302 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
A. small shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender terete 
woody branchlets. Petiole very short; stipules lanceolate ; 
blade 1-11 in. long, moderately firm in texture, nearly white 
beneath, with fine anastomosing veins. Flowers produced from 
the axils of several of the upper leaves. Calyx 3 in. long; tube 
short, campanulate. Stamens overtopping the petals.— Valala- 
fotsy district, Baron 5224! Near E. myrtoides, Bojer. 
ERYTHROXYLON CAPITATUM, n. Sp. 
Glaberrimum, ramulis apice angulatis, foliis magnis petiolatis oblongo- 
lanceolatis rigide coriaceis nitidis, floribus terminalibus dense capitatis, 
pedicellis crassis brevissimis, calycis segmentis ovatis, petalis oblongis 
facie ligulatis, urceolo stamineo calyce zequilongo, fructu oblongo- 
cylindrico. 
A shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Petiole 4 in. long ; blade 
4-7 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, cuneate at the base, acute or obtuse, 
very rigid in texture, flat, very glossy above, with fine areuate 
main veins. Flowers in a dense globose panicle nearly sessile at 
the end of the branchlets; pedicels very stout, longer than the 
calyx. Petals j in long. Style reaching to the tip of the 
petals.— Baron, next 5832! Near the Mauritian E. laurifolium, 
Lam. 
TRIASPIS AXILLARIS, n. sp. 
T. ramulis gracilibus apice solum ferrugineo- pubescentibus, foliis breviter 
petiolatis oblongis acutis glabris, cymis axillaribus folio multo brevioribus, 
pedicellis ferrugineo-pilosis flore longioribus, sepalis parvis ovatis, petalis 
orbicularibus breviter unguiculatis, staminibus petalis paulo brevioribus, 
stylis brevibus flexuosis. 
Branehlets slender, woody, terete, calvate below the young 
tips. Petiole j in. long; blade 2-3 in. long, moderately firm in 
texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces. Cymes about an 
inch long ; peduncle and pedicels ferrugineo-pubescent. Petals 
5, yellowish, 4 in. long. Calyx destitute of glands. Stamens 10, 
i in. long, equal; filaments filiform; anthers small, oblong. 
Fruit not seen — Baron 5098! and a variety or nearly allied 
species, with cymes sometimes terminal on short branchlets and 
larger oblong sepals.—Provinee of Androna, Baron 5570! 
T. floribunda, ©. Hoffm., which Mr. Baron has also gathered, is 
evidently the same species as 7. mozambica, A. Juss., and the 
alleged locality of Mozambique is probably a mistake. 
