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and size ; usually 1-3 cm. long and from 3-6 mm. broad. Sta- 

 mens 10, swollen towards the base. Capsule oblong, as long as 

 the sepals ; styles free to the base. 



Sea-shore near Fort Dauphin, April, 2481 ! 



The extraordinary habit and 10 stamens separate this species 

 from all others, and it is with some doubt that I have included it 

 under Mollugo. It has a distinct affinity to Macarthuria and 

 Telephium, but could not be placed under these genera, so that, 

 as it is distinctly related to the following species, which has also 

 10 stamens, I have refrained from making a new genus. 



Mollugo CjESPitosa, sp. n. (Plate VII.) 



Perennis, radice lignoso, foliis rosulatis spathulatis obtusis vel 

 emarginatis ad basin amplexicaule attenuatis, pedunculis minute 

 puberulis, cymis congestis subumbellatis, bracteis membranaceis 

 ovatis acutis, sepalis 5 oblongis obtusis, petalis 0, staminibus 10- 

 15, seminibus paucis minute tuberculatis strophiolatis. 



A small woody perennial. Leaves 2 # 5-3'5 cm. long and 1- 

 1*5 cm. broad (at the base 3 mm. broad). Peduncles 2 or more, 

 3-5 cm. long, ending in a many bracteate umbel, which consists 

 apparently of contracted pseudodichotomous cymes. Bracts 

 small, white, one-nerved. Sepals about 3 mm. long. Capsule as 

 long as the sepals. 



Allied to the common M. nudicaulis y Linn. 



From arid sandy country of the Antandroi, S.E. of Fort Dau- 



phin, June-July, 2978 ! 



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AKALIACE.E. 



Panax ornifolius, Baker # , var. paucifloea ; secondary 

 peduncles 2-3-flowered ; pedicels shorter (less than \ inch) ; 

 leaves more coriaceous and reflex ; mature fruit pentagonal. 



Woods, Fort Dauphin, June, 2837 ! 



EUBIACE^:. 



Weber a saxatilis, sp. n. (Genipa, seusu Baill.) 

 Frutex, ramis hirsutis subtetragonis, foliis oblongis vel ovatis 

 supra glabratis subtus dense sericeo-villosis margine revoluto, 



* The " cupule " (vide Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xx. 155) seems like the 

 united bracts of an umbel which has been reduced to a single sessile flower. 

 The flower is articulated above the at pule, as one would expect if this were the 

 case. 



