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TURRHA CUNEIFOLIA, n. sp. 
Glabra, ramulis gracillimis, foliis breviter petiolatis obovato-cuneatis 
cuspidatis infra ad venarum axillas pilosis, floribus pedicellatis tetrameris 
solitariis vel geminis, calyce campanulato truncato, petalis oblanceolato- 
unguiculatis, tubo stamineo elongato cylindrico apice 10-dentato dentibus 
antheriferis. 
A much-branched shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 
i-lin. long, i-i in. broad, moderately firm in texture, green on 
both surfaces, with fine ascending veins. Flowers solitary or in 
pairs from the axils of the leaves on short ascending pedicels. 
Calyx 4; in. diam. Petals red, 1-14 in. long. Staminal column 
about an inch long, divided at the tip into ten short oblong- 
lanccolate ascending processes to which the anthers are adnate, 
without any staminodes between them.— Baron, next 5364! 
Allied to Z. Pervillei, Baill., and T. cuneifolia, Baker. 
TURRFA MALIFOLIA, n. sp. 
Glabra, foliis petiolatis oblongis euspidatis, floribus tetrameris solitariis 
cum folis productis, calycis segmentis acutis tubo campanulato wqui- 
longis, petalis oblaneeolatis longe unguiculatis, tubo stamineo elongato 
cylindrico, antheris glabris oblongis apiculatis, staminodiis angustis pro- 
funde bifidis. 
A shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Petiole 4-3 in. long; 
blade 13-24 in. long, green on both surfaces, moderately firm in 
texture, finely veined. Flowers solitary from the leafy branches ; 
pedicels 3-2 in. long. Calyx i in. long. Petals 23 in. long, j in. 
broad. Staminal tube 2} in. long; anthers small, oblong ; 
staminodia & in. long, reflexed, divided into two linear segments 
nearly down to the base.— Province of Androna, Baron 5919! 
TURRMA RHAMNIFOLIA, n. Sp. 
Glabra, foliis petiolatis oblongis vel obovatis cuspidatis infra ad venarum 
axillas pilosis, floribus tetrameris ad ramos haud floriferos sessilibus glo- 
meratis, calycis segmentis parvis ovatis sericeis, petalis oblanceolatis longe 
unguiculatis, tubo stamineo elongato, antheris glabris apiculatis, staminodiis 
quadratis bifidis carnosis. 
A tree, with slender terete branchlets, those bearing the leaves 
rugose, like those of an Erythroxylon. Petiole }in. long; blade 
11-2 in. long, deltoid at the base, conspicuously cuspidate, green 
on both sides, with erecto-patent main veins, with a tuft of hairs 
in the axil on the uuder surface. Flowers in dense sessile 
clusters at the end or the side of leafless branchlets. Calyx j in, 
