OTSW AND LITTLE-KNOWN MADAGASCAR PLANTS. 11 



Tbjchilia emaeginata, sp. n. 



Arbor omnino glabra, foliis 3-5-foliolatis (rarius abortu 1-foli- 

 olatis) foliolis oblongis emarginatis vix petiolulatis, rhaehide supra 

 canaliculate) vix marginato, cyniis folia sequantibus vel paullo 

 superantibus subcorymbosis longe pedunculatis, bracteis parvis 

 cupularibus margine membranaceo, calycis parvi segmentis rotun- 

 datis, petalis orbicularibus sparse stellato-pilosis. 



A glabrous tree with red corrugated bark ; the younger 

 branches covered with a thin white gummy secretion. Leaves 

 7-9 cm. long (sometimes by abortion much shorter) ; terminal 

 leaflet 4-6 cm. long and 1 # 5— 2*5 cm. broad ; lateral leaflets much 

 shorter. Flowers about 3 mm. long, subsessile. Filaments con- 

 nate almost to the anthers. 



In woods, Fort Dauphin, 2866 ! 



Near T. aster otricha, Radlk., in Bremen Abh. viii. p. 383. 



CELASTEINEJE. 



Celasteus (§ Polycaedia) baccattjs, sp. n. 



Arbor, ramis glabris, foliis petiolatis ovatis obtusis vel sub- 

 acutis coriaceis glabris margine incrassato dentato vel subintegro, 

 pedunculis axillaribus solitariis ad apiceni flores numerosos ses- 

 siles quasi fasciculatos ferentibus quam petioli duplo longioribus, 

 bracteis minutis ovatis ciliatis, sepalis parvis orbicularibus dorso 

 hirsutis, petalis ovatis basi subcordatis, capsula subcarnosa ovata 

 1-loeulari, ovulis pendulis 2 versus medium placentarum affixis 

 basi ligulato-arillatis. 



A tree with greyish or black bark. Leaves 5-9 cm. long and 

 2*5-4 cm. broad ; petiole about 1 cm. ; very thick and coriaceous y 

 with, the margin usually inconspicuously toothed. Peduncles 

 2-3 cm. long. Flowers about 5 nun. in diameter. Capsule about 

 1*5 cm. long and 1 cm. broad, to all appearance quite 1-locular, 

 with 5 parietal placentae and 2 distant pendulous seeds on each. 



"Woods, Fort Dauphin, 2608 ! 2609 ! 



Very closely allied to Polycardia libera, O. Hoffm. (Sertum 

 Madag. p. 12), but distinguished by the glabrous stems and 

 pedicels and the very extraordinary fruit. The genus Polycardia 

 can scarcely be maintained, and especially when the peduncles 

 are absolutely free from the leaf, as in this species. 



