^EW AND LITTLE-KNOWN MAD AG AS CAB PLANTS. 9 



pedieellatis, pedicellis prope basin articulatis, sepalis 7-nerviis 

 dorso hirsutis. 



A rather tall shrub (up to 3 feet) softly and densely hairy in 

 all parts. Leaves 4-7 cm. long ; leaflets increasing in size very 



slightly ; those two thirds from the base largest ; usually about 

 5 mm. long and 3 mm. broad ; stipules linear, inconspicuous. 

 Sepals 3-7-nerved, acute ; petals rather longer. Filaments 

 flattened at base. 



Near Fort Dauphin, 2487 ! 



Oxalis (§ Biophytum) Commersonii, Bailh 



A very reduced form of this species, previously only found by 



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plant 4-6 cm. long, with leaflets only 1*5 cm. long. 

 Near Fort Dauphin, 3079 ! 



598). Leaves in my 



BTTTACHE. 



(By Prof. L. Eadlkofek.) 



Todd alia Ellioti, Radlk. 



Inermis, glabra; rami novelli subtriangulares, resina obducti; 

 folia sparsa, unifoliolata (ut in Teclea simplicifolia, Baillon, Bull. 

 Soc. Linn, de Paris, 1886, p. 591), foliolo exobovato vel oblongo 

 cuneato (4-5 cm. longo, 1*5 cm. lato) obtuso vel emarginato, 

 margine revoluto, tenuiter pinnati-nervio cum petiolo (vix 1 cm. 

 longo, supra applanato) articulato, sparsim pellucide punctato, 

 supra subtusque (ut in Toddalia aculeata, Pers., reliquisque Tod- 

 dalice speciebus, non vero in Teclea nobilis y Del., vix recte a el. 

 Bentham et Hooker ad Toddaliam relata) glandulis pluricellulari- 

 bus in epidermis foveolis nidulantibus (Theophrastearum more) 

 ornato ; flores (masculi tantum suppetebant) breviter pedicel- 

 latis, in racemos vel paniculas racemiformes parvas (2-3 centi- 

 metrales) axillares terminalesque dispositi ; alabastra globosa 

 (diametro 1*8 mm.) ; calyx parvus, patellaris, obsolete 4-lobus, 

 lobis rotundatis vel late deltoideis ; petala valvata, elliptica, vix 

 punctata ; stamina 8, sub margine disci inserta, 4 petalis alterna 

 reliquis paullo majora, omnia fertilia (ut in Toddalia schnidelioidi, 

 Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 1883, p. 118) ; pistillum rudimen- 

 tarius!, tetragonum, pyramidatum, germine 4-loculari, loculis 

 minimis effoetis, singulis sub glandula oleipara magna dorsali oc- 

 cultis, stigmate obsolete 4-lobo. 



In Madagascaria ad " Fort Dauphin " legit Scott Elliot, 3087 ! 



