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an inch; long. —North-west Madagascar, Baron 5809! Near 
the Indian B. acuminata, Wight et Arn. 
BaunrNIA (§ PAULETIA) PUNCTIFLORA, n. Sp. 
B. ramulis pubescentibus, foliis latis cordatis bifidis dorso pubescentibus, 
segmentis ovatis, floribus 1-2nis, calyce pubescente tubo cylindrico limbo 
ovato, petalis calycis limbo duplo longioribus, staminibus brevibus, ovario 
lineari glabro stipitato. 
Mature branches slender, terete, glabrous. Petiole an inch 
long; blade 2-3 in. broad, membranous, dull green on both 
surfaces, distinctly cordate, bifid less than halfway down. 
Calyx-tube and entire limb each about 2 in. long. Petals 14-13 
in. long, 1-4 in. broad, copiously spotted with claret-brown on a 
pale ground. Pistil as long as the petals. Pod not seen.— 
North-west Madagascar, Baron 5341! Near B. tomentosa, Linn., 
and B. aurantiaca, Bojer. 
DICROSTACHYS MYRIOPHYLLA, n. Sp. 
D. ramulis lignosis pubescentibus, foliis bipinnatis basi glandula magna 
nigra cupulata preeditis, pinnis circiter 40-jugis, foliolis multijugis parvis 
rigidulis lanceolatis, floribus in capitula densa oblonga aggregatis, 
superioribus hermaphroditis calyce parvo campanulato segmentis ovatis, 
petalis lanceolatis calyce 3-4plo longioribus, staminibus breviter exsertis, 
inferioribus imperfectis staminodiis flexuosis longe exsertis. 
A shrub with slender, woody, terete branchlets. Leaf-rhachis 
5-6 in. long, with a large black gland at the top of the short 
petiole; branches erecto-patent, 1-14 in. long; leaflets very 
numerous, jl. in. long. Heads 2-3 on short ascending pedicels 
from the axils of reduced upper leaves. Petals yellowish green, 
is in. long. Staminodia yellow, 3-2 in. long.—North-west 
Madagascar, Baron 5700! 
BRYOPHYLLUM RUBELLUM, n. sp. 
Glabrum, folis radicalibus carnosis imparipinnatis, foliolis oblongis 
obtusis crenatis, floribus in paniculam longissimam ramis arcuatis apice 
corymboso-cymosis dispositis, pedicellis brevibus, calycis tubo oblongo 
inflato segmentis deltoideis, corolla rubelle tubo subcylindrico segmentis 
ovatis. 
Petiole of root-leaves 2 in. long; leaflets about 5, oblong, 
sessile, 13-2 in. long, deeply erenate. Rhachis of panicle a foot 
long; branches 2-3 in. long, bearing cymes 2-3 in. broad at the 
tip. Calyx 1 in. long, green, membranous, 4 in. diam. ; segments 
4, cuspidate, 4-3 the length of the tube. Corolla apparently 
bright red; tube as long as the ealyx-tube. Stamens reaching 
nearly to the tip of the corolla-segments.— Baron, next 5853 ! 
