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LONCHOCARPUS POLYSTACHYUS, n. sp. 
L. ramulis lignosis glabris, foliis imparipinnatis longe petiolatis, foliolis 
9 oblongis acutis, floribus in panieulam amplam ramis multis laxis patulis 
dispositis, pedicellis calyce æquilongis, calyce subglabro tubo campanulato 
segmentis parvis ovatis, petalis rubellis calyce triplo longioribus, stamini- 
bus monadelphis, ovario lineari sericeo pedicellato pauciovulato. 
A shrub or small tree, with glabrous leaves and branchlets. 
Leaf-rachis 6-8 in. long, including the 11-2-in. petiole ; stipelle 
minute, setaceous; leaflets moderately firm iu texture, green 
and glabrous on both surfaces, the end one 2-3 in. long. Pani- 
cles copious, as long as the leaves; rhachis very slender, slightly 
pubescent. Calyx j in. long. Corolla light red, 4 in. long. 
Pod not seen.— Baron, next 5368! Habit of the tropical 
African L. lawiflorus, G. & P. 
NEOBARONTA XIPHOCLADA, Nn. Sp. 
Arborea, phyllocladiis 3-4-toties furcatis, ultimis oblanceolatis rigidis 
argute serratis, floribus ad phyllocladiorum dentes solitariis vel paucis 
spicatis, bracteis ovatis parvis persistentibus, calyce campanulato dentibus 
deltoideis, staminibus calyce triplo longioribus, ovaria lineari stipitato 
glabro 1-3-ovulato. 
Phyllocladia 3-4 times branched ; ultimate ones 3-5 in. long, 
4-3 in. broad, narrowed gradually to the base, very rigid and 
thiek in texture, marked with elose vertical anastomosing veins. 
Flowers solitary from the lower teeth of the phyllocladia, as 
many as 5 or 6 in a spike from the upper. Calyx jz in. long. 
Petals not seen. Ovary generally 2-ovuled; style short, in- 
curved.— Baron 5174! Called by the natives Harahara, like 
the original species of the genus (N. phyllanthoides), from which 
it differs by its narrower, more rigid phylloclades, with the 
flowers from most of their teeth in spikes. 
Bavurnta ($ PAULETIA) PODOPETALA, D. SP. uu 
B. ramulis lignosis glabris, foliis late. ovatis subcoriaceis glabris infra 
medium bifidis, floribus magnis parce corymbosis, calyce glabro tubo 
cylindrico limbo integro ovato, petalis longe unguiculatis limbo oblongo 
vel obovato, legumine magno curvato glabro longe stipitato. done: 
Branchlets slender, woody, terete. Petiole 1-15 in. long; 
limb 3-4 in. long and broad, truncate at the base ; segments 
contiguous, narrowed to the tip. Calyx-tube å in, hi i ine 
long. Petals pale, all with a claw an inch long; blade " : i 
long. Stamens 5 large, and the others small. Style abov 
inch long. Pod sickle-shaped, 8-9 in. long; gynophore nearly 
