MYRTACEJE (E. G. Baker) 35 
9. N. Alewandert. Talbot & Bak.fil.................... 2... Oban. 
(h) Corolla colour not known. 
Leavesoblong-oblanceolate or elliptical-oblanceolate, 
cuspidate, 18-24 cm. long. Fruit large. 
10. N. megacarpa Bali Gli is una Oban. 
(©) Corolla white or rose-white. . 
Leaves small, oblong-oblanceolate or oblong, 5- 
1:5 em. long. 
UL NS Owner Duk Hio dior o A IRL Od Angola. 
B. Flowers in clusters of 5-10, pedicellate. _ 
Corolla white, deep mauve dog-tooth marking at base of 
third whorl. 
12, N. Talbot Bak. BL... e lee a Oban. 
C. Flowers in clusters of 10-30. 
Corolla cream-coloured, rest of flower white with no dog- 
tooth marking. 
IB, N. Gescow nd Bak Bl. eos uo coi one orav ecc Oban. 
D. Flowers paniculate. 
BEING Egeortona Bal, HE oes eure enne —Á— Oban. 
CRATERANTHUS Bak. fil. gen. nov. 
Calycis tubus brevissimus, limbus 3-partitus, lobi coriacei 
superne herbacei. Series simplex in membranam cupuliformem 
petaloideam circ. 30-plicatam expansa, margine revoluta breviter 
lobata, extrinsecus costae maxime prominentes dorso supra medium 
processu brevi crassiusculo compresso onustae. Stamina numero- 
sissima, Oo-seriata; filamentis elongatis antheris basifixis longi- 
tudinaliter dehiscentibus. Stylus crassus, apicem versus attenua- 
tus; stigmate parvo. Ovarium semi-superum, 3-loculare, ovulis in 
quoque loculo pluribus, campylotropis. Discus parvus, integer, 
ovarium circumdans. 
Arbor. Rami alati. Folia alterna brevipetiolata semper- 
virentia integerrima pennivenia impunctata. Flores speciosi ad 
axillas solitarii. Bracteae paucae vel numerosae imbricatae 
ovatae semiamplexicaules externe parvae interiores gradatim 
majores. 
This interesting novelty is intermediate in structure between the 
genera Napoleona and Asteranthos a Tropical South American genus. 
It differs from Napoleona in having only a single whorl between 
calyx and stamens, and not 3 as in that genus. It differs from 
Asteranthos in the calyx, &e. The terminology of the different parts 
of the flower of these curious and somewhat anomalous Myrtaceæ 
differs in different botanical works. Dr. Niedenzu, in Engl. & Prantl 
Pflanzenfamilien III. 7, considers these plants apetalous. is 
