FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 157 
oblong.— Forests of Central Madagascar, received in flower from 
Mr. Baron (No. 1016) and in leaf from Dr. Parker and long 
ago from Bojer. Native name Vantsilana or Voantsilana. 
CUSSONIA FRAXINIFOLIA, D. sp. 
Arborea, glabra, ramulis ultimis crassis, foliis imparipinnatis coriaceis 
longe petiolatis, foliolis 5-7 oblongis integris obtusis petiolatis, ramis 
panicule racemosis elongatis ramulis ultimis umbellatis, umbellis 6-8- 
floris, pedicellis quam flos 3-4plo longioribus, ovario orbiculari-oblongo 
szpissime 2-loculari, limbo obscure dentato, stylo brevissimo apice 
cuspidato. 
A tree, glabrous in all its parts, with very stout channelled 
rugose ultimate branchlets. Leaves a foot long, including the 
3~4-in. petiole; leaflets in about 3 opposite pairs on short thick 
petiolules and a long-stalked end one, about 3 in. long, entire, 
obtuse, deltoid or rather rounded at the base, the veins except 
the midrib very fine and immersed. Flowers in an ample panicle 
at the end of the branches, with several erecto-patent branches 
with a large persistent cucullate obtuse bract at the base, those 
at the tip of the stem in a whorl, each branch bearing a large 
number of stalked umbels pinnately arranged. Pedicels j-j in. 
long, square, not bracteated at the base. Ovary j in. long, 
constricted at the neck, usually 2-celled, sometimes 3-celled, with 
an obscurely toothed spreading collar-like limb. Petals and 
stamens not seen. Style very short, 2-3-cuspidate at the tip.— 
Between Tankay and the east coast, Baron 1579! 
CUSSONIA MYRIANTHA, N. sp. 
Arborea, glabra, ramulis ultimis crassis, foliis longe petiolatis digitatim 7- 
foliolatis, foliolis longe petiolulatis late oblongis cuspidatis integris subcori- 
aceis nitidis, inflorescentie ramis omnium graduum umbellatis, umbellis 
ultimis 4—6-floris, pedicellis quam flos 2-3plo longioribus, ovario orbiculari 
biloculari, limbo subintegro, petalis deltoideis, staminibus inclusis, stylo 
subintegro. 
A tree, glabrous in all its parts, with thick woody ultimate 
branchlets. Petiole half a foot long; petiolules 13-2 in. long; 
leaflets 3-4 in. long, distinctly cuspidate, broadly rounded at the 
base, subcoriaceous, with fine close distinct erecto-patent main 
veins. Inflorescence terminal, nearly a foot broad, the umbellate 
branching five times repeated; main branches five, thick and 4- 
angled; final pedicels 1 in. long, articulated at the base, with a 
minute deltoid bract. Calyx 1 line in diam., with a subentire 
spreading collar-like neck. Petals deltoid, greenish, under 4); in. 
