2i Mil. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT O^ 



Homalium (§ Black wellia) usxEGKiroLiUM,/!?. Elliot. (Syn. 



BlacJcwellia integrifolia, Lam., £# descvipt.) 



Both the figure and description in Lamarck's Encycl. (tab. 412) 

 are very vague, and I have been unable to find the specimen in 

 Lamarck's Herbarium at Paris. It is distinguished from the 

 next species by its pedicellate flowers. 



Homaltum (§ Blackwellia) ltjcidum, sp. n. 



Arbor, ramis pallidis striatis, foliis variis lanceolatis ovatis vel 

 obovatis acutis vel obtusis (etiam emarginatis) lucidis margine 

 serrato, pedunculis axillaribus simplieibus elongatis, floribus 

 numerosis subsessilibus 6-8-meris, calycis tubo turbinato striate 

 pubescente, segment-is minutis rotundatis, petalis ligulatis obtusis 

 ciliatis fructu persistentibus, filamentis brevibus, glandulis sessi- 

 libus hemisphaericis hirsutis, ovario 1-loculari, sty lis 3. 



A tree with light-coloured bark and dark-brown leaves, smooth 

 and glossy above, paler below ; veins prominent on both surfaces; 

 blade 6-8 cm. long and 2-3*5 cm. broad; petiole about 1 cm- 

 Peduncles numerous, erect, 7-10 cm. long, and densely covered 

 with flowers. Flowers about 5 mm. in diameter, with a small 

 conical calyx-tube and minute (1 mm.) sepals ; the petals reflex 

 and persistent in fruit ; anthers bilobed ; ovary apparently en- 

 tirely 1-locular. 



Woods, Fort Dauphin, 2661 ! 



PASSIFLOKE^l. 

 Phtseka madagascabtensis, Thou., var. longifolia ; foliis 



oblongis coriaceis (8-12 cm. longis et 2-3 cm. latis) ; sepalis 5-8, 

 1-nerviis non maculatis, staminibus 10-16. 



Fort Dauphin, 2741 ! 



ficoide^:. 



Mollugo decandka, sp. n. 



Frutex, ramis erectis rigidis lignosis obscure tetragonis, foliis 



altern 



sepalis 5 oblongis, petalis 0, staminibus 10 ima basi subconuatis, 

 capsula 3-loculari, pauci-ovulata, seminibus nigris reniformibus 

 tuberculatis. 



A shrub 2-3 feet high, with stiff Lycium-like branches. Leaves 

 in alternate fascicles, usually 3 together, very variable in shape 



