2 MR. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT ON 



MENISPEEMACE^. 



BlJRASAIA AUSTRALIS, Sp. n. 



Frutex, ramis tetragonis nitidis albidis (junioribus striatis 



brunneis) glabris, foliis saepissime 3-foliolatis longe petiolatis 

 dexnum reflexis, pulvinulo lignoso inerassato, foliolis lanceolatis 

 acutis vel obtusis vix petiolulatis coriaceis glabris margine sub- 

 revoluto, pedunculis axillaribus elongatis paucifloris, bracteis 

 minutis, pedicellis elongatis, carpellis 3 fusiforraibus parvis, 

 stigmatibus sessilibus. 



A shrub or small tree. Bark of the older branches white and 

 glistening. Leaves variable ; petiole often flattened and suberous 

 at the articulation of the leaflets, usually 4-5 cm. long, but 

 sometimes the last few leaflets of the annual shoot are almost or 

 quite sessile or even reduced to one ; terminal leaflet usually 

 6 cm. long and 2*5 cm. broad ; the lateral 4-5 cm. long and 

 broader at base on lower margin. Peduncle about 20 cm. long, 

 bearing 8-20 scattered flowers; pedicels 1-2*5 cm. Carpels 

 about 3 mm. 



Near Fort Dauphin, 3082 ! 



CAPPAEIDE^. 



Cadaba madagascariensis, Baill. (Not in Herb. Kew.) 

 Woods near Fort Dauphin, 2991 ! 



IVLeuua nttda, sp. n. 



Frutex, ramis erectis virgatis aphyllis minute striatis basi 

 tumidis glabris, floribus terminalibus racemosis breviter pedi- 

 cellatis, bracteis bracteolisque minutis, sepalis lanceolatis concavis 

 acutis margine ciliato, petalis 0, filamentis sepala aequantibus vel 

 paullo superantibus, stigmate subsessili, bacca fusiformi coriacea 

 vix torulosa. 



Branches rigid, marked by minute parallel striae, slightly 

 expanded at base. Flowers few, 3-4 at the ends of the branches. 

 Bracts small, triangular ; bracteoles minute ; pedicels about 

 8 mm. long. Sepals about 1 cm. long and 3 mm. broad. Cap- 

 sule cylindrical, about 3*5 cm. long and 1 cm. broad, coriaceous, 

 narrowed at the base. 



Arid country of Antandroi to south of Fort Dauphin, 2958! 



Cratj^va Ctreveana, Baill, var. (Not in Herb. Kew.) 

 Fort Dauphin, 2(571 ! 



