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Cassia breyifolia, Lam. Open sandy soil, Fort Dauphin, 

 2429 ! 2446 ! 



Only known from specimens at Paris, Commerson. 



Bauhota Commersoxi, Decne. Common near Fort Dauphin, 



2419! 



(Before only found by Commerson.) 



Desmanthus paucifoliolatus, sp. n. 



Fruticosus, ramis griseis glabris, foliis ssepissime 1-jugis, pinnis 

 1-jugis, foliolis obliquis subrhomboideis obtusis glabris dense et 

 prominente retieulato-venosis, petiolis petiolulisque sulcatis, pe- 

 dunculis brevibus paucifloris, bracteis linearibus ciliatis, calyce 

 breviter 5-dentato, dentibus ciliatis, corolla? segmentis ovatis, 

 staminibus 8-10, legumine recto ad basin attenuate marginibus 

 coriaeeis, seminibus obliquis. 



Branches white, spreading, when young thinly hairy. Leaves 

 usually short and very variable in the size of the leaflets (from 1*5 - 

 3 cm. long and 1-2 cm. broad) ; rhachis of pinnae as long as 

 petiole, about 5 mm. Corolla about 4 mm. long ; calyx about 

 half as long as corolla. Pod about 8 cm. long and nearly 1 cm. 

 broad, glabrous, with numerous raised veins ; seeds about 8, 

 brown, glabrous, and shining. 



Thickets on sandy soil, Fort Dauphin, 2850 ! 2587 ! 



Albizzia zygioides, JBaill. Woods, Fort Dauphin, 2659 ! 

 (Only in Herb. Mus. Par.) 



Calliandba altebnans, Benth. Woods, Fort Dauphin, 2675 ! 



Cadia Commebsoniana, JBaill. Woods, Fort Dauphin, 

 3013 ! 



(Another species, hitherto found only by Commerson.) 



Mimosa Helyilleana, Baill. Fort Dauphin, 2544 ! 

 Mimosa Psobalea, Benth. Fianarantsoa, 2060 ! 



CEASSULACE^E. 



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(Plate 



Herba erecta, omnino glabra, foliis ternatis 



apice 3-5-dentatis, floribus terminalibus pendulis numerosis, 



se^mentis 



cinea, staminibus infra medium tubi insertis, antheris oblongis, 



