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A tree, glabrous in all its parts except the carpels, with 

 copious, very slender branchleta. Leaves alternate, distinctly 

 petioled, 1^-2 in. long, moderately firm in texture, green on the 

 upper surface, glaucous beneath, with fine inconspicuous veins. 

 Flowers copious, solitary, axillary, on very slender spreading 

 pedicels, sometimes an inch long. Calyx persistent, ^io. in diam. 

 Petals deciduous, outer | in. long and broad, inner about half as 

 broad- Carpels very small in the flowering stage, densely silky. 



Baron 4773 ! Popoiaia is united to Unona by Baillon. There 

 are several Madagascar species already known, 



Ctclea madagascaeiknsis, n. sp. 



Sarmentosa, glaberrima, caulibus gracilibus angulatis, foliis ovatia 

 acuminatis subcoriaceis nitidis venulis ad faciem inferiorem omnibus ex- 

 sculptis, petiolo supra basin insertis, floribus masculis in panieulas parcas 

 axillares dispositis, pedioellis flore longioribus, sepalis 6 oblongis basi 

 solum coalitis, petalis in corollam globosam coalitis ore crenato, columna 

 staminea ^pice peltata corolla sequilonga, 



A shrub, with slender angled twining stems. Leaves glossy, 

 firm in texture, 2-3 iu. long, green on both sides, with the petiole 

 inserted a short distance above the truncate or slightly emargi- 

 nate base, with 5 veins radiating from its insertion upwards and 

 2 horizontally, all the veins and veinlets raised on the under 

 surface. Flowers in narrow peduncled axillary panicles, as long 

 as or shorter than the leaves ; pedicels articulated at the apex, 

 A-1 line long. Bud globose, blackish, not more than half a line 

 in diameter. Corolla shorter than the calyx. — Baron 3760 ! 



Mada 



gascar flora. 



Gamopoda, genus novum Meuispermacearum. 



Dioieum- Flores masculi. Calyx polyphyllus, sepalis 6 oblanceolatis 

 obtusis imbricatis extus dense pilosis. Petala 6 oblonga glabra concava, 

 ealvce 2-3plo breviora. Stamina 3-4, filamentis deorsum connatis apice 

 liberis, antheris terminalibus adnatis tetragonis bilocularibus. Flores 



foeminei ignoti. 



Gr. DENSIFLOEA, Bal'er. 



Species sola. 



An erect shrub, with slender terete woody branchlete, clothed 



with dense short persistent brown pubescence. Leaves alter- 

 nate, shortly petioled, ovate-lanceolate, entire, acute, 3-5 in. 

 \ong^ 1-2 in, broad below the middle, rigidly coriaceous, green 



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