44 ME. a. F. SCOTT ELLIOT ON 



LABIATE. 

 Plectbanthus hosltjndioides, sp. n. 



Frutex, ramis crassis junioribus hirsutis, foliis congestis ovatis 

 obtusissimis crenatis utrinque hirsutis, racemis terminalibus 

 6-verticillatis, verticillis 8-12-floris, calyeis segmentis primo 

 acuminatis subaequalibus, calyce fructifero ampliato ovoideo ad 

 faucem angustato 10-nervio, corollaB tubo elongato, labio infe- 

 riore parvo, nuculis villosis. 



Stem thick and woody (6 mm. in diameter). Leaves 4-6 cm. 

 long and 1-2 cm. broad, unequal-sided, and with an enlarged 

 pulvinus. Racemes 8-10 cm. long. Bracts small, ovate ; pedicels 

 6-10 mm. Calyx in fruit about 1 cm. long and 6 mm. broad. 



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Plectbaisthtjs ca^esce^s, Benth., var. membbanacea ; folns 

 magnis ovatis subacutis ad 20 cm. longis, basi cordatis, subgla- 

 bris. Pedunculis parce ramulosis. 



Tort Dauphin, 3072 ! 



PHYTOLACCACE^E. 



Babbeijia madagascabieksis, Steud. 



My specimens show the fruit, which has not been before 

 collected. It is a hard woody unilocular capsule about 1 cm. 

 long, and encloses a single seed surrounded by a fibrous yellow 

 aril and with a black tuberculate testa ; the seed is sub globose ; 

 the cotyledons are very large, unequally developed, with minute 

 accumbent radicle. 



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CHENOPODIACE-&. 



Basella excavata, sp. n. 



Eamis striatis glabris, more Cassytfice volubilibus, foliis per- 

 paucis subcordatis acutis crassis rugulosis, floribus numerosis 

 spicatis in rhachide excavata sessilibus, bracteola infra-florali 

 minuta acuminato-triangulari, bracteis floralibus suborbicu- 

 laribus liberis, perianthio 5-partito, staminibus lateraliter 

 dehiscentibus, utriculo ovoideo capsulari. 



A prostrate twining parasitic plant very like Cassytha in 

 appearance. Leaf 1*5 cm. long (including 5 mm. of petiole) and 

 1 cm. broad. Spikes 4 cm. long, with numerous flowers imbedded 

 in the fleshy rhachis. Flowers about 2 mm. long, Utricle 



