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Dalbergta scoepiotdes, n. sp. 



D. ramulis gracilibus glabris, foliis petiolatis imparipinnatis firrais gla- 

 bris, foliolis 9-11 obloiigis alternis petiolulatis, floribus copiosepaniculatis, 

 paniculae ramis scorpioideis, pedicellis subnullis, bracteis late ovatis per- 

 sistentibus, calyce tubo iafundibulari dentibus tubo vix tequilongis, petalis 

 calyce duplo longioribus, stamiaibus isadelphis, ovarlo piloso. 



Au erect shrub or tree, with glabrous branchlets and leaves. 

 Leaves ;i-6 in. long, including the 1-1| in. petiole ; leaflets 1-1^ 

 in. long, the upper larger and oblong, the lower shorter and sub- 

 orbicular; petiolules yV in. long. Flowers in copious terminal 

 panicles with scorpioicl pubescent branchlets. Calyx J^- in. long, 

 with a pair of small persistent ovate obtuse bracts clasping its 

 base ; teeth obtuse. Petals obtuse, twice as long as the calyx. 

 Stamens in two bundles of 5 each, nearly as long as the petals. — 

 JBaron 4583 ! 



Dalbeegia PooLir, n. sp. 



D. ramulis vaUdis glabris, foliis longe petiolatis firmis glabris lucidis, 

 foliolis 5-7 alternis longe petiolulatis oblongis vel ovatis^ floribus dense 

 corymboso-paniculatis, paniculae ramulis pilosisj pedicellis brevibus, calyce 

 glabro tubo campanulato glabro dentibus difformibus, petalis calyce duplo 

 longioribus, staminibus monadelphis. 



^ A tree, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 4-6 in. long, inclu- 



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3 in, long ; lower shorter, 



ovate, acute ; petiolules i-i in. long. Panicles terminal ; lower 

 branches from the axils of large leaves. Calyx y'^ in . long ; lower 

 teeth as long as the tube ; upper seraiorbicular, much shorter. 

 Corolla 1 in. long ; standard orbicular. Stamens 10, monadel- 

 phous. Ovary hairy along the upper suture. Fruit not seen. 

 Baroti 4393 ! Mr. Pool brought us in 1876 four different kinds 

 of Voaniboaua timber, from one of which, he says, handsome fur- 

 niture is manufactured. The present species is allied to the 

 Indian B. latifolia, Eoxb. 



LOXCHOCAEPUS PAULLINIOIDES, n. Sp. 



Sarmeutosus, ramulis gracilibus teretibus glabris, foliis longe petio- 

 latis trifoliolatis glabns, foliolis ol,longis acutis, racemis elongatis laxis, 

 floribus fasciculatis, pedicellis brevibus, bracteolis ovatis obtusis persis- 

 tentibus, calyce sericeo tubo campanulato dentibus brevibus obtusis, pe- 

 talis latis rubellis calyce 3-4plo longioribus, legntnine lineari villoso. 



A scandent shrub, with slender terete woody branchlets. 

 Petiole 1-2| in. long; leaflets shortly stalked, the end one the 

 hirgest , 2-4 in. long, moderately firm i 



