294 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
Castor-oil plant; Cloves (?) ; the Egg-plant (Solanum Melongena); 
Vanilla ; Henna dye (Lawsonia alba and L. inermis), N., N.E., 
and N.W. coasts; Hemp; Cotton (Gossypium barbadense and 
G. herbaceum) ; Piper Betle, E. coast ; Tobacco; Turmerie (Cur- 
cuma longa) ; Cocoa-nut, sometimes planted on the coast; Arrow- 
root (Tacca pinnatifida and Maranta arundinacea); Millet 
(Sorghum vulgare, S. halepense, and Panicum miliaceum) ; 
the Bajree of India (Pennisetum spicata), cultivated in a few 
places; the Natchull or Ragee of India (Eleusine coracana), cul- 
tivated occasionally; Yams (Dioscorea sativa and Colocasia anti- 
quorum, which latter is the Taro of the South Seas and the common 
* Saonjo" of the Malagasy); Wheat; Maize; Manioc; Rice; 
Sweet Potato; Sugar-cane; Coffee; Chicory (rare); Tea is 
being tried at the present time, but only, I believe, by the inexpe- 
rienced natives; Potato; Cabbage; Turnip; Radish ; Beetroot; 
Carrot; Onion; Celery; Parsley; Mint; Tomato; Watercress ; 
Lettuce; Spilanthes Acmella and S. oleracea; and Brassica 
juncea. 
Further Contributions Vi the Flora of Madagascar. 
By J. G. Baxér, F.R.S., F.L.S. 
[Read 1st November, 1888.] 
(PrATES L.-LIII.) 
Tux following plants are the principal novelties contained in a 
large collection which the Rev. R. Baron brought home last 
September. They were collected principally on a journey through 
the North-west of the island and are more tropical in general 
character than the collections on which my previous papers have 
been based. As he has himself laid before us a general summary 
of the distribution of the plants which he has gathered, it is not 
necessary for me to say anything more than that the present 
set of plants does not materially modify any of the geographical 
conclusions which I have previously advanced. 
PrTTOSPORUM CAPITATUM, n. sp. 
l P. ramulis glabris, foliis breviter petiolatis oblanceolato-oblongis acutis 
rigide coriaceis glabris, floribus in paniculam ramis multifloris dense cus- 
pidatis dispositis, pedicellis brevissimis, sepalis oblongis glabris, petalis 
on lanceolatis calyce 3-4plo longioribus, staminibus brevibus, ovario 
piloso. 
