14 1)1?. 1. B. BALFOUK OlS^ THE 



D.fragrans^ Comm. (Corclcm. in Adans. x. 357), to ^Yliicll the spe- 

 cies mentioned in DC. Prod. iv. 3G1 are reducible. 



Randia heterophylla, Balf.JiL, sp. nov. 



SufFrutex glaher^ ramulis tetrapjonis ; foliis oppositis breviter petiolatis, 

 adultis oblongis v. ellipticlsj obtnsis, mucronatis v. emarginatis; ad 

 extrcmitatemutramque rotundatis, sacpc lanceolatis et versus extremi- 

 tales attenuatis, rigide coriaceis, glabris, supra nitidis ; foliis juveni- 

 libus lineari-lanceolatis t'longatis, acutis, hispidulis, gradatim in for- 

 mam adultam transeuntilms; stipalis brevibus, connatis^ subtinncatis ; 

 cymis solitariis, ex*raaxillaribus, patentibus, 1-5 floris, peduncubs 



glabris, petiobjm longe excedentibus, bractcolis fere obsoletis ; flo- 

 ribus sessibbus v. brevissime pedicellatis, erectis ; calyce anguste in- 

 fundibuliformi, minute 5-deiitato ; corolla hypocrateriformi, fauoe 

 breviter villosa, segmentis lanceolatis, Antheris parti mexsertis^ ligu- 



latis, acutis ; ovario 5-gono ^ fructu ovoideo oblongo 5-angulato. 

 Hab, in locis seclusis insulye. Nom. vulg. Cafe Marron. 



A remarkable hcteropbyllous species of a genus hitherto 

 unknown in the Mascarene Islands. 



Pyrostria trilocularis, Balf,JiL^ sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber, ramosus, ramulis tetragonis ; foliis adultis breviter pe- 

 tiolatis, oblongo-ovalibus v, oblongis v, fere obovatis aoutis, jnvenili- 

 bus subsesfeilibus, linearibus, mucronatis, rigide coriaceis, marginibii** 

 leviter revohitis, glabris, nitidis, penninerviis, subtus costa prominente ; 

 stipulis connatis, deciduis, longe cuspidatis, glabris ; floribus axillari- 

 bus, caet. ign. ; fructu breviter stipitato, 3- rarius 2-loculari, globose, 

 subtrigono. 



Hab. In insula late dispersa. Nom. vulg. Bois Chauve-Souris. 



A heterophyllous plant (provisionally referred to tbe genus 

 Pyrostria) of which the seed is as yet unknown. 



Tbe plant was obtained only in fruit ; and there is therefore 

 g^ome difficulty in determining its exact position. 



ScYpnociiLAMYs, gen. nov. 



Calycis tubus campanulatus ; limbus truncatusv. obscure 4-loba- 

 tus, coriaceus, persistens. Corolla iufundibularis, iubo brevi, 

 fauce Tillosa; limbi lobi 4-5(0 ?), lanceolato-triquetri, acuti, 

 incrassati, valvati. Stamina 4-5 (6 ?), ori corollfe inscrta, fila- 

 mentis brevibus ; anthera> dorso infra medium affixje, vix ex- 

 serta?, lanceolato-acuta^. Discus annularis v. pulvinnris. Ova- 

 riinn 4-5- (G- ?) loculare ; stylus validus, profunde 4-fidus ; 

 ovula in loculis solitaria, infra apicem loculi pendul^. Fructus 

 pyriformis, costatus. . . .(maturum non vidi). Semina pendula, 



