20 MR. G. 1\ SCOTT ELLIOT ON 



Kami gracilliini, sulcati, l»ves. Petiolus gracilis, striatus, 

 2*5-3 cm- longus. Folia tenuiter membranacea, intense viridia, 

 breviter obtuseque acuminata et mucronulata, 5-6 cm- longa et 

 fere totidem lata, margine undulato-denticulata ; sinus basilaris 

 late rotundatus, 1 cm. profundus. Cirrlii graciles, breviusculi, 

 sulcati. Pedunculus communis maseulus filiformis, striatus, 

 2-2*5 cm. longus, apice 4-6-florus ; pedicelli 2-4 mm. longi. 

 Calyx glaber, 1*5 mm. longus, 2 mm. latus. Corolla glabrata, 

 segmentis erecto-patulis, ovatis, obtusis, 2 mm. longis. Staminum 

 lilamenta 1 mm. longa; antherae suborbiculares, | mm. latie. 

 Pedunculus fructiferus, filiformis, 1*5 cm. longus. Fructus Isevis, 

 6 mm. crassus. — Aff. M. marginattf, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. 

 Phan. iii. 593. 



Melothria (§ Solena) polycakpa, Cogn., sp. n. 

 Monoica, fere 

 angulatis vel obscure trilobatis, supra tenuissime albo-punctatis 

 seabrisque, subtus glabris sublaevib usque; floribus masculis 

 femineisque ad apicem peduuculi communis subumbellatis ; 

 calyce glabra ; fmctu globoso creberrime subtiliterque foveolato ; 

 seminibus parvis valde compressis, distincte margin atis. 



Kami gracillimi, sulcati, glaberrimi, ramulosi. Petiolus gracilis, 

 striatals, glaber 1-3 cm. longus. Folia intense viridia, 3-4*5 cm. 

 longa lataque, apice acutiuscula et mucronulata, margine 

 undulato-denticulata; sinus basilaris late rotundatus, '5-1 cm- 

 profundus. Cirrbi capillares, elongati, glabri. Pedunculi com- 

 munes masculi femineique capillares, sulcati, 1-2 cm longi, apice 

 3-5-flori ; pedicelli 2-3 mm. longi. Calycis tubus campanulatus, 

 1*5 mm. longus ; dentes brevissimi. Corollse segmenta ovata 

 acutiuscula, leviter furfuraceo-puberula, 1| mm. longa. Antherae 

 ovata?, dense papillose, | mm. longse. Fructus glaber, pallide 

 viridis, 6-7 mm. crassus. Semina albida, lsevia, anguste ovata, 

 3~3| mm. longa, 2 mm. lata. — Aff. Jf. perpasillce, Cogn. 1. e. 607. 

 Thickets, Fort Dauphin, 2316 ! 



SAMTDElZE. 



Calantica luc ida, sp. n. (Plate V.) 



Arbuscula, ramis rugosis, junioribus hirsutis, foliis lanceolatis 

 vel oblanceolatis obtusis glaberrimis breviter petiolatis, cymis 

 axillaribus subumbellatis 20-floris dense albo-hirsutis, sepalis 

 ovatis glandula magna sessile auctis, petalis linearibus, antheris 

 basi viliis 3-4 ornatis extrorsum dehiscentibus, ovario villoso. 



