32 MR. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT ON 



occupies 2-3 mm. Anthers large, laterally dehiscing ; staminodes 

 shorter than the petals. 



Sand dunes, Fort Dauphin, 2988 ! 



EBENACEJ2 



Diospyros, sp. n. 



Woods, Fort Dauphin, 2473 ! 



OLEACE^E. 



NoRONHIA DIVARICATA, sp. n. 



Arbuscula, ramis oppositis numerosis pallidis glabris, foliis 

 variis lanceolatis ovatis vel obovatis acutis vel obtusis etiam 

 emargiuatis coriaceis glabris margine revoluto, paniculis quasi 

 trichotomiis, bracteis parvis rotundatis, corollae tubo brevissitno 

 in campanulam magnam carnosam ampliato, staminibus 2, 

 antheris lateraliter dehiscentibus, ovario biloculari, loculis 2- 

 ovulatis. 



Shrub or small tree with spreading opposite branches. Leaves 

 very variable in shape, usually (excluding petiole) 4-5 cm. long 

 and about 2 cm. broad ; petiole 2-4 mm. Peduncles about 3 cm., 

 with minute triangular bracts; pedicels about 1 cm. long. 

 Calyx 1-2 mm. ; segments obtuse, ciliate at margin. Corolla 

 with a very short tube and a broad fleshy campanulate throat, 

 about 5 mm. in diameter; teeth 4, short and rounded. Stamens 

 2, with subsessile anthers dehiscing laterally. Ovary small, 

 ovoid, with sessile bilobed stigma. 



AVoods near Fort Dauphin, 2883 ! 



APOCYNEiE. 



Ellertonia, sp. n. 



This appears to be Plectaneia, sp. {of. Thouars, Gen. Nov. 

 Madag. p. 11), in spite of the " semina marginibus affixa," which 

 probably does not mean attached by their margins, but attached 

 to the margins of the carpels. The ovary is of two distinct 

 carpels though it seems single (cf. " ovarium unicum," loc. cit.). 

 See also D. C. Prod. viii. p. 324. 



Woods near Be'vooy, K Coast, 2289 ! 



Mascabenhai&ia speciosa, sp. n. 



Arbuscula, ramis griseis glabris, foliis ellipticis acuminatis ad 



