FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 301 
A small tree, with slender terete branchlets. Petiole } in. 
long; blade 14-2 in. long, conspicuously inciso-crenate, mode- 
rately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces. 
Cymes produced only from the axils of the upper leaves of the 
branchlets ; peduncles under an inch long; pedicels each sub- 
tended by a small ovate foliaceous bract. Flower-bud globose, 
greenish, thinly canescent.— Baron, next 5303! Near G. picta, 
Daillon. 
GREWIA CELTIDIFOLIA, n. Sp. 
Glabra, ramulis gracillimis lignosis, foliis oblongis acutis inciso-serratis 
penninerviis glabris, eymis paucis axillaribus 2-3-floris, sepalis petalisque 
oblanceolatis equilongis, staminibus petalis brevioribus. 
A shrub or small tree, with slender woody branchlets, glabrous 
in all its parts. Petiole 4 in. long; blade 2-3 in. long, sub- 
cordate at the base, moderately firm in texture, green and 
glabrous on both surfaces. Cymes produced only from the 
axils of the upper leaves of the branchlets; peduncles erect, 
under an inch long; pedicels } in. long. Sepals thinly canes- 
cent, 4 in. long. Petals yellow, Ovary densely hispid. Fruit 
not seen.—North-west Madagascar, Baron 5354! Near G. picta, 
Baill. 
HUGONIA BREWERIOIDES, D. sp. l 
H. ramulis dense tomentosis, uncis oppositis e ramulis lignosis calvatis 
ortis, foliis oblongis acutis breviter petiolatis, racemis congestis axillaribus 
breviter pedunculatis, sepalis ovatis tomentosis, petalis obovato-cuneatis 
calyce paulo longioribus. 
A climbing shrub, with the branchlets, petioles, and leaves 
beneath densely clothed with short brown tomentum. Hooks 
spirally twisted, arising in pairs from the calvate mature branch- 
lets. Leaves 4-6 in. long, with about 20 pairs of raised parallel 
main veins. Flowers in congested racemes from the axils of the 
leaves ; pedicels short. Calyx 3 in. long. Expanded flower an 
inch in diameter, pale yellow. Stamens not more than a third 
as long as the petals.— Baron, next 5864! 
ERYTHROXYLON RECURVIFOLIUM, n. 8p. is brevit 
Glabrum, ramulis gracilibus apice solum angulatis, folis parvis adi 
petiolatis oblongis obtusis basi cuneatis facie viridibus dorso pa ie T 
. o . . . . . ` E whi a í reis 
margine recurvatis, floribus 1-3nis axillaribus breviter MN ca M 
. . . . : "S -ung atis, urceola 
segmentis magnis ovatis acutis, petalis parvis oblongo-unguiculaus, 
stamineo calyce multo breviore. 
