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and glabrous above, clothed with deciduous brown hairs on a 



glaucous groundwork beneath, all the main veins and anastomos- 



ing veinlets raised. Plowers many, arranged in dense see^sile or 

 shortly peduncled congested cymes in the axils of the leaves. 

 Calyx -j^ in. long, densely clothed with brown-drab hairs on the 

 outside. Petals brownish, at most /^ in. long. Stamens about 

 as long as the petals, the square anthers entirely adnate to the 

 tip of the filaments,— ^firm;^ 2927 ! Allied to Triclisia, Benth., 

 from which it differs by its adnate anthers and flower-wrapper 

 divided out into a distinct calyx and corolla. 



Nasttjbtium Milleeolium, n. sp. 



Annuum, caulibus dense csespitosis hrevibus csespitosis humifusis, foliis 

 petiolatis oblongis decompositis segmentis minutis crassis oblongis, flori- 

 bus axillaribus solitariis breviter pedicellatis, sepalis parvis oblongis, petahs 

 obovatis unguiculatis albis calyce duple longioribus, staminibus calyci 

 sequiloEgis, fructu oblongo-lanceolato stylo brevi apiculato. 



An annual, with a fusiform root, with many short stems a few 

 inches long radiating from its crown. Leaves |-| in. long, de- 

 compound like thofee of Sisymlrium Sophia, with very small 

 ultimate segments. Plowers solitary from the axils of the leaves 



all down the stem ; pedicels short, erecto-patent. Calyx -^ in. 

 long. Petals ^ in. long. Pod |-| in. long, tipped with a short 



persistent style.— 5aro7^ 4428 ! Antananarivo, midehrandt 4056, 

 ex parte. 



Aphloia minima, n . gp. 



Fruticosa, ramosissima, glabra, foliis parvis oblongis breviter petiolatis 

 supra basin argute serratis, floribus solitariis terminalibus breviter pedi- 

 cellatis sepalis orbieularibus, staminibus demum calyci ^quilongis, ovario 

 ampullseformi stigmate peltate. 



A very much branched smaU shrub, glabrous In all its parts. 

 I^eaves alternate, J-i in. long, moderately firm in texture, green 

 and glabrous on both surfaces, obtuse, cuneate and entire at the 

 base. Flowers solitary, terminal ; pedicels ^-^ in . long. Bud ^ in. 

 m diani ; sepals 5, orbicular, the two outer thicker and darter in 

 colour than the three inner. Stamens very numerous. Ovary 

 glabrous ; stigma large, capitate— :B«ron 4514 ! 



PiTTOSPORIJlVr PACHTPHTILITM, n. sp. 



Frudcosum, glabrum, ramulis validis, foliis breviter petiolatis sparsis 

 vel verticillatis oblanceolatis obtusis crassissimis rigidissimis e medio ad 

 basm angustatis, umbellis paucifloris sessilibus terminalibus, pedicellis 



