474 MR. J. a. BAKETl OX TIIK 



blade 1^-2 in. long, rounded at the base, subcoriaceous, with 7-8 

 pairs of slightly raised erecto-patent main veins joined by arches 

 a space from the edge. Flowers tetramerous, in shortly-pe- 

 diincled terminal clusters. Calyx | in. long, the tube plicated in 

 the lower third. Petals produced -^in. beyond the calyx. Ovary 

 protruded a little from the persistent plicate base of the calyx. 

 Bracts persistent, J^-^ in. long. — Baron 4940 ! 



DlCORTPHE LATTRirOLIA, n. sp. 



D. ramidis graciUbus glabris, stipuhs parvis caducis, foUis breviter petio- 

 latis oblongis rigide coriaceis glabris obtusis vel emarginatisj floribus cir- 

 citer 3 in capitula terminaha breviter peduneulatis dispositis, fructu bifido 

 valvis apice protiusis. 



An erect much-branched shrub or tree, with slender branchlets. 



in. broad at tlio 



middle, deltoid at the base, green and glabrous on both sides, the 

 main veins fine and inconspicuous beneatli. Flowers about 3 in 

 peduncled terminal heads. Calyx and corolla not seen. Fruits 

 ovoid, I in. long, smooth, with two divergent valves protruded ^ 

 in. bevond the persistent base of the calyx, shortly pedicellate,— 

 Baron 4941 ! 



Calopyxis malifolia, n. sp. 



C. ramulis gi'acilibus apice solum ferrugineo-pubescentibus, foliis petio- 

 latis orbicularibus vel oblongis acutis utrinque glabris, racemis densis bre- 

 yibus terminalibus, ovario breviter stipitato piloso, calycis Umbo cuneato- 

 infundibulari glabro dentibus 5 deltoideis, staminibus breviter exsertis. 



An erect shrub, with slender woody branchlets, pubescent only 

 towards the tip. Leaves l|-2 in. long, moderately firm in tex- 



t. Ovary pilose, 



green 



Eacemes dense, ]-l| 



6 .^. xv...g. v^aijA gmuroug, g m. long ; teeth spreading or renexing. 

 Stamens eiserted a little beyond the ealjx-teeth ; anthers small, 

 ovoid, apiculate.— jBaro;^ 4709 ! 4S16 ! 4847 ! 



EroENiA (§ Jossinia) oligantha, n. sp. 



E. ramulis gracilibus obscure pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis oblongis 

 acutis basi deltoideis subcoriaceis utrinque viridibus venis obscuris, flori- 

 bus paucis axillaribus, pedicellis flore longioribus, calycis tubo turbinate, 

 segmentis 4 oblongis obtusis insequalibus, petalis patulis obovato-cuneatis, 

 staminibus petalis brevioribus. 



A much-branched erect shrub or tree. Leaves 2-3 in. long, 



about an inch broad nf flno mi/lrllr. ^„^.,^.,„.J +^ Vv^+l, n-nA^ fii-m 



