FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 295 
Branchlets woody, terete, glabrous. Leaves 5-7 in. long, 14- 
2 in. broad above the middle, narrowed gradually from the middle 
to the base, firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces ; 
main veins slender, arcuate. Flowers in a dense peduncled 
terminal panicle; branches bearing a terminal round head of 
flowers. Petals 4 in. long. Stamens as long as the calyx. 
Ovary globose, villose; style as long as the ovary. Fruit not 
seen.—Ankay, Baron 5164! 
GARCINIA PACHYPHYLLA, n. sp. 
Glabra, foliis petiolatis oblongis obtusis basi cuneatis crassis rigide 
coriaceis utrinque venis exsculptis, floribus masculis in foliorum axillis 
glomeratis, sepalis 4 coriaceis rotundis, petalis 4 rotundis late imbricatis, 
staminibus permultis antheris parvis globosis, ovario rudimentario. 
A tree. Branchlets stout, green, terete. Leaves subdistant, 
opposite; petiole 4 in. long; blade 3-4 in. long, 14-2 in. broad 
at the middle, very thick and rigid in texture, green and glabrous, 
With raised veins on both surfaces. Sepals and petals decussate, 
the former nearly 1 in. long and broad, the latter but little 
larger. Stamens about half as long as the calyx.—North-west 
Madagascar, Baron 5757! Sakalava name, Vavongo. 
GARCINIA APHANOPHLEBIA, D. Sp. 
Glabra, ramulis gracilibus, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis 
acutis rigide coriaceis venulis tenuibus, floribus masculis parvis axillaribus 
solitariis vel geminis pedicellatis, sepalis 4 reflexis inzequalibus, petalis 
obovato-cuneatis, staminibus multis filamentis liberis antheris globosis. 
Branchlets very slender. Leaves distant, opposite; petiole 
very short; blade 4-5 in. long, 14-13 in. broad at the middle, 
narrowed gradually to the base and apex, rigid in texture but 
thin, the veins beneath very slender and inconspicuous. Flowers 
very few; pedicels 4—4 in. long. Sepals green, reflexing, orbicular, 
two small and two larger, the latter 3-4 in. long. Petals not 
much longer than the sepals. Stamens shorter than the sepals. 
— Baron, next 5797 ! 
PSOROSPERMUM MALIFOLIUM, n. Sp. EE l 
P. ramulis apice fusco-pubescentibus, foliis parvis petiolatis ovatis glabris, 
cymis laxis multifloris breviter pedunculatis, pedicellis fusco-pubescenti us 
flore longioribus, sepalis ovatis pubescentibus, petalis calyce duplo longio- 
ribus, staminibus circiter 15 pentadelphis, stylis ovario aquilongis. 
A shrub, with copious divaricate woody branchlets, pubescent 
