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acutis raembranaceis serratis subglabris petiolatis, floribus masculis in 

 spicas graciles cylindricas dispositis glomeratis bracteis ovatis scariosis 

 persistentibus, floribus fcemineis l-2ms ad foliorum superiorum axillas 

 pedunculatis, bracteis unifloris orbicularibus hispidis serratis, stigmatibus 

 capillaceo-multifidis. 



A shrub with slender woody glabrous old branchlets, those of 

 the year zigzag and obscurely pubescent. Leaves alternate, 3-4 

 in. long, about an inch broad, acute, distinctly serrated, thin in 

 texture, green on both surfaces and very nearly glabrous ; petiole 

 about \ in. long. Male flowers in copious cylindrical spikes 2-3 

 in. long from the older leafless branchlets ; flowers several in a 

 cluster; bud green, globose, glabrous, -^ in. in diam. ; segments 

 ovate; bracts brown, scariose, persistent, y 1 ^ in. long. Female 

 flowers one to a cluster, enclosed in a foliaceous toothed bract 

 which is orbicular when folded up and \ in. in diam., the clusters 

 usually solitary, rarely geminate, on a short peduncle from the 

 axil of a leaf on the young branchlets. Stigmas \— \ in. long, 

 cut into very numerous capillary segments. — Baron 2889 ! 



Macabanga mybiolepida, n. sp. 



Arborea, ramulis gracihbus apice lepidotis obscure pilosis, foliis parvis 

 eonfertis brevissime petiolatis obovatis obtusis subcoriaceis facie viridibus 

 glabris dorso densissime albido-lepidotis, floribus masculis ignotis, floribus 

 fcemineis in spicas axillares breviter pedunculatas dispositis, periantbii 

 segmentis parvis oblongis, fructu globoso magnitudine pisi parvi lepidoto 

 uniloculari, stylo brevissimo. 



A much-branched erect shrub or tree, with terete branchlets 

 glabrous except at the very tip. Leaves about an inch long, 

 very obtuse, rounded at the base, moderately firm in texture, 

 green and glabrous above, covered beneath with minute greenish- 

 white lepidote scales, the 5-6-jugate arcuate-ascending main 

 veins distinct from midrib to margin. Female spikes of 4-8 

 crowded flowers on short peduncles from the leaf-bearing branch- 

 lets. Perianth-segments minute, persistent. Fruit \ in. in diam., 

 densely lepidote, finally splitting open to the base, filled up 

 with the single brown seed. — Baron 3133 ! 



Macabanga eibesioides, n. sp. 



Arborea, glabra, ramulis validis, foliis longe petiolatis obovatis cuspi- 

 datis rigide coriaceis utrinque viridibus, floribus masculis ignotis, floribus 

 fcemineis in racemos copiosos axillares pedunculatos dispositis, periantbii 

 segmentis parvis ovatis, fructu globoso magnitudine pisi parvi uniloculari, 

 stigaiate elongato. 



