LEGUMINOS& (E. G. Baker) 29 
Maerolobium leptorrhachis Harms var. nov. nigerieum Bak. 
fil. Verisimiliter arbor ; foliis abrupte pinnatis circ. 2-jugis foliolis 
oblongo-oblanceolis nervis lateralibus 13-16 prope marginem con- 
junetis rhachi non alata; floribus racemoso-paniculatis rhachi 
valde elongata hujus ramis patentibus quam iis typi longi- 
oribus ; bracteolis 2 concavis; petalo summo unguiculato reliquis 
ininoribus. 
Oban; n. 502. 
Leaflets 20-25 cm. long, 8:0-8:5 em. broad; rachis not alate. 
Rachis of inflorescence + 90 cm. long. 
ROSACEZE. i 
Acioa Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbuscula ramulis cinereo- 
tomentosis ; foliis oblongis vel ovato-oblongis coriaceis basi 
rotundatis apice acuminatis supra nitidis costa subtus impressa 
tomentosa nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-9 foliorum petiolo 
brevi, stipulis saepissime delapsis dorso hirsutis ; floribus in 
racemos axillares dispositis racemis foliis brevioribus; calycis 
tubo elongato einereo-tomentoso basi tenui lobis oblongis petalis 
calyce longioribus; staminibus numerosis filamentis plus minus 
monadelphis antheris parvis; ovario cinereo-villoso fauci calycis 
excentrice adnato. 
Oban ; n. 1533. 
Tree about 7 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 9:5-18 cm. 
long, 4*0-5:2 em. broad; petioles + 3 mm. long. Racemes 8:5-4:5 
cm. long. Calyx-tube 92:8-2:4 em. long, lobes + 6 mm. long. Petals 
at an early period deeiduous, white. Style long, slender. 
Very closely allied to A. Dinklagei Engler. Differs in the smaller 
stipules, the midrib of the leaf being impressed below, the much 
smaller flowers with narrower lobes of the calyx and the narrower 
bracteoles. 
[The pistil is bright dark green at tip, white at base; the stamens 
have very dark green anthers, filaments gradually paler from where 
they join, quite white at base; hairs on the ovary bright yellow. 
—P. A. T.] 
MYRTACEZ. 
The collection contains a very curious and interesting new 
genus Crateranthus, allied to Asteranthos and Napoleona. It 
differs from Napoleona, as will be seen from the figure, in the 
stamens and other characters. Some of the most interesting 
plants in the collection are the new species of Napoleona. In the 
species of this genus which have been hitherto described the 
flowers are solitary or in twos or threes, but Napoleona Eyertonii, 
one of the new species in the present collection, has a paniculate 
inflorescence, and in two other novelties the flowers are in 
