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3-celled; styles free to the base.—East coast of Madagascar, 
Baron 1518! Closely allied to the Mauritian E. laurifolium, 
Lam. 
ERYTHROXYLUM NITIDULUM, n. sp. 
Glabrum, ramulis apice ancipitibus, foliis parvis oblongis obtusis basi 
cuneatis subcoriaceis subtus pulchre venulosis, floribus axillaribus 1—4nis, 
pedicellis strictis quam flos 3-4plo longioribus, calycis segmentis deltoideis, 
petalis oblongis quam calyx 3-4plo longioribus ligula magna basi appen- 
diculatis, urceolo stamineo quam calyx longiore, stylis infra apicem coalitis. 
An erect shrub, glabrous in all its parts, the slender branch- 
lets aneipitous towards the tips. Petiole 1-1 in.; blade rigidly 
coriaceous, 13-2 in. long, obtuse, deltoid at the base, shining 
beneath, with all the veins and veinlets raised. Flowers 1-4- 
nate from the axils of the leaves ; pedicels glabrous, 4—3 in. long; 
bracts minute, deltoid. Calyx 4 line long, eut down nearly to the 
base into 5 deltoid segments. Petals oblong, } in. long, red on 
the outside, with an adnate scale half as long as the lamina. Sta- 
mens nearly as long as the petals; staminal urceolus longer than 
the calyx, distinctly toothed. Ovary globose, 3-celled; style as 
long as the ovary, tricuspidate only at the tip.—Central Mada- 
gasear, Baron 1936! 1944! 
SPHENDAMNOCARPUS MADAGASCARIENSIS, Baker.— Banisteria 
multiflora, Bojer AMSS.; A. Juss. in Archiv. Mus. ii. 424; 
Walp. Rep. v. 246. 
Seandens, ferrugineo-tomentosus, foliis ovatis acutis dorso persistenter 
tomentosis, petiolis elongatis glandulis 2 patelleeformibus przeditis, pani- 
culæ ramis umbellatis, umbellis 3-4-floris, pedicellis flore longioribus, calycis 
segmentis 5 deltoideis tubo campanulato æquilongis, petalis calyce sesqui- 
longioribus, staminibus quam calyx paulo longioribus, stylis 3 brevibus 
erectis, samaræ ala dorsali magna oblanceolato-oblonga. 
A woody climber, with terete branchlets, clothed with per- 
sistent ferruginous tomentum. Leaves opposite; petiole 1-1in. 
long, with two large black glands near the top; blade 2-3 in. 
long, subcoriaceous, acute, rounded at the base, finally green and 
glabrous above, clothed with persistent ferruginous tomentum 
below, with 5-6 pairs of distinet parallel aseending main veins. 
Flowers in terminal panicles, the peduncled umbels braeteated 
by reduced leaves at the base. Pedicels j-i in. long. Calyx 
i in. long, tomentose, destitute of glands. Petals obovate, g in. 
long, obscurely unguiculate, entire. Stamens 10, a little longer 
