FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 155 
Baron 1080! 1300! 1351! This and the next species recede from 
Panax by their 5-celled ovary, and perhaps should constitute a 
distinct genus ; but they are connected with the type by Maralia 
of Thouars and Oligoscias of Seemann. 
Panax (§ SPILEROPANAX) ORNIFOLIUS, n. sp. 
Arboreus, glaber, folis simpliciter pinnatis, foliolis 9-13 inzquilate- 
raliter oblongis vel oblanceolatis obtusis rigide coriaceis remotis sessilibus 
vel brevissime petiolulatis, floribus in umbellas multas paniculatas dispositis, 
umbellis multifloris, pedicellis quam flos 34plo longioribus apice in eupulam 
dilatatis, basi articulatis, ovario 5-loculari, calycis limbo integro angusto, 
stylis brevibus cylindricis erecto-patentibus. 
A tree, glabrous in all its parts, with thick ultimate branchlets. 
Leaves crowded, nearly a foot long, including the petiole, which 
is an inch long and thickened towards the base ; rhachis zigzag ; 
leaflets opposite, nearly or quite sessile, inequilateral, oblong, 
obtuse, 2-3 in. long, rigid in texture, entire, green on both surfaces, 
glossy above, obscurely penuinerved, with copious fine erecto- 
patent veinlets, cuneate at the base, more cut away on the lower 
side. Flowers in copious lateral and terminal peduncled panicles 
as long as the leaves, composed of numerous peduncled umbels, 
of which a number of the top ones spring from the apex of the 
main peduncle, whilst the others are scattered; peduncles 1-2 in. 
long; pedicels 1-4 in. long, strongly angled, eupular at the tip. 
Petals 5, ovate, greenish-yellow, 3 in. long. Stamens 5, half as 
long as the petals, with short linear filaments and oblong anthers. 
Ovary finally oblong, pentagonal, 5-celled, crowned by the 
narrow collar-like calyx-limb. Styles 5, sbort, erecto-patent.— 
Central Madagascar, Baron 1187 ! 1248! 
CUSSONIA MONOPHYLLA, n. Sp. 
Arborea, glabra, petiolo brevi apice articulato, foliis simplicibus 
oblanceolato-oblongis acutis coriaceis nitidis, panicule ramis simpliciter 
vel bis umbellatis, pedicellis brevibus basi articulatis, umbellis 5-10-floris, 
ovario globoso 2-4-loculari, calycis limbo subintegro, stylo apice 2-4- 
euspidato. 
A tree, glabrous in all its parts, with more slender branchlets 
than in the compound-leaved species. Petiole stout, 2-1 in. long, 
articulated at the base of the solitary leaflet, which is 3-4 in. 
long, 1-1} in. broad above the middle, acute, quite entire, 
narrowed gradually from the middle to the base, coriaceous in 
texture, shining on the upper surface, with the veins and veinlets 
