1G Mil. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT ON 



obovatis obtusis vel ssepius emarginatis, petiolo costisque laxe 

 tenuiterque pilosis cseteris glaberrimis, pedunculis axillaribus 

 brevissimis 1-2-floris, bracteis minutis, sepalis triangularibus 

 demum reflexis, staminibus 15 basi ia cupulam breviter connatis, 

 ovario subclavato vel oblongo obscure 10-sulcato dense velutino- 

 tomentosis 5-loculari, loeulis 1-ovulatis, seminibus superne late 

 alatis. 



A shrub with grey branches and thinly covered with hairs 

 especially at the nodes. Leaves (excluding petiole about 5 min.) 

 4-6 cm. long and about 2*5 cm. broad ; margin eutinized, oc- 

 casionally obscurely serrate, subrevolute. Peduncles 6-7 mm. 

 long; pedicels very short. Sepals about 3 mm. Ovary about 

 1*5 cm. long and 1 cm. in diameter, spuriously 10-celled by in- 

 trusion of the septa. Seed 2 mm. long, with a broad wing 

 4-6 mm. long attached to upper part. 



Woods near Fort Dauphin, 2747 ! 



Akisophyllea fallax, sp. n. 



Frutex, ramie junioribus dense sericeis demum glabratis, foliis 

 ovatis acutis ad apicem callosis brevissime petiolatis 5-nerviis 

 coriaceis margine revoluto, spicis axillaribus, bracteis linearibus, 

 sepalis 4 triangularibus acutis obscure 5-nerviis, petalis laciniatis, 

 laciniis filamenta cum antheris simulantibus, stylis 4 subulatis 

 recurvis. 



A shrub with erect spreading branches. Leaves when young 

 rather densely covered with long scattered hairs, but becoming 

 quite glabrous as well as thick and coriaceous ; usually 4-7 cm. 

 long and about 3'5 cm. broad ; veins parallel (5-7), ending in a 

 thickened glandular point. Spikes 4-5 cm. long, with rather 

 numerous flowers each about 3 mm. in diameter. Sepals acute. 

 Petals cut up into 5-10 lacinise, each of which has exactly the 

 appearance of a filament and ends in a globose white swelling 

 resembling an anther. (This is probably a similar arrangement 

 to that in JParnassia palustris for deceiving insects.) 



Open ground near Fort Dauphin, 2811 ! 





MTETACEJE. 



Eugenia Jambolana, Linn. 



Native name "Kohitra," a good timber tree. Fort Dauphin, 

 2554 ! 2398 ! New to Madagascar. 



