FLOEA or MADAGASCAR. 515 



nearly as long as the ovary, tipped with two spreading globose 

 stigmas. — Baron 3G77 ! Allied to P. ca^ense^ Linn. fil. 



Cetptocarta pauciflora, n. sp. 



Ramosissima, ramulis gracillimis sursum ferrugineo-pubescentibus, 



foliis oblongis obtusis rigide coriacels glabris facie viridibus dorso glauco 



tinctis, cymis paucifloris terminalibus et lateralibus, pedunculis pedicellis- 



que dense ferruglneis, perianthio ferrugineo tube obconico segmentis 

 ovatis, antheris inclusis. 



Brancblets crowded, ascending, slender, ferruginous only 

 towards the tip. Leaves 1^-2 in. long, obtuse, deltoid at the 

 base ; veins fine, immersed ; petiole | in. long Cymes short, 3-4- 

 flowered. Perianth ^ in, long ; segments longer than the sidcate 

 tube, both densely ferruginous. Stamens inserted at the throat 

 of the tube, rather shorter than the segments. Ovary immersed 

 in the perianth-tube. Fruit not seen. — Baron 4470 ! 



OCOTEA (§ MeSPILGDAPHNe) TRICHAXXnA, U. Sp. 



Ramosissima, ramuUs dense pubescentibus, foliis erecto-patentibus 

 breviter petiolatis oblongis obtusis rigide coriaceis basi cuneatis facie 

 tenuiter dorso dense pubescentibus venis priraariis valde ascendentibus, 

 cymis axillaribus paucifloris, bracteis pilosis lanceolatis, perianthio dense 

 piloso segmentis ovatis, calycis tubo accrcscente rigido^ fructu ex tube 

 breviter exserto. 



Branchlets crowded, slender, erecto-patent, very pubescent. 

 Leaves 1^-2 in. long, dull green on both surfaces, narrowed 

 gradually from the middle to the base, with distant very ascend- 

 in o- main veins^ Cymes few-flowered. Cupule black, glossy, 

 ^ in. long and broad. Fruit drab, | in. long. — Baron 4373 ! 



ViSCTJM GLOMEEATUM, U. Sp. 



Aphyllura, ramosissimum, ramis primariis nodis compressis ad basin 

 ano"Ustatis, ramulorum brevibus tetragonis, nodis cupulatis, floribus ad 

 nodos glomeratis subsessilibus, ovario globoso rugoso, perianthii segmentis 

 parvis ovatis. 



"Whole plant 3-4 in. long ; lower internode of main stem g-^ in. 

 in diam., much compressed, much narrowed to the base ; branch- 

 lets crowded, ascending, made up of several in ternodes ^-^ in. long, 

 with cupular nodes enclosing a dense mass of minute flowers, of 

 ■which there is also a cluster at the tip of each branchlet. — Baron 

 3757 ! On a Eugenia. Allied to V. japonicum^ Thunb., and V. 

 cajpense, L. fil. 



