48 MR. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT Otf 



Phyllanthus cryptophilus (syn. Monarda cryptophila 



Juss.). 



Open country, Fort Dauphin, 2599 ! 



SlTREGADA CREtfTJLATA, Baill. 



"Woods, Fort Dauphin, 2801 ! 



Leptonema tenosum, A. Juss. 



Another very curious and hitherto unique Commersonian 



plant. 2448! 



Saayia (§ Charidia) reyoltjta, sp. n. 



Frutex ramosissimus, ramulis primo rubris demum albidis 

 lenticellatis obscure hirsutis, foliis ovatis vel lanceolatis coriaceis 

 (praeter petiolum tenuiter hirsutum) glabris margine revoluto 



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floribus in cymas brevissimas axillaribus aggregatis, masculis 



femineisque mixtis, bracteis bracteolisque parvis ciliatis, pedi- 

 cellis masculis quam feminei brevioribus rubris, sepalis masculis 

 oblongis rubris membranaceis, sepalis femineis coriaceis viridibus 

 imequalibus, petalis sexu utroque sinoilaribus oblongis apice 

 acutis inflexis, disci segmentis 5 parvis 3-fidis, staminibus 5 

 erases, stylis ad basin 3-partitis. 



Branches when young red, covered with short erect hairs. 

 Leaves thick and rigid, with veins prominent on both surfaces 

 closely reticulate, usually 2*5-5 cm. long and 1*5-3 cm. broad; 

 petiole about 3 mm. Pedicels, S about 7 mm., 5 about 12 mm* 

 long; sepals and petals 2-3 mm. Capsule about 1 cm. long, 

 hard and woody. 



Woods near Fort Dauphin, 2538 ! 2845 ! 



Exccecaria glaucescens, sp. n. 



Fruticosa, ramis glabris corrugatis, foliis elliptico-oblongis 

 utrinque attenuatis glaucis glabris, margine serrato subrevoluto, 

 venis supra prominentibus, stipulis triangularibus linearibus, 

 spicia axillaribus vel quasi terminalibus, floribus dissitis, bracteis 

 triangularibus acuminatis, calycis segmentis 3 triangularibus 

 acutis apice rubro calloso ; J antheris 3 subsessilibus, ovarii rudi- 

 mento ; $ ovario sessili, stylis 3 recurvis leviter applanatis. 



A shrub with the branches alternately flattened. Leaves 

 8-17 cm. long and 2*5-4 cm. broad, petiole less than 1 cm. ; 

 under surface marked by a peculiar calcium gland ; bluish 

 glaucous in colour with brown caducous stipules. Female spikes 

 4-12 cm. long, with about 10 distant flowers; mixed male 





