spreading segments, with a 

 minute square erect tooth between each. "Fruit ^ in. in diam., 

 conically narrowed at the base into an erect gynophore ^ in. 

 long ; carpels nevermore than two, globose, coriaceous, with two 

 deltoid wings from the upper part ; styles unusually short and 

 notched at the apex only. — Baron 2775 ! 3037 ! A very curious 

 and distinct species. 



TJapaca mybic^folia, n. sp. 



Arborea, glabra, foliis parvis brevissirne petiolatis oblanceolato-oblongis 

 obtusis rigide coriaceis, floribus masculis in capitulos globosos bracteis 

 4 coriaceis glabris persistentibus reflexis cinctos dispositis, fructu globoso 

 glabro 4-loculari. 



A much-branched erect tree, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 

 ascending, l|-2 in. long, |-| in. broad above the middle, very 

 obtuse, narrowed gradually from the middle to the base, firm and 

 rigid in texture, green and glabrous on botli surfaces, with fine 

 indistinct erecto-patent main veins. Male heads globose, I iu. in 



