12 DR. T. B. BALFOUU OX THE 



EUTACE^. 



Zanthoxylon paniculatum, BaZ/l^/., sp. nov. 



Arborea ; ramulis validis teretibus, spinis paucis, nigrescentibus, unci- 

 natisy arcuatis ; foliis imparipinnatis 15-19, foliolatis, ad apicem ramu- 

 lorutn confertis, breviter petiolatis; foliolis oppositis sessilibus sub- 

 cordato-oblongis, obtusis, basis insequaliter cordatis, glabris, subcoria- 

 ceis, supra nitidis, subtus pallidioribus, costa venisque prorainentibus ; 

 paniculis subsessilibus, patentibuSj folio brevioribus, ramis puberulis, 

 pedicellis brevibus ; flor. ign. ; capsula globosa, bivalvi, glabra, 

 valide minuteque tuberculata, breviter stipitata ; sem. ign. 



Hab. in ripis fluvii Quitore prope ejus ostium. Nom. vulg. Bois Pasner. 



A small tree of which only two or three specimens were seen 

 in the locality named. Is not far removed from the Indian 

 species Z. Budrun^ay Wall. Hk. fil. Flor. Ind. iv. i. 495. 



Meliaceje3. 



QcivisiA LACTNTATA, Balf.JiL, sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber ramosissimus ; foliis oppositis v. suboppositis, subsessi- 

 libus, adultis obovato-cuneatis, obtusis v. retusis^ integris, junioribus 

 alte pinnatifidis 3-5-lobatis in formam adultam gradatim transeuntibus, 

 nitidis, rigide coriaceis, reticulato-venulosis ; floribus in cymas axil- 

 lares bifloras brevissime pedunculatas coUectis, pedicellis brevibus 

 validisque erectis v, suberectis ; calyce cotyliforrai, minute 4-dentato, 

 strigoso, dentibus deltoideis ; petalis 4 oblongo-ellipticis obtusis, 

 patentibus ; staminibus 8, tube brevi ; ovario dense strigoso; styli 

 apice subito incrassato ibique strigoso et constricto ; stigniate capi- 

 tato leviter umbilicato, obscure 4-lobato, laevi. 



Hab, In insula late dispersa. Nom. vulg. Bois Balais. 



A heterophyllous species distinguished from the Mauritian 

 Q. JiUpes, Baker, Fl. Maur. Seych. p. 46, by its heterophylly, 

 stout floral pedicels, and larger flowers. 



ANACAKDIACEiE. 



ScLEROCARYA CASTANEA, Baker, Fl. Maur. Seych. p. 63. 



Arborea, ramuUs validissimis teretibus; fohis 7-11, imparipinnatis, 

 foliolatis, ad apicem ramulorum confertis, petiolatis ; foliolis oppo- 

 sitis sessilibus rarius brevissime petiolulatis, oblongis v. ovatis, acutis 

 ▼.breviter acuminatis, basiinaequaliter rotundatis, obscure creuulatis, 

 submerabranaceis, supra nitidis glabrisque, subtus medio nervo sub- 

 hirauto ; floribus dioicis (?), breviter pedicellatis in racerais brevibus 

 sessilibus V. breviter pedunculatis solitariis in axillis foliorum termina- 

 lium dense confertis ; 2 sepalis 5 minutis rotundatis ciliatis ; pe- 



