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§ Pteroloma or Broogmaiisia ; but the non-septate pod nullifies the 

 suggestion. 



Noronhea comorensis, sp. nov. Planta ghibra, ramulis sat 

 tenuibus ad nodos tuniidis cortice pallido circunidatis paucifoliosis ; 

 foliis oblongo- vel ovato-lanceohitis eaudato-acuminatis apice obtusis 

 basin versus in petiolum brevem attenuatis tenuiter coriaceis nitidis ; 

 floribus in axillis paucis (saepe soluraniodo 2) pedicellis petiolos 

 excedentibus basi breviter bracteatis insidentibus ; calycis segmentis 

 tubo iL'quilongis deltoideis acutis niargine microspice cilioUitis ; corollas 

 alte partitte anibitu subcircuhiris lobis ovato-oblongis obtusis in sicco 

 nigris tenuiter crassiusculis ; antheris sessiHbus ovoideis ; ovario com- 

 presso in stylum a^quilongum desinente ; drupa ovoideo-oblonga sub 

 apice eompressa acuta. 



Comoro Islands ; Rumhlot, 376. 



Folia pleraque 6-7 X 2o-Z6 cm. ; horum Cauda terminalis circa 

 8-10 mm. long., basi 3 mm., apice lo mm. lat. ; costae kterales 

 tenues, utrinque 6-7, pag. utravis mediocriter visibiles ; petioh inferne 

 dilatati lignosique, circa 5 mm. long. Pedicelli 10 mm. long. Calycis 

 tubus 1 mm., lobi 1 mm. long. Corolla Qx^'^ mm.; lobi circa 

 2 mm. lat. Anthera? 2 mm. long. Ovarium 1-25 mm. long. Drupa 

 15 X 7 mm. 



As the description shows (Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, xiii. 550), 

 this is near N. Bolvinl Dub., which has somewhat larger only 

 slightly acuminate leaves of thicker consistence with scarcely visible 

 nerves, shorter pedicels, and anthers only half the size ; the ovary 

 also is much smaller, and this points to a difference in the fruit. 

 Beyond noting that the corolla is about as large, one can say nothing, 

 inasmuch as M. Dubard describes it as shortly lobed, a mistake easily 

 made seeing how the fleshy induplicate-valvate segments remain, at 

 least in the dry state, apparently united except for their tips. 



Lasiosiphon hibbertioides, sp. nov. ; ramis rigidis cortice fusco- 

 cinereo obductis ramulos breves copiose foliaceos pubescentes emit- 

 tentibus; foliis sessilibus oblongis obtusis basin versus gradatim 

 angustatis firme membranaceis utrobique sed prsesertim pag. inf. 

 pubescentibus ; capitulis subsessilibus plurifloris pedunculo valido 

 pubescente apice villoso insidentibus; involncri phyllis paucis lanceo- 

 latis acutis quam folia brevioribus extus pubescentibus intus glabris ; 

 calycis tubo anguste cylindrico infra articulamentum ^ albo-villoso 

 supra dense sericeo lobis oblongis obtusis dorso sericeis ; squamia 

 5 petaloideis late obovatis calycis lobis circiter sequilongis ; antheris 

 inclusis anguste linearibus ; ovario anguste oblongo-ovoideo glabro ; 

 stylo filiformi basi genieulato glabro. 



Madagascar; Vaughan Thomjjson Sf Forbes. 



Hamuli cicatricibiis prominentibus foliorum delapsorum crebro 

 ornati. Folia l'5-2 cm. long., 3-4 mm. lat., in sicco Irunnea. 

 Pedunculi 3 mm. long. Involucri phylla circa 10 mm. long. Calycis 

 tubi pars infra articulamentum 5 mm. long, vel paullulum ultra, pars 

 reliqua superne leviter dilatata, 17 mm. long., inferne '6 mm. superne 

 1mm. lat. ; lobi 5x1-75 mm. Squamae 6x4 mm. Antherje sup. 

 faucibus insertfe, 1 mm. long.; inf. medium versus tubum affixse, 

 1*5 mm. long. Ovarium 2 mm. long., stylus 3 nun. 



