518 ME. J. a. BAKEE OK THE 



peduncled, composed of 2-3 heads, eacli subtended by a pair of 

 foliaceous bracts as long as the involucre. Involucre -^j in. io 

 diam. Fruit and seeds not seen.— Baron 37G3 ! 3769! 38i2! 

 Allied to U. adenapoda, Baill., and U. erythroxyloides, Baker. 



ElTPHOEBIA (§ Gtoniostema) pachtsaxtha, Baill. in Bull. 

 Linn. Soc. Par. p. 623. 



Arborea, ramosissima, glabra, ramulis lignosis, foliis ad ramorum apices 

 confertis breviter petiolatis oblongis aciitis membranaceo-carnosis, capi- 

 tuhs terminalibus sessilibus, involucre campanulato appendicibus 5 patulis 

 lunatis integris stipitatis. 



A muct-branclied tree, glabrous in all its parts, witb much 

 stouter branches and branchlets than in E. BaJceriana. Leaves 

 2-3 in. long, f-1 in. broad, narrowed to tlie base and apex, green 

 and glabrous on both surfaces, with the indistinct distant erecto- 

 patent main viens anastomosing in intramarginal arches. Heads 

 solitary at the tips of the branchlets. Involucre, including the 

 spreading dark-green fleshy appendages, -J- in. in diam. Fruit and 

 seeds not seen.— ^aro;^ 4437 ! Allied to E. BaJceriana. 



EupnoEBiA (§ Goniostema) Mancinella, Bain, in Bull. 

 Linn. Soc. Par. p. 623. 



Arborea, ramosissima, glabra, ramulis gracilibus lignosis teretibus, foliis 



petiolatis oblongis acuminatis subcoriacels venis faciei inferioris perspicuis . 



erecto-patentibus inter marginem regulariter In arcubus anastomosantibus, 



cymis terminalibus oligocepballs, pedlcellis brevissimis, bracteis parvis 



ovatis, mvolucro campanulato appendicibus 5 patulis integris transversa- 

 liter oblongis. 



A much-branched tree, with slender terete woody branchlets, 

 rough with the raised scars of the fallen leaves. Leaves 2-4 in. 

 long, 1-11 in. broad at the middle, very acuminate, deltoid at the 

 base, moderately firm in texture, with fine parallel main veins 

 anastomosing at the tip in regular arches. Cymes sessile, termi- 

 nal. Involucre i in. in diam., clasped by two small ovate bracts. 

 Immature fruit globose, ^ in. in diam. Styles falcate, forked 

 at the tip.-Baron 4442 ! Allied to E. adenapoda, Baill. 



Aktidesma beachysctpha, n. sp. 



Ramosissima, ramulis gracilibus pubescentibus, foliis breviter petiolatis 

 oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis utrlnque viridibus glabris in axIUis folio- 

 rum hand scrobiculatis, racemis masculis laxifloris rliachide pubescente, pe- 

 dicellis brevissimis, bracteis lanceolatis, calycis tubo brevi, segmentis ovatis, 



ovano 



