FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 135 
CaDIA PUBESCENS, Bojer MSS. 
Arborea, ramulis dense pilosis, foliis breviter petiolatis imparipinnatis, 
foliolis 13-17 oblongis obtusis facie glabris dorso obscure pilosis, lateralibus 
oppositis brevissime petiolulatis, racemis brevibus axillaribus paucifloris, 
pedicellis pilosis calyce brevioribus, bracteis foliaceis, calycis magni cam- 
panulati dentibus deltoideis quam tubus 2-3plo brevioribus, petalis obovatis 
longe uuguiculatis quam calyx paulo longioribus, staminibus inclusis, ovario 
lineari glabro stipitato multiovulato. 
A tree, with slender woody terete densely pubescent branch- 
lets. Leaves crowded, imparipinnate, 3-4 in. long ; petiole very 
short; rhachis densely pilose; leaflets contiguous, opposite, patent, 
about 4 in. long, 4-4 in. broad, moderately firm in texture, very 
obtuse, broadly rounded at the base, dark green above, dull green 
beneath, finely veined. Racemes copious, axillary, much shorter 
than the leaves; peduncle and pedicels slender, densely pilose, 
the latter about $ in. long; bracts like the leaflets, but smaller. 
Calyx i-i in. long, greenish, membranous, pubescent towards 
the base. Petals j-l in. long. Stamens 10, nearly as long as 
the petals, with filiform filaments and small oblong versatile 
anthers. Ovary linear, glabrous, multiovulate, narrowed gradu- 
ally into a short stipe and long curved style.— Central Madagascar, 
gathered long ago by Bojer, Hilsenberg and Lyall (85), and now 
refound by Baron, 960. It is mentioned briefly in the * Flora of 
Tropical Africa,’ ii. 256, but, I believe, has never been fully 
characterized. 
Capra ELLISIANA, n. sp. 
Glaberrima, ramulis gracilibus, foliis imparipinnatis, foliolis 5-7 magnis 
oblongis acuminatis subcoriaceis lucidis, lateralibus alternis distincte petio- 
lulatis, racemis axillaribus paucifloris folio brevioribus, pedicellis longissimis, 
bracteis minutis lanceolatis, calycis campanulati dentibus deltoideis quam 
tubus 2-3plo brevioribus, petalis luteo-rubris obovato-unguiculatis quam 
calyx sub duplo longioribus, staminibus inclusis, legumine longe stipitato 
5- 6-spermo. 
A tree or large bush, quite glabrous in all its parts, with 
slender terete brown woody branchlets. Petiole about an inch 
long ; stipules not seen; blade half a foot long, with 5-7 alter- 
nate leaflets on thickened erecto-patent petiolules i; in. long, 
their blade narrowed into a long point, 3—4 in. long in the upper 
leaflets, 1-14 in. broad at the middle, almost deltoid at the base, 
firm in texture, bright green on both surfaces. Racemes few- 
flowered, axillary, shortly peduncled; pedicels slender, ascending, 
1-1} in. long, with a small persistent lanceolate bract at the 
LINN. JOURN. BOTANY.—VYOL. XX. L 
