118 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
Allied to E. Chapelieri, Baillon in Adansonia, x. 326, and Æ. ma- 
dagascariensis, Baker in Trimen's Journ. 1882, p. 43. 
Toppatra (§ VEPRIS) SCHMIDELIOIDES, n. sp. 
Inermis, ramulis pilosis, foliis trifoliolatis longe petiolatis, foliolis oblongis 
subcoriaceis obscure pilosis distincte petiolulatis, floribus polygamis in 
paniculas axillares dispositis, pedunculis pedicellisque pilosis, calycis seg- 
mentis 4 deltoideis, petalis 4 oblongis albidis, masculis staminibus perfectis 
8 ovario parvo, foemineis ovario globoso stigmate magno lobato, fructu 
globoso glabro intus glutinoso. 
A tree, with slender densely pilose terete woody branchlets. 
Petiole 11-2 in., densely pilose; leaflets 3, oblong, cuneate at the 
base, narrowed to an obtuse point, subcoriaceous, 3-4 in. long, 
1-11 in. broad at the middle, bright green and glabrous above, 
finely veined, obscurely pilose and gland-dotted beneath, the 
main veins anastomosing in intramarginal arches, the end leaflet 
with a pilose petiolule 4 in. long, and the side one with petiolules 
half as long. Flowers in copious axillary panicles much shorter 
than the leaves; peduncles and pedicels densely pilose, the latter 
as long as the flowers. Calyx 4 line long, densely pilose, with 4 
deltoid segments. Petals 4, oblong, whitish, gland-dotted, g in. 
long. Male flowers with a rudimentary ovary and 8 perfect 
stamens, with suborbicular anthers shorter than the filaments. 
Female flower with a large globose ovary with a large capitate 
sessile lobed stigma and 8 rudimentary stamens. Fruit globose, 
glabrous, very glandular, 1-] in. in diam.—* In sylvis vastis 
Befouroun," Bojer, who distributed it as an Ornitrophe; and 
now regathered both in fruit and flower by Mr. Baron, no. 1102 
and 1282. 
CASSINOPSIS CILIATA, n. sp. 
C. ramulis pilosis, foliis petiolatis oblongis acutis integris subcoriaceis 
primum ciliatis facie viridibus seabris dorso pilosis, floribus in paniculas 
axillares cymosas breviter peduuculatas dispositis, bracteis deltoideis, 
pedicellis brevissimis, calycis pilosi segmentis orbicularibus imbricatis, 
corolle tubo brevi segmentis oblongis, filamentis brevissimis, ovario 
glabro, stylo subnullo, stigmate capitato. 
A tree, with the habit of Rhamnus Frangula, with moderately 
stout woody densely pilose branches. Leaves opposite, with a 
pilose petiole 4-3 in. long; blade 3-4 in. long, oblong, acute, 
rounded at the base, 14-2 in. broad, densely ciliated with a fringe 
of firm erecto-patent brown bristly hairs when young, dark green 
