478 MR. J, G. KAKER OX THE 



5 rigid bright red-purple valves protruding a little beyond the 

 calyx-limb. — Baron 41G9 ! 



MeDIXILLA DiyARlCATA, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, gla])ra, ramulis gracilibus, foliis subsesslllbns oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis acutis subcaruosis triplinerviis basi sagittatis, floribus in cymas coplosas 

 axillares paucifloras dispositis, pedicellis elongatis gracilibus, calycis tube 

 globoso glabro, limbo angusto truncate, petalis orbicularibus rubellis, 

 antheris arstice bicalcaratis, postice unicalcaratis, fructu globoso carnoso 

 magnitudine pisi. 



A shrub, glabrous in uJl its parts, with 8lender terete woody 



branchlets. Leaves 2-3 in, long, rather fleshy, obscurely petioled, 



shortly auriclcd at the base, triplinerved, with the lateral veins 



springing from above the base of the midrib. Cymes pe- 



duncled, not more than halt as long as the leaves ; pedicels erecto- 



patent, ^-^ in. long. Pruit-calyx -\ in. in diam. Petals 4, I in. 



long. Stamens 8, as long as the petals.— JSarow- 3658 ! JSear 

 M. le-ptopliylla, Baker. 



MeDTXILLA LIXEAKirOLlA, U. Sp. 



Fruticosa, glabra, ramulis gracillimis, foliis subsessilibus linearibus uni- 

 neiviis subcarnosis basi sagittato-cordatis, floribus in cymas sessiles axil- 



lures paucifloras dispositis, pedicellis fructui ^quilongis, fructu globoso 

 carnoso magnitudine pisi. 



A slirub, with very slender terete branchlets with swollen nodes. 

 Leaves opposite, ascending, 3-4 in. long, \ in. broad, with only a 

 single central midrib and two minute auricles at the base. Cymes 

 sessile in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels | in. long, bracteolate 

 at the middle. Petals and stamens not seen. Fruit i in. in diam. 



Baron 3844 ! 



EOTALA CORDIFOLIA, n. sp. 



fl.caulibus caespitosis simplicibusglabris, foliis ternis sessilibus cordato- 

 orbicularibus superioribus approximatis, floribus tetrameris solitariis axil- 

 laribus sessilibus, calycis tubo campanulato demum scarioso dentibus bre- 

 vibus latis cuspidatis, petalis parvis oblongis unguiculatis, ovario globoso, 

 stylo elongato. 



Stems simple, glabrous, caespitose, 6-8 in. long. Leaves in 

 whorls of three, \ in. long; lower internodes | in. long; upper 

 leaves imbricated. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves all 

 down the stem. Calyx ^^ in. long and broad, 8-ribbed. Petals 

 inserted at the throat of the calyx-tube between the teeth, ^ in. 

 long. Stamens inserted low down in the calyx-tube; anthers 



