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utrinque viridibus basi truueatis ex apice ad medium bifidis lobis deltoideis 

 acutis, cymis axillaribus multifloris, bracteis deciduis, pedicellis flore 

 longioribus, sepalis ovatis nigris lei)idotis, petalis apice appendicibus 

 ovatis pra^ditis, urceolo stamineo calyce breviori. 



A sbrub, probably sannentose, witb slender blackish brancbes 

 lepidote towards the tip only. Leaves about 3 in. long, moderately 

 firm in texture, quite glabrous, cleft down to the middle or a 

 little beyond ; petiole slender, 1-1 5 in, long. Cymes about as 

 long as the petiole; pedicels ^ in. long, slender, lepidote ; bracts 

 brown, lanceolate, deciduous. Calyx ^ in. long, blackisb and 

 tbinlj lepidote ; segments connate at the base. Petals brown- 

 purple, the brown tip exserted beyond the calyx. Staminal 

 urceolus campanulate, dark purple. Fruit not seen. — Baron 

 4627 ! Allied to B, heteropliylla, Hook. Bot. Misc. i. 291, t. 61. 



CORCHORUS HAMATUS, n. Sp. 



Annuus, caulibus elongatis erectis gracilibus glabris, foliis breviter 

 petiolatis membranaceis glabris lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis acutis 

 argute serratis basi bi-aristatis, floribus paucis axillaiibus brevissime pedi- 

 cellatis, sepalis oblongis membranaceis cuspidatis, petalis orbiculari- 

 ungmculatis luteis, antheris liuearibus filamentis brevibus, fructu duro 

 cylindrico eurvato rugoso rostro cyliiidrico integro. 



An annual, with elongated slender glabrous stems. Leaves 

 2-3 in. long, |-|. in. broad, thin in texture, sharply serrated, 

 with a large awn from each side at the base ; petiole very short ; 

 stipules lanceolate acuminate, persistent. Flowers 3-4 from the 

 axils of the leaves. Sepals membranous, ^ in. long, with a large 

 cusp at the tip. Petals bright yellow, |-i in. long. Stamens 

 about 30; anthers linear, \ in. long, twice as long as the filaments. 

 Capsule sickle-shaped, abruptly curved, -^ in. long, \ in. in diam,, 

 narrowed gradually into a cylindrical beak I in. long, obscurely 

 lobed at the tip only.— i?aro?^ 4712 ! Mojanga, Hildehrandt 3409 ! 



El^ocakpus dalechampioides, n. sp, 



Arborea, ramulis pilosis, foliis petiolatis alternis vel oppositis obovato- 

 oblongis obtusis subintegris rigide eoriaceis subtus pilosis, pedicellis 

 cernuis, sepalis subcorlaceis tomentosis lanceolato-deltoideis reflexis, petalis 

 latis cuneatis rubelUs pubescentibus margine laciniatis, antheris apiculatis 

 dense pilosis. 



A tree, with moderately stout pilose branchlets. Leaves 4-5 

 in. long, 1^2| in. broad, very obtuse, entire or obscurely denti- 

 culate, rounded at the base, green and glabrous on the upper 

 surface when mature, softly piloae, especially on the main veins 



