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raised on both surfaces, the main ones close and erecto-patent, 
distinct from the midrib to the margin. Flowers in a peduncled 
terminal panicle, with two whorls of erecto-patent simply or 
doubly umbellate branches. Calyx campanulate, with a sub- 
entire collar-like limb. Petals not seen. Style with as many 
eusps at the tip as there are cells in the ovary.—Central Mada- 
gascar, in forests of the province of Imerina, Baron 1279! 
CUSSONIA RACEMOSA, n. Sp. 
Arborea, glabra, ramulis crassis rugosis, foliis longe petiolatis digitatim 
4-6-foliolatis, foliolis oblanceolatis sessilibus obtusis coriaceis integris, in- 
florescentiz ramis bipinnatis, ramulis racemosis, pedicellis flore longi- 
oribus, bracteis minutis deltoideis, ovario biloculari, calycis limbo trun- 
cato, petalis oblongo-deltoideis. 
A tree, glabrous in all its parts, with stout rugose woody 
branchlets. Leaves crowded; petiole reaching a length of 6-8 
inches; leaflets quite sessile, 3-4 in. long, 4-2 in. broad, rigidly 
coriaceous, narrowed gradually to the base, all the veins except 
the midrib fine and quite hidden. Flowers in an ample panicle 
at the end of the branchlets, with numerous contiguous bipinnate 
branches ; ultimate branchlets racemose. Flowers seen in the bud- 
stage only. Pedicels 3 in. long, with a small deltoid bract at the 
base. Calyx campanulate, with a subentire limb. Bud sub- 
globose.— Central Madagascar, Baron 2015! 
Cusson1a VANTSILANA, n. sp. 
Arborea, glabra, foliis longe petiolatis digitatis rigide coriaceis nitidis, 
foliolis 3-6 sessilibus cuneatis apice truncato-cuspidatis, floribus copiose 
spicato-paniculatis, bracteolis parvis persistentibus deltoideis, calycis tubo 
cuneato limbo angusto subintegro, stylis brevibus connatis. 
A tree, with stout ultimate branchlets, glabrous in all its parts. 
Petioles terete, sometimes a foot in length. Leaves digitately 
compound, very thiek and rigid in texture, glossy on the upper 
surface, opaque beneath, with fine erecto-patent main veins; 
leaflets 3-6, sessile, cuneate, 3-6 in. long, broadest (2-3 in.) at 
the apex, emarginate, with or without a small cusp. Flowers in 
copious peduncled panicles, with erecto-patent spicate branches 
1-3 in. long. Ovary sessile, deltoid, } in. long, with a subentire 
narrow collar-like calyx-limb and at its base 2 or 3 minute per- 
sistent deltoid bracteoles. Unexpanded corolla subglobose, yz in. 
in diam.; petals oblong-lanceolate. Styles 2, erect, not more than 
one third as long as the ovary, connate nearly to the tip. Fruit 
