208 MB. J. d. BAKER ON THE 
protruded from the summit of the corolla-tube. Fruit unknown. 
—Central Madagascar, Baron 1920! 
QÆRTNERA SPILEROCARPA, N. sp. 
Fruticosa, glabra, ramulis 4-angulatis, stipulis parvis deciduis, foliis 
brevissime petiolatis obovato-oblongis cuspidatis utrinque viridibus glabris, 
floribus dense cymoso-paniculatis, calycis parvi dentibus deltoideis, fructu 
globoso magnitudine pisi. 
A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with long straight simple 
4-angled woody branchlets. Stipules 1 inch long, brown, mem- 
branous, deeply cleft, deciduous. Petiole very short; blade 3—4 
in. long, 1-14 in. broad above the middle, obtuse, with a small 
cusp, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both 
surfaces, with about six pairs of distinct crecto-patent parallel 
main veins. Flowers in a dense terminal corymbose panicle 
about 3 in. long and broad; pedicels always very short. Calyx 
à in. long, with 5 small deltoid segments. Corolla not seen. 
Fruit black, globose, 4 in. in diam.— Central Madagascar, Baron 
1233! 1243! Mr. Baron’s 299 and 300, from the Tanala forests, 
is near this, but probably distinct. The leaves are much larger 
and more oblong (reaching 6 in. long. by 3 in. broad) with dif- 
ferent veining. "We have it in fruit only. Mr. Baron has again 
gathered G. obovata, Baker in Trimen’s Journ. 1882, p. 218 (Nos. 
1252, 1260, 1967) ; and Dr. Parker has sent it from the forest 
of Andrangaloaka, with a note that it is a tree 80-40 feet in 
height. 
G-ERTNERA MACROBOTRYS, n. sp. 
Fruticosa, glabra, ramulis crassis 4-angulatis, stipulis magnis oblongis 
persistentibus, foliis breviter petiolatis magnis oblongis cuspidatis subco- 
riaceis utrinque viridibus glabris, floribus dense cymoso-paniculatis, pedi- 
cellis brevibus, calycis parvi dentibus deltoideis, fructu oblongo. 
A shrub, with thick glabrous 4-angled branchlets. Stipules an 
inch long, oblong, persistent, interpetiolar, firm in texture. Petiole 
flattened, 2 in. long; blade oblong, reaching a length of 9-10 
and a breadth of 4 inches, rounded at both ends, euspidate, firm 
in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, with 10-12 pairs 
of distinctly raised parallel arcuate ascending main veins. Flowers 
in a dense corymbose panicle 6-9 in. long, 3-4 in. broad ; central 
flowers of the cymes sessile; side ones with short pedicels. 
Calyx 3 in. long and broad, with 5 small round or truncate teeth. 
