520 MR. J. G. BAKEK OX THE 



Amuch-braiiclied shrub, with slender sulcatehraiichlets matted 

 with dense ferruginous lepidote scales. Leaves 3-4 in. long, g-| 

 in. broad, acute, narrowed to tlie base, bright green and glossy 

 above, white beneath mixed with ferruginous spots. Spikes 1^- 



3 in. long, wath a stiff yei-y lepidote axis. Male calyx -fj m. 

 diam., lepidote like the branches and axis. Fruit ^ in. long. 

 Seeds drab, glossy. — Baron 4935 ! Allied to C. argyroda^lme^ 

 BailL 



Cephalocrotgis* coebifoltijs, n. sp. 



Fruticosus, ramiilis gracilibus sursum stellato-pilosis, foliis longe pe- 

 tiolatis cordato-ovatis integris acuminatis utrinque stellato-pilosis, stipulis 

 lineari-suhulatis persistentibus, floribus foemineis solitariis calycls segmen- 

 tis magnis deltoideis laeiniis elongatis pectinatis, floribus masculis parvis 

 in capitulum globosum dispositis pedicellis dense pilosis, calyce piloso 

 tube brevi segmentis 3-4 obtusis ovatis vel oblongisj staminibus isomeris, 

 ovario rudimentarlo piloso stylo brevi, stigmate polycephalo. 



A shrub, \vith slender terete woody branchlets. Leaves 3-4 in. 

 long, 2-3 in. broad, very acuminate, slightly pilose above, densely 

 beneath ; petiole 1-1^ iu. long. Eemale flower sbortly peduncled ; 

 segments 5, an inch long, ovate, bipinnate. Male flowers many 

 in a head \ in. in diam. ; pedicels longer than the flowers ; calyx 

 ^ in. in diam. Stamens as long as the perianth ; anthers globose ; 

 filaments glabrous. — Baron 4668 ! 4774 ! 



§ Eumacaranga) 



— *«»^M.*o v,ivii^a.noii^uuMs luj^rcsceuiiuus sursum puutscciiuuua, *«*"" 



breviter petiolatis erecto-patentibus oblongo-lanceolatis subcoriaceis facie 

 parce dorse copiose lepidotis venis 10-12-jugis parallelis erecto-patentibus, 

 floribus foemineis in racemos copiosos axillares breviter pedunculatos dis- 

 positis, pedicellis erecto-patentibus, calycis segmentis ovatis, fructu globose 

 glutinoso-lepidoto monospermo. 



Branchlets stifi", straight, a foot long, glabrous below the tip. 

 Leaves 2-3 in. long, |_1 in. broad, obtuse, cuneate at the base, 

 firm in texture, green above, drab beneath, with the raised 

 parallel main veins distinct to the edge. Female flowers in 

 copious erecto-patent shortly peduncled axillary racemes 1-1| in. 

 long; pedicel as long as the fruit, subtended by a lanceolate 

 bract, Fruit \ in. in diam., tipped by the persistent subulate style. 

 Seed black, smooth, filling up the whole fruit.— ^arow 3654 ! 



