264 F. Fedde. 
acuminatis ferrugineo-pilosis suffulti, circiter 5 mm diametro. Calycis 
lobi lanceolati, ciliati, erecti, corollae tubum aequantes. Corollae lobi 
ovati, divaricati. Stamina corollae lobis breviora, filamentis filiformibus; 
antherae introrsae. Fructus oblongo-ovoideus, 6--8 mm longus, calycis 
lobis coronatus, glaber nudus, 2-coccus, coccis tarde secedentibus, axi 
persistente nulla. 
Seychelles: Mahé; forest of the Mount Sebert Estate, at about 400 m, 
H. P. Thomasset, 181. 
10. Tristiropsis Ridleyi W. B. Hemsley in Hookers Icon. pl, XXIX 
(1906), tab. 2812. /Sapindaceae-Melicocceae.] 
A T. canarioide Boerl. foliis multo minoribus (an semper?) calyce- 
deciduo et fructu oblongo breviter stipitato differt. 
Arbor excelsa, ramis foliisque cito glabrescentibus. Folia bipinnata, 
pinnis 2 vel 3, 3—8-foliolatis; foliola alterna, breviter petiolulata, coriacea, 
oblongo-lanceolata, 4—8 cm longa, saepius leviter obliqua, obtusa, supra 
nitida. Flores ignoti. Paniculae fructigerae parvae, folia vix excedentes. 
Fructus oblongo-ovoideus, obscure costatus, acuminatus, breviter stipi- 
tatus, cum stipite circiter 3 cm longus, lignosus, indehiscens, 4-locularis 
vel abortu loculis paucioribus; loculi monospermi, intus puberuli, Semina 
erecta, exalbuminosa; cotyledones carnosae, aequales, radicula minima. 
Indian Ocean: Christmas Island, about 200 miles south of the west 
end of Java; Phosphate Hill, H. N. Ridley, 67. 
11. Stevia Rebaudiana W. B. Hemsley in Hookers Icon. pl. XXIX 
(1906), tab. 2816. /Compositae- Eupatorieae.] 
Syn.: Eupatorium Rebaudianum Bertoni in Boletoni de la Escuela de 
Agricultura de la Asuncion delParaguay, vol. II (1899), p. 35. 
Species S. collinae similis, differt statura graciliore, et foliis glabres- 
centibus anguste lanceolatis conspicue venosis. 
Herba annua (fide Bertoni), fere undique obscure puberula. Caules 
gracillimi, erecti, 30— 45 cm alti, praeter inflorescentiam simplices. Folia 
papyracea, subdisticha, spathulato-lanceolata, 2—4 cm longa, et usque 
ad 1 em lata, obtusa, deorsum attenuata, haud distincte petiolata, supra 
medium crenulata, glabrescentia, subtrinervia et elevato-venosa. Capitula 
parva, 5-flora, racemoso-corymbosa, eorymbis pauciramosis, ramis pedun- 
culisque gracillimis. Involucri bracteae 5, tenues scariosae, angustae, 
acutissimae, flores fere aequantes. Corolla glandulosa; lobi lati, obscure 
barbati. Antherae appendice oblonga apice instructae. Achaenia parva, 
angulata, glandulosa, Pappi setae circiter 20, filiformes, scabridae, quam 
corollae tubus breviores. 
Paraguay: Highlands of Amambai northward to the sources of the 
Rio Monday, one of the tributaries of the Paraná, in about 55° W. and 
25° 30’ S., Bertoni; Gosling. 
Sinowilsonia gen. nov. W. B. Hemsley in Hookers Icon. pl., XXIX 
(1906), tab. 2817. /Hamamelidaceae.] 
Genus novum inter Sycopsin et Corylopsin; a priore foliis papyraceis 
deciduis, floribus femineis in spicas elongatas terminales dispositis, 
