PiriEXOGAirTC VEGETATlOiS' OF RODRIGUEZ. 13 



talis 5, oblongis obtusis reflexis imbricatis; disco crenate lO-lobato; 



staminibus 10 partim anantheris; ovario oblongo, glabro, stylis 5 



validis, distantibus, brevibus, erectis divaricatis, sub apicem ovarii 



sitis ; stigmatibus capitatis, spongiosis ; ovulis solitariis pendulis ; 

 fruct. ign. 



Hub. in vallibus prope fontes fluminum Palmiste et Mouruc. 



A rare species, differing in its symmetry and crenated disk from 

 the published description of Scle^^ocarya. It approaches tlie 

 monotypic Cape genus HarpepJiyllum^ Benth. & Hook. fil. Geu. 

 Plant*, i. 427, which is unfortunately imperfectly known. It may 

 "be a connecting link between these genera. 



Myrtace^. 



Eugenia Balfourii, Bakery FL Maur, Seych. p. 116. 

 Arborea, ramosissima, ramulis glabris tetragonis ; foliis breviter petio- 

 latis oblongis v. ovali-oblongis v. oblanceolatis acutis, basi cuneatis, 



glabris, rigide subcoriaccis, pellucido punctatis, penninerviis, nervis 

 tenuibus plurimis arete positis ; paniculis longe pedunculatis pauci- 

 floris axillaribus folia a^quantibus glabris late patentibus; floribus 

 sessilibus v. brevissime pedicellatis ^ calyce obscure dentato, denti- 

 bus deltoideis. 

 Hab. in valle fluvii Baleine prope fontera. 



' An uncommon plant having some aflBnity with the Bourbon 

 E. paniculata^ Lam. Diet. iii. 199, = Syzt/r/ium j^aniculatum, DC. 

 Prod. iii. 259. 



KUBIACE^. 



Danais corymbosa, Balf.^L, sp.nov. 



Herba scandens volubilisve, ramuhs tenuibus, glabris, tetragonis; foliis 

 oppositis breviter petiolatis oblongis v. lanceolatisacutisv. acuniinatis, 

 basi cuneatis, integris, glabris, subcoriaceis, reticulato-venulosis, sub- 

 tus pallidis; stipulis minutis; cymiscorymbosis axillaribus in axillis 

 foliorum terminalium densifloris breviter pedunculatis ; pedicelhs erec- 

 tis tenuibus brevibus ; bracteolis minutissimis; calyce 5-dentato, tube 

 cainpanulato, dentibus lanceolatis ; corolla hypocrateriformi, seg- 

 mentis oblongo-spathulatis, acutis, patentibus, quam tubus dimidio 

 brevioribus, fauce dense villosa; staminibus flomm brevistylium 

 longe exsertis ; stylo furcato, tubum corolla aequaute, ramulis tereti- 

 bus clavatis ; capsula globosa, glabra. 



Hab. In declivibus mentis " Grande Montague " sparse lecta. 



■niQfino-Tii'oTi^/l hv ifs Ipflvps and inflorescence from the Mascarene 



