6 MR. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT ON 



TEKNSTKCEMIACE^E. 



Astebopeia Bakeei, sp. n. 



Arborea, ramulis glabris rugosis rubris, foliis obovatis obtusis 

 breviter petiolatis coriaceis glabris margine revoluto, calycis 

 pubescentis segmentis oblongis apice truncatis rigidis, petalis 

 quam sepala latioribus membranaceis, capsula parva nitida. 



A timber-tree with red branches covered by small lenticels 

 and marked by conspicuous leaf-scars. Leaves 3-5 cm. long and 

 2-3 cm. broad, very thick and coriaceous, obscurely veined, with 

 a prominent yellow cuticular margin and very short petiole. 

 Calyx-segments about 6 mm. long, black, pubescent on the back. 



Stamens 15, united for about 1 mm. at base. Capsule 3 mm. in 

 height, globose at base, and obscurely 3-sided at apex. 

 Woods, Fort Dauphin, 2537 ! 2334 ! 



Asteeopeia sp. praecedenti valde affinis. A valuable timber, 

 " Fanoola mena," 2393 ! 



Astebopeia sp. an Bakeei ? A valuable wood, " Fanoola 

 fotsy." 



I have followed Dr. BaiJlon in putting this genus in Ternstroe- 

 miacese rather than Samydeae (cf. Bull. Linn. Soc. Par. i. 561). 



CHL^ENACE^E. 



Saecol^na pilosa, JBaill., syn. Xerochlamys pilosa, Baker. 

 Dry ground, Tapia Groves, Lake Itasy. 



SSaecolje^a eeiophoea, JBaill. (Not in Herb. Kew.) 

 Fort Dauphin, 2704 ! 



SCHIZOLJENA EXINVOLUCEATA, Baler. 



Woods, Fort Dauphin, 2841 ! 

 Leptoljkna paevifloea, sp. n. 



Frutcx ramosissimus, ramis corrugatis, junioribus birsutis 

 demum glabratis, foliis ovatis basi saepius rotundatis acutis vel 

 cuspidatis breviter petiolatis undulatis glabris, floribus paucis 

 (4-5) ad apices ramorum subracemosis subsessilibus, involucro 

 ovoideo basi turbinato ferrugineo-tomentoso 6-10-dentato, sepalis 

 late ovatis inclusis hirsutis, petalis ligulatis brunneo-flavis reflexis, 

 ovario hirsuto. 



A shrub or small tree with red bark ; the voungr shouts striate 



