96 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
A shrub, apparently erect, glabrous in all its parts, with terete 
branchlets. Stipules minute, deciduous, deltoid. Leaves alter- 
nate, shortly petioled, oblong, obtuse, 2-3 in. long, subcoria- 
eeous, with erecto-patent main veins anastomosing in distinct 
arches a space within the margin. Flowers solitary or in pairs 
on a terminal peduncle 1-13 in. long; involucre with 4 minute 
deltoid lobes; pedicels very short; flowers each with a pair of 
minute deltoid bracteoles at the base. Calyx 3 in. long, with three 
orbicular or obovate-obtuse much imbricated oblique coriaceous 
segments. Expanded corolla 2 in. in diam; petals 5, obovate- 
spathulate, bright purple, 2 in. long, lin. broad. Stamens about 
20, very unequal in length, the longest half as long as the petals; 
filaments filiform, glutinous, free down to the base; anthers 
minute, orbicular, attached by the middle of the back. Ovary 
globose, glabrous, 3-celled. Style filiform, above an inch long. 
Fruit not seen. 
XEROCHLAMYS PILOSA, Baker in Trimen’s Journ. 1882, p. 45. 
Mr. Baron has twice again (nos. 947 and 1873) gathered this 
new genus, which differs from Leptolena not only in involucre 
and fruit, but also by its indefinite stamens. Some of the later 
specimens show as many as ten teeth to the involucre; but I 
think all the three numbers belong to one and the same species. 
It is figured in Hooker's Icones, tab. 1413. 
LEPTOLENA PAUCIFLORA, n. sp. 
L. ramulis pilosis, folis brevissime petiolatis parvis suborbicularibus 
obtusis, floribus paucis vel solitariis terminalibus brevissime pedicellatis, 
involucri glabri subglobosi dentibus 6-8 minutis deltoideis. 
A mueh-brauched shrub, with very slender densely pilose 
woody ultimate branchlets. Petiole not more than half a line 
long, densely pilose; blade 4-3 in. long, broadly rounded at 
both ends, coriaceous, rigid, green and glabrous on both sur- 
faces. Flowers few together on very short pilose pedicels at 
the end of the branchlets. Involucre surrounding the immature 
fruit a glabrous coriaceous dark-brown cup 4-1 in. long and 
broad, probably rather fleshy in the living plant, with 6-8 
minute deltoid teeth. Sepals 3, orbicular, densely pilose on the 
back, 4 in. long. Petals oblong, dark purple, glabrous, as long 
as the calyx. Stamens about 10, exserted finally a little from 
the involuere, with filiform filaments and minute orbicular an- 
thers. Immature capsule hard, globose, densely pilose, filling up 
