150 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
Calyx green, glabrous, 3 in. long and broad, with a campanulate 
tube and a narrow entire collar-like limb. Bud globose; the 
petals rather longer than the calyx. Anthers small, oblong, 3 line 
long, with the connective produced into a short hooked spur at 
the base. Style rather shorter than the petals.—Central Mada- 
gascar, Baron 1761! 
MEMECYLON LONGICUSPE, n. Sp. 
Glabrum, ramosissimum, ramulis gracillimis tetragonis, foliis oppositis 
breviter petiolatis ovatis longe acuminatis uninerviis subcoriaceis integris 
vel obscure denticulatis basi deltoideis, cy mis axillaribus 1—4-floris breviter 
pedunculatis, pedicellis flore brevioribus, calycis tubo deltoideo limbo 
truncato, petalis deltoideo-cuspidatis calyce longioribus, staminibus in- 
clusis, antheris oblongis basi acutis, fructu nigro duro magnitudine pisi. 
A much-branched shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with very 
slender tetragonous branehlets. Leaves opposite, shortly petioled, 
1-13 in. long, narrowed from below the middle gradually to a 
long point, subcoriaceous, dark green on both sides, with no 
visible veins except the midrib. Cymes copious, axillary, 1-2- 
nate, erect, l-4-flowered, about 4 in. long. Calyx j5 in. long, 
black, glabrous, coriaceous, with a cuneate tube and an entire 
limb. Petals 4, rather longer than the calyx, deltoid-cuspidate. 
Stamens nearly as long as the petals, with filiform filaments, and 
small oblong anthers narrowed into an incurved acute point at 
the base. Style filiform, as long as the petals. Fruit hard, 
black, globose, 1-seeded, 4 in. in diam.— Central Madagascar, in 
forests of the province of Imerina, Baron 1288! 1301! 1962! 
BEMBICIA AXILLARIS, Oliver in Hook. Ic. Pl. tab. 1404. 
Central Madagascar, in forests of the province of Imerina, 
Baron 891! 1637! Of this interesting and very distinct new 
genus of Samydacee, a figure and description has been given 
in Hooker’s ‘ Icones Plantarum.’ 
Homa ium PARKERI, n. sp. 
Arborea, glabra, stipulis nullis vel caducis, foliis petiolatis oblongis 
crenatis coriaceis, floribus parvis in spicas axillares interruptas foliis 
zquilongas dispositis, bracteis nullis, ovario parvo cuneato pentagono 
piloso, calycis segmentis brevissimis obtusis, petalis 5 ovato-lanceolatis 
acutis, staminibus 5 quam petala triplo brevioribus, stylis 3 erectis fila- 
mentis zequilongis. 
A tree 20-30 feet high, with glabrous branchlets and leaves. 
Leaves distinctly petioled, 2-3 in. long, subobtuse, conspicuously 
