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marginibus undulatiusculis. Venis prominentibus, costa media facie in- 
feriore plus minus capillis persistentibus tecta. — Oleae glandulae oculo 
non videntur illae vitro visae juxta venam centralem paucae et dispersae. 
—  Braeteis majoribus, patentibus, persistentibus. Staminis puniceis. 
Fructibus depresso-sphaericis, 2 —4'" diametro, plus minus pilis per- 
sistentibus tectis, plerumque trilocularibus, loculamentorum immaturorum 
marginibus aperte impressis quinque vel pluribus lineis quasi crenulatis. 
— It is the plant referred to at Proc. Linn, Soc. N.S. W. XXX, 577 
(1905). — An erect or somewhat spreading shrub, from 4 to 7 feet high. 
Under cultivation it attains a height of 10 feet. The young shoots and 
inflorescence silky hairy, remaining persistent on the older branches and 
midrib of the leaves. — Leaves. —  Broad-lanceolate, acuminate, and 
somewhat undulate, from 3—4!|, inches long and !/s—?/, inch broad; 
the midvein and nerve-like intramarginal veins, and also the lateral 
venation, much more prominent than any of the other species. Oil- 
glands few, scattered, chiefly near the midvein, invisible to the naked 
eye. — Flowers. — In dense spikes, of a dark crimson colour, supported 
with broad outspreading bracts, about ?/, inch long, which remain per- 
sistent on the rhachis until the flowers drop off. — Calyx tube. — 
Nearly cylindrical, with obtuse, persistent lobes, densely covered with 
soft silky hairs, which remain until the fruits are quite ripe. — Petals. 
Greenish coloured; also covered with soft hairs. — Stamens. — Dark 
crimson, about 1!/, inch long, with anthers slightly darker in colour 
than those of C. lanceolatus. — Style. — Very slender, with capitate 
stigma, about as long as the stamens. — Fruits. — When mature, 
about 2—4 lines diameter, depressed-globular in general outline, and 
more or less covered with persistent hairs, normally 3-celled, the rim 
of the immature cells distinctly marked with 5 or more lines, giving 
them a crenulate or 5-celled appearance. — New South Wales. — 
On slopes of rocky mountains, Crawford River, 7 miles from Bullahdelah 
(E. Cheel); Alum Mountain, Bullahdelah (J. H. M.). 
956. Landolphia trichostigma Jumelle et Perrier de la Bathie in ,Les 
Landolphia et les Mascarenhasia à Caoutchouc du nord de l'Analalava*, 
1910, p. 33. — Ramuli glabri, lenticellati, apice compressi. Petiolo 5— 
10 mm longo; limbo ovato-oblongo vel elliptico, basi cuneato vel fere 
rotundato, apice acuminato, 6—15 cm longo, 25—65 cm lato. Flores 
3—6 in cymas laxas terminales ; sepalis ovatis, 4 mm longis, 3 mm latis, 
glabris intus, extus brevibus pilis obtectis. Corollae tubo 12 mm circa 
longo; lobis triangulis, acutis, 20—25 mm longis, 3—5 mm basi latis. 
subtus pubescentibus. Staminum filamentis brevibus. Ovario et stylo 
glabris; stigmatis apice bifido, 0,700—0,800 mm longo, hispido. Bacca 
piriformis, apice rotundata, basi attenuata, lenticellata, 6—7 cm longa, 
4—4,5 cm lata. — Le Landolphia trichostigma paraît n'être caoutchouti- 
fere qu'à partir d'un certain âge. — Madagascar: Massif du Tsiton- 
draina. Vallée du Sambirans. Region du Mont Autsatroto. Dans le 
Manongarivo. 
