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long. Petals 14 in. long, 4 in. broad. Staminal tube nearly as 
long as the petals; anthers very small, oblong ; staminodia 45; in. 
long.— Province of Androna, Baron 5706 ! 
CHAILLETIA OLEIFOLIA, N. Sp. 
C. ramulis gracilibus pubescentibus, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis 
obtusis maturis rigide coriaceis facie glabris nitidis dorso leviter pubes- 
centibus, cymis densis axillaribus, pedunculo piloso cum petiolo connato, 
sepalis oblongis dense sericeis, petalis integris oblanceolatis, staminibus 
petalis :equilongis, filamentis filiformibus, antheris parvis oblongis. 
Young branchlets finely pubescent. Leaves spreading, alter- 
nate; petiole short, densely pubescent; blade about 2 in. long, 
rigidly coriaceous, finely penninerved beneath. Cymes one on 
each side of the apex of the short petiole; pedicels and ealyx 
densely pubescent. Sepals 5, jin. long. Petals oblanceolate- 
unguiculate, } in. long.—Antsihanaka, Baron 5521! 
OLAX ANDRONENSIS, n. Sp. 
Glaber, ramosissimus, foliis parvis petiolatis oblongis acutis, floribus 
solitariis vel parce racemosis, pedicellis flore longioribus, calyce truncato, 
petalis 5 oblanceolatis ad medium connatis, staminibus 5 fertilibus fila- 
mentis lanceolatis applanatis. 
A much-branched tree, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 
shortly petioled, 1-14 in. long, moderately firm in texture, green 
on both surfaces, finely veined. Flowers lateral, solitary or a few 
in a short raceme; pedicels erecto-patent, 4-4 in.long. Calyx 
minute, with a spreading collar-like margin. Petals yellowish, 
4in. long. Stamens rather shorter than the corolla-segments.— 
Province of Androna, Baron 5548 ! 
ELEODENDRON LYCIOIDES, n. sp. 
Glabrum, foliis subsessilibus parvis oblanceolatis obtusis integris rigide 
coriaceis, floribus tetrameris in paniculas laterales ramis corymbosis dis- 
positis, pedicellis brevibus, calycis segmentis ovatis, staminibus sepalis 
duplo longioribus, fructu globoso magnitudine pisi. 
A much-branched shrub or small tree, glabrous in all its parts. 
Leaves 1-13 in. long, 3-3 in. broad, narrowed gradually from the 
middle to the base, firm in texture, green and glabrous on both 
surfaces, with few distant rather raised ascending veins beneath. 
Panicles copious, lateral, about an inch long, the lower branches 
sometimes subtended by large leaves. Calyx 4} in. long; tube 
turbinate; segments twice as long as the tube. Petals not seen. 
