108 MT. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
bright green and glabrous on both surfaces, with 5-6-jugate 
distinct erecto-patent main veins. Flowers solitary from the 
axils of the upper leaves on ascending peduncles an inch long. 
Calyx just like that of E. quercifolius. Petals bright red, an 
inch long and nearly as broad, 2-lobed, and acutely serrated on 
the top. Stamens 50 or more, as long as the calyx; anthers 
densely pilose, with an apiculus a line long. Ovary ampulleform, 
densely pilose, narrowed gradually into the entire style.—Central 
Madagascar, Baron 1928 ! 
ELXOCARPUS QUERCIFOLIUS, n. Sp. 
Arboreus, glabra, foliis distincte petiolatis oblanceolato-oblongis sub- 
acutis repandis subcorieceis utrinque viridibus glabris, floribus solitariis 
axillaribus, pedunculis cernuis flori zquilongis, calycis incani segmentis 
lanceolatis acutis, petalis deltoideis saturate rubris profunde laciniatis 
quam calyx duplo longioribus, staminibus permultis, antheris longe apicu- 
latis. 
A tree, glabrous in all its parts, with slender terete branchlets. 
Petiole 3-1 in.; blade 2-3 in. long, 1 in. broad, subacute, nar- 
rowed gradually from the middle to the base, broadly repand, 
subcoriaceous, bright green and glabrous on both surfaces, with 
4—5-jugate distinct erecto-patent main veins. Flowers solitary 
from the axils of the upper leaves, on glabrous slender cernuous 
peduncles an inch long. Calyx 4 in. long, coriaceous, brownish, 
thinly silky, cut down nearly to the base into 5 lanceolate acute 
segments. Petals bright red, cut down to the middle into three 
serrated lobes, twice as long as the calyx. Stamens 50 or more, 
3 in. long, densely pilose, with an apiculus a line long to the 
anther. Ovary globose, densely pilose.— Central Madagascar, 
Baron 1954! 
ELÆOCARPUS DASYANDRUS, n. sp. 
E. ramulis pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis oblongis subcoriaceis obtusis 
denticulatis utrinque glabris, floribus magnis solitariis pentameris herma- 
phroditis pedunculatis, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis basi connatis, petalis 
deltoideo-cuneatis calyce longioribus apice lobatis utrinque pilosis, 
staminibus permultis, antheris dense pilosis longe apiculatis, ovario ovoideo 
dense piloso. 
A tree, with the leaves crowded at the tip of the stoutish 
ultimate branchlets. Petiole under 4 in. long ; blade 11-14 in. 
long, subeoriaceous, rounded at the base, green on both surfaces, 
with 5-6 pairs of arcuate parallel distinctly marked main veins. 
Flowers single from the axils of the leaves on pubescent peduncles 
