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loculare. Ovula in loculis solitaria, pendula. Styli 5-7, breves, distincti; stigmata simplicia. 
Drupa oblonga, 5—7-pyrena, calycis limbo stylisque coronata. Albumen ...— Arbor mediocris, 
glabra, inermis; folis digitatis; foliolis 7-9 obovato-oblongis utrinque attenuatis integerrimis; 
petiolis basi stipulatim dilatatis; umbellis multiradiatis, umbellulis 26—30-floris; floribus viridibus. 
This genus differs from Plerandra, A. Gray, in having free petals, 5-7 distinct styles, and a 5-7-celled 
drupe. It agrees with it in habit, and the indefinite number of stamens. I have only one species :— 
l. N. Vitiensis, Seem. l.c. (sp. nov.) Tab. XX.— Viti Islands (Seemann! n. 207; Milne!). 
Petiole 1$ feet long. Leaflets pinnately veined, coriaceous ; blade 6-7 inches long, 21-3 inches broad ; 
petiolules 15-2 inches long. Peduncles 6-8 inches long.  Pedicels of fruiting specimens 13-2 inches long. 
EXPLANATION oF Prate XX.—Fig. 1, a flower; 2, a stamen; 3, ovary; 4 and 5, sections of ovary; 
6, fruit nearly ripe; 7, section of fruit nearly ripe:—all, except Fig. 6, magnified. 
VI. Bakeria, Seem. in Journ. of Bot. 1864, p. 248. Pedicelli inarticulati. Flores ecalycu- 
lati. Calyx tubo turbinato cum ovario connato, limbo brevissimo repando-undulato. Petala 5, 
ovato-triangularia, sestivatione valvata, apice incurvula, libera, intus l-nervia. Stamina 15, uni- 
serialia; filamenta compressa; anthere lineari-oblonge. Ovarium 5-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis. 
Siigma obscure 5-fidum, stylopodio subconico 5-angulato sulcato impositum. Drupa...—Arbor 
mediocris, glaberrima, inermis ; foliis digitato-5-foliolatis ; foliolis longe petiolulatis obovato-obtusis 
v. acutis in petiolum angustatis integerrimis; petiolo basi stipulato-dilatato; umbellis compositis 
exinvolucratis ; floribus viridiusculis. 
This new genus, named in honour of Mr. J. G. Baker, of Thirsk, Yorkshire, a distinguished British 
botanist, and author of ‘North Yorkshire: Studies of its Botany, Geology, Climate, and Physical Geo- 
graphy,’ differs from Plerandra in having free petals, a definite number of stamens (15) arranged in a 
single series, and a 5-celled ovary; from Zetraplasandra, in having only 5 petals and a 5-celled ovary, and 
a different habit; from Reynoldsia, in having three times as many stamens as petals, and a 5-celled 
ovary; and from all the other genera of the Order in having 5 free petals, 15 stamens, and a 5-celled ovary. 
There is as yet only one species, viz. :— 
1. B. Vitiensis, (sp. nov.) Seem. 1l. c. (Tab. XXI.)—Namosi, interior of Viti Levu (Seemann ! 
n. 209). Also collected in the same island (foliage only), twenty miles inland, and there plentiful, 
by Milne. : 
A slender tree; petioles 4—5 inches long, petiolules 1 inch long; blade of leaflets 3-4 inches long, 13-2 
inches broad; pedicels 4-angular, not articulated. : 
EXPLANATION oF PLATE XX1.—Fig. 1, a flower-bud; 2, an open flower; 8, ovary; 4 and 5, sections 
of ovary,—all magnified. > 
VII. Plerandra, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 729. t. 95; Seem. Journ. of Bot. 1864, p. 241. 
Pedicelli inarticulati. Flores ecalyculati, polygami. Calyx tubo turbinato, limbo brevissimo post 
anthesin repando-undulato. Petala ovato-triangularia v. oblonga 5, calyptratim cohærentia, æstiva- 
tione valvata. Stamina co, oo-seriata; antheræ oblongæ. Ovarium 12—15-loculare, loculis l-ovu- 
latis. Stigma truncatum v. depressum, obsolete co-radiatum, stylopodio impositum. Drupa obovata, 
12-15-pyrena; pyrenis l-spermis. Albumen æquabile.—Arbores inermes, glabre; foliis exstipu- 
latis digitatim 9-foliolatis; foliolis obovato-oblongis integerrimis; umbellis compositis. 
1. P. Pickeringii, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 729. t. 95; petiolis fistulosis; foliolis oblongis Y. 
oblongo-obovatis acutis in petiolum attenuatis submembranaceis (1-13 ped. long.) supra viridibus 
subtus (siccitate) purpurascentibus; petalis oblongis; ovario 14-15-loculare; stylopodio conico; 
stigmate 14—15-radiato; drupa..... Nomen vernac. Vitiense, teste Milne, g Vola."—Ovalau 
(U. S. Expl. Exped.), Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 206), Vanua Levu, above Nady (Milne !). 
2. P. Grayi, (sp. nov.) Seem. in Journ. of Bot. 1864, p. 242 (Tab. XXII); petiolis solidis; 
foliolis obovatis v. obovato-oblongis obtusis in petiolum attenuatis coriaceis utrinque viridibus, subtus 
