10 MB. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT ON 



BURSEKACE.E. 



Canahium obtttsifolium, sp. n. 



Arborea, ramie griseis puberuli* obscure striatis, foliis itnpari- 

 pinnatis 3-4-jugis, foliolis obovatis obtusis petiolulatis glabris 

 venis prominentibus, racemis elongatis, S multifloris l-3nis, $ 

 paucifloris solitariis, calyce cupulare 3-dentato, petalis 3 ovatis 

 apice incrassato-inflexis, 8 ta mi nib us 6 lateraliter dehiscentibus, 

 ovario ovoideo hirsuto. 



A shrub or small tree. The younger branches covered with 

 scaly pubescence. Leaves 7-9-foliolate, rarely 5- or 3-foliolate, 

 about 13-25 cm. long; leaflets coriaceous, unequal-sided, 4-7 cm. 

 long and 2-3 cm. broad ; petiolule rugose, 5-8 mm. Bacemes, 

 male, 20 cm. or more, bearing numerous contracted 2-4-flowered 

 cy mules with pedicels 2-3 mm. long ; female, 3-8-flowered, with 

 longer (1 cm.) pedicels. Calyx enlarged in fruit to about 1 cm. 

 in diameter. Petals with inflexed margins, about 7 mm. long (in 

 $ flower), ending in a reflex point. Filaments 3 mm. 



Tree in woods, Eort Dauphin, 2933 ! 



MELIACE.E. 



Quivisia grandifolia, sp. n. (Plate II.) 



Eruticosa, ramis glabris rugosis, foliis ovatis vel lanceolatis 

 obtusis breviter petiolatis laxe et obtuse dentatis coriaceis glabris 

 margine revoluto, floribus l-3nis axillaribus breviter pedicellatis, 



calycis 5-partiti segmentis subtrigonis ligulatis subcarnosis sparse 

 hirsutis, corollse rubrae segmentis elongatis obtusis tenuiter hir- 

 sutis, tubo stamineo elongato apice breviter 10-fido, antheris 10 

 apice longe apiculatis, disco parvo, ovario villoso. 



An erect robust shrub with grey branches. Leaves 4-8 cm. 

 long and 1*5-2*5 cm. broad; petiole about 5 mm. ; serrations 

 3-5 on each side, broad and obtuse ; texture thick and leatherv, 

 with veins not at all prominent. Pedicels about 5 mm., with 

 minute bracts and bracteoles at base. Calyx about 5 or 6 mm., 

 with the segments curved outwards. Corolla shorter than the 

 staminal tube, which is 4-6 cm. long. Prolongations of connec- 

 tive as long as the anthers. 



Near Fort Dauphin, July, 3025 ! 



