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receptaculis globosis glabris magnitudine mediocribus axillaribus breviter 

 pedunculatis, bracteis 3 patulis deltoideis. 



A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with, moderately stout terete 

 branchlets. Leaves 6-8 in. long and broad, deeply cordate, 

 acutely cuspidate at the apex, thin in texture, green and glabrous 

 on both surfaces, with about 5 pairs of parallel erecto-patent main 

 veins ; petiole about 1 in. long ; stipules acuminate, brown, sca- 

 riose, about the same length. Eeceptacles \ in. in diam., on pedun- 

 cles of about the same length, from the leaf-bearing branchlets ; 

 bracts 3, small, spreading. Perianth-segments lanceolate. Style 

 cylindrical. — Baron 2381 ! 



Pictts (§Ubostigma) podophylla, n. sp. 



Glabra, stipulis parvis, foliis altemis longe petiolatis cordato-ovatis 

 integris acutis subcoriaceis, receptaculis globosis glabris magnitudine 

 mediocribus longe pedicellatis ad ramos haud foliatos productis, bracteis 

 3 deltoideis suffultis. 



A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender terete woody 

 branchlets. Leaves like those of the balsam-poplar in shape and 

 size, 3—4 in. long, very acute, quite entire, slightly cordate at the 

 base, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both sur- 

 faces, with distant erecto-patent main veins ; petiole slender, 

 2-3 in. long. Eeceptacles globose, ^ in. in diam., geminate on 

 pedicels about an inch long from thickened leafless branchlets ; 

 bracts 3, deltoid, persistent, squarrose. Style twice as long as 

 the young ovary. Perianth-segments lanceolate, as long as the 

 ovary and style. — Baron 3323 ! 



Pictjs (§Ubostigma) megapoda, n. sp. 



Glabra, stipulis magnis coriaceis acuminatis, foliis altemis longissime 

 petiolatis cordato-ovatis acutis integris subcoriaceis, receptaculis axil- 

 laribus solitariis pedunculatis globosis glabris magnitudine mediocribus, 

 bracteis parvis deltoideis. 



A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with moderately stout 

 woody branchlets. Leaves like those of the balsam-poplar, 3-4 

 in. long, cuspidate at the apex, quite entire, broadly rounded or 

 cordate at the base, moderately firm in texture, green and gla- 

 brous on both surfaces, with distant erecto-patent main veins ; 

 petiole 2-3| in. long; stipules 1\ in. long, glabrous, acuminate. 

 Eeceptacles £ in. in diam., glabrous, with a thick very coriaceous 

 skin, on a peduncle of about the same length from the axil of a 

 leaf; bracts 3, small, persistent. Perianth-segments lanceolate, 



