501 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 



brancUets. Leaves l|-2 in. long, l-l in. broad at the middle, 

 moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, 

 glossy above. Cymes few-flowered, shortly peduncled ; pedicels 

 erect, about i in. long. Calyx y^ in- long. Corolla-tube f in. 

 long ; expanded limb ^ in. in diam., very contorted before expan- 

 sion 5 segments oblong. Fruit of 1-5 oblong or globose joints 



|-i in. long, green at first, finally bright scarlet. — Baron 4551 ! 

 46G3 ! 4888 ! 



Mascabenhaisia Gerraediana, n. sp. 



Sarmentosa, glabra, ramulis gracilibus, foliis oppositis breviter petiolatis 



oblongis acutis rigide coriaceis, floribus splendide rubris in cymas pauci- 



floras terminales dispositis, calycis tubo brevi segmentis ovatis, corollie 



tabo cylindiico segmentis oblongis, antheris lanceolatis infra tubi medium 

 insertis. 



A climber, glabrous in all its parts, with slender purplish- 

 black branchlets. Leaves erecto-patent, l|-2 in. long, f-1 in. 

 broad, narrowed to both ends, firm in texture, green and glabrous 

 on both surfaces, with the veins and veinlets beneath raised. 

 Cymes 1-6-flowered, shortly peduncled; bracts small, ovate. 

 Calyx -^ in. long. Corolla-tube f in. long, constricted in the 

 lower third ; expanded limb above an inch in diameter. Anthers 

 ^ m. long. Fruit not seen.—Baron 2510 ! 4652 ! Also Oerrard 

 52 ! L. KitcUng ! Nearly allied to M. Curnotviana, Hemsley ; 



Bot. Ma 



MaSCARENHAISIA MACROSIPHOSr, n. sp. 



Glabra, ramulis gracilibus pallidis, foliis petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 subconaceis venulis faciei inferioris immersis, floribus solitariis axiUaribus 

 breviter pedunculatis, calycis segmentis parvis ovatis, corolla; tubo elongato 

 cyhndnco infra medium constricto, segmentis oblique obovatis, antheris 

 m tubo inclusis infra medium Insertis. 



A shrub, with slender branchlets, glabrous in all its parts. 

 Leaves opposite, erecto-patent, 2-3 in. long, |-| in. broad at the 

 middle, narrowed gradually to both ends, moderately firm in 

 texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, the veins fine and 

 indistmct ; petiole ^ in. long. Peduncle i in. long, erect. Calyx 

 -^m. long. Corolla apparently white; tube 1^ in. loug, con- 

 spicuously constricted below the insertion of the stamens ; limb 

 above an inch in diameter. Fruit not seen.— ^aro;? 3840 ! 



Strxchnos Baroni, n. sp. 



Glabra, ramulis gracilibus copiose lenticellatis, foliis petiolatis oblongis 



