944 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
mucronatis, pedunculis elongatis, capitulis multis confertis, involucro 
splendide rubro segmentis oblongis, fructu globoso brevi, seminibus 
brevibus. 
Stems green, fleshy, with many acute angles armed. with pecti- 
nate pale brown spines, above an inch in diameter, spines included. 
Leaves 6-8 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, thin, green, glabrous, finely 
veined, narrowed gradually from the middle to the short petiole. 
Peduncles 5-6 in. long, terminal with the leaves on the fleshy 
branches; heads twenty or more in a dense cyme. Involuere 
lin. diam.; its bracts bright scarlet. Fruit 4 in. diam., com- 
posed of 3 triquetrous cocci—North-west Madagascar, Baron 
5461! 
EUPHORBIA ($ ANISOPHYLLUM) ANAGALLOIDES, n. Sp. 
Herbacea, perennis, caulibus gracillimis ramosis, foliis oppositis stipu- 
latis parvis oblongis integris obtusis laxe subtiliter pilosis, capitulis soli- 
tariis axillaribus pedunculatis, involucro campanulato appendicibus latis 
haud cornutis, fructu levi turbinato. 
Stem mueh-branched, very slender, not more than 2-3 in long. 
Leaves in subdistant opposite pairs, firm in texture, } in. long, 
obtuse, emarginate, elothed with fine deciduous hairs. Heads 
solitary from the nodes of the upper half of the stem on pe- 
duncles about as long as the leaves. Involuere 45 in. diam.; 
appendages oblate-oblong. Fruit glabrous, deeply trisuleate, 
js in. diam.— Baron 5094! Between E. prostrata and E. tri- 
chophylla. 
MacaRANGA ALCHORNEIFOLIA, n. Sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis teretibus glabris, foliis petiolatis obtusis crenatis gla- 
bris triplinerviis, floribus foemineis in racemas laxas axillares dispositis, 
fructu globoso glabro triloculari copiose echinato. 
A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender terete branchlets. 
Petiole slender, an inch long; blade 2-3 in. long, moderately 
firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, triplinerved, 
and similar in appearance to that of Alchornea triplinervia. 
Racemes rather longer than the petiole. Fruits 4 in. diam., 
armed with copious irregular spines.— Baron, next 5773! 
M ACARANGA PLATYPHYLLA, n. 8p. 
Arborea, ramulis crassis apice ferrugineo-tomentellis, foliis longe petio- 
latis late ovatis subrepandis subcoriaceis basi subtruncatis leviter cordatis, 
floribus foemineis in paniculas laterales dispositis, ramulis pubescentibus, 
