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lanceolate segments. Stamens as long as the corolla-segments. 
Fruit hard, black, globose, 4 in. in diam.— Central Madagascar, 
in forests of the province of Imerina, Baron 1304! 
DANAIS PAUCIFLORA, n. sp. 
D. ramulis teretibus glabris, foliis 2-3nis parvis petiolatis subcoriaceis 
obovato-oblongis acutis glabris, floribus in cymas paucifloras axillares dis- 
positis, pedicellis quam calyx longioribus, calycis tubo campanulato dentibus 
minutis deltoideis, fructu maximo globoso glabro. 
A much-branched shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender 
terete branchlets. Leaves distinctly petioled, sometimes oppo- 
site, sometimes ternate, 1-1} in. long, 4-2 in. broad, acute, 
deltoid at the base, green and glabrous on both surfaces, the 
main veins distinct, anastomosing by an arch just within the 
margin. Flowers few together in copious axillary cymes ; pedi- 
cels i-i in. long. Flower-calyx, including the minute teeth, not 
more than 4 line long. Corolla and stamens not seen. Fruit 
globose, 4 in. in diam., black, hard, glabrous, splitting down the 
middle from the top nearly down to the base.—Central Mada- 
gascar, in forests of the province of Imerina, Baron 1298! 
Daxars TERNATA, n. Sp. 
D. ramulis teretibus breviter pilosis, foliis ternatis breviter petiolatis 
obovato-oblongis acutis, floribus in cymas paucifloras axillares dispositis, 
pedicellis quam calyx 3-4plo longioribus, calycis segmentis lanceolatis 
tubo campanulato zquilongis, fructu glabro globoso. 
A shrub 5 or 6 feet high, with slender terete shortly pilose 
branchlets. Stipules minute, lanceolate-deltoid. Leaves all in 
whorls of three, shortly petioled, 2-3 in. long, acute, narrowed 
gradually from the middle to the base, moderately firm in tex- 
ture, bright green and glabrous on both surfaces. Flowers in 
small sessile cymes in the axils of all the upper leaves; pedi- 
cels erect, -4 in. long; bracts minute, lanceolate. Flower-calyx 
35 in. long. Corolla and stamens not seen. Capsule glabrous, 
depresso-globose, 4 in. in diam.—Madagasear, Gerrard! 
DANAIS LIGUSTRIFOLIA, n. sp. 
D. ramulis glabris teretibus, foliis oppositis breviter petiolatis obovato- 
oblongis glabris acutis, floribus in paniculas terminales ramulis corymbosis 
dispositis, pedicellis fructu subzquilongis, calycis dentibus lanceolatis tubo 
campanulato equilongis, corolla tubo cylindrico quam calyx 2-3plo 
longiore dentibus oblongo-lanceolatis, fructu glabro globoso. 
A forest shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with terete woody 
