FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 479 



small, oblong. Ovary ovoid ; style filitbnn, /, in. long; atigrna 

 capitate. Mature fruit not seen. — Baron 4313! 



ASTEJIOPEIA SPH^ROCARPA, n. Sp. 



Fruticosa, rarnulis glabiis, foliis ^reviter petiolatis obknceolato-oblongis 

 e medio ad basin sensim angustatis rigide coriaceis, floribus in paniculas 

 densas terminales aggregatis, pedicellis brevissimis glabris, sepalis oblan- 

 ceolatis obtusis rigide coriaceis, staminibus basi coalitis, fructu globoso 

 magnitudine i)isi apice trilineato. 



A shrub or small tree, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves alter- 

 nate, not crowded, thick and rigid, 11-2 iu. long, |-| in. broad 

 above the middle, narrowed gradually from the middle to a short 



petiole. 



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the branchlets ; pedicels short, glabrous. Sepals brown, rigid, 

 vertically ribbed, ] in. long. Petals deciduous (not seen). 

 Stamens 10, longer than the sepals, deltoid at the base and 

 shortly connate. Fruit brown, coriaceous, glabrous, 3-celled, 

 -^ iu. in diam., with 3 grooves, along which it jsplits, radiating from 



its apex. — Baron 3401 ! 



iji, 



in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 19. Dr. Baillon refers the genus to 

 Ternstroemiaceae, and unites with it my Mhodoclada. 



MOBECCA HEDEBJEFOLIA, n. S}). 



Sarmcntosa, cirrhifera, rarnulis gracilibus lignosis teretibus, foliis longe 

 petiolatis membranaceis profunde trilobatis segmentis acutis, flore fceraiueo 

 solitario longe pedunculate, calycis tubo brevi canipanulato segmentis 5 

 oblongis reflexis, petalis oblaiiceolatis obtusis calyce brevioribus, fructu 

 magno oblougo-fusiformi longe stipitato. 



A large copiously cirrhiferous woody climber, glabrous in all 

 its parts. Cirrhi \ ft. long, woody. Petiole 2 in. long; blade 

 5-5 in. long and broad, deeply 3-Iobed ; central segment oblong, 

 narrowed to the base. Peduncle 4-5 in. long, with a cirrhus 

 below the solitary flower. Calyx ^ in. long. Fruit 5-G in. long, 

 2 in. in diam., narrowed gradually into a gynophore an inch long. 

 —Baron 3875 ! 



Bego>'ia (§ Quadrilobauia) fragilis, n. sp. 



Acaulis, petiolis brevibus glabris, foliis cordate- orbicularibus membra- 

 naceis leviter repandis denticulatis, peduuculo stricto pedali, floribus in 

 cymas paucifloras corymbosas monoicas dispositis, bracteis obovato-spathu- 

 latis, perianthio musculo segmentis 2 cordato-orbicularibus, fliamentis 

 brevibus liberis, ovario oUongo-triquetro alis tribus angustis inaequi- 

 latis. 



