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dotted ; stipules small, geminate, deltoid, caducous. Flowers in 

 pairs, in copious nearly sessile rather lax spikes as long as the 

 leaves ; rachis stout, strongly angled ; bracts minute, coriaceous, 

 deltoid, persistent. Calyx-tube subcylindrical, ^ in. long ; sepals 4, 

 lanceolate, erect, coriaceous, persistent, about half as long as the 

 tube. Petals 4, alternate with the sepals, three times as long, 

 oblanceolate, obtuse, persistent and strongly veined. Stamens 4, 

 inserted opposite the claw of the petals, nearly as long as the 

 sepals, recurved. Styles 3, free and falcate only at the tip. — 

 Central Madagascar, in the forests, called, like the Erythroxylon, 

 Hazomhy (iron wood), Dr. Parker ! Falls under the genus Nisa, 

 section Rhodonisa of Tulasne, as defined in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, 

 vol. viii. p. 70. Well marked by its spicate 4-merous flowers. 



DicoRYPHE BUDDLEoiDEs, u. sp. — A large shrub or small tree, / 

 with slender lenticellate branchlets, pilose only towards the tip. 

 Leaves alternate, shortly petioled, 2-3 in. long, oblong, acute, 

 entire, rigid in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces when 

 mature. Stipules linear, ^-^ in. long. Flowers 4-6 together in 

 congested terminal cymes ; peduncle and small lanceolate bracts 

 ferrugineo-tomentose. Calyx coriaceous, infundibuliform, ^ in. 

 long, plicate towards the base, ferrugineo-tomentose, the four teeth 

 deltoid, the upper half falling away as the ovary matures. Petals 

 4, spreading, ligulate, bright red, ^ in. long, inserted about the 

 middle of the calyx-tube. Stamens 4, reaching to the top of the 

 calyx ; filaments flattened, twice as long as the oblong anthers. 

 Ovary ^-inferior, 2-celled ; styles 2, simple, ^ in. long. Fruit not 

 seen. — Forests of East Betsileo, flowering from October to 

 December, Baron 125 ! Easily distinguished from D. stipulacea, 

 Thouars, tab. 7, by its small linear stipules. 



Calopyxis eriantha, Tulasne. — Forests of Central Madagascar, 

 Dr. Parker! 



Eugenia (Syzygium) cyclophylla, n. sp. — A shrub, glabrous in 

 all its parts, with slender terete pale brown branchlets. Petiole 

 l-12th in.; blade suborbicular, about ^ in. diam., deltoid at the 

 base, rigid in texture, green and glabrous on both sides, with 

 rather distant fine main veins. Flowers in congested terminal 

 cymes; pedicels as long as the calyx. Calyx campanulate, i in. 

 long and broad, coriaceous, glossy, dark brown, obscurely toothed. 

 Petals orbicular, ^ in. long. Stamens about 50, i-i in. long, with 

 minute subglobose yellow anthers. Style finally i in. long. — 

 Central Madagascar, Baron 219 ! 



Eugenia [Syzygium) tanalensis, n. sp. — E. ciispidata, Bojer, 

 inedit., non Berg.— A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender 

 terete branchlets. Petiole i-^ in. long ; blade ovate, conspicuously 

 cuspidate, 1-2 in. long, deltoid at the base, subrigid in texture, 

 green on both surfaces, with fine close erecto-patent raised veins. 

 Flowers in copious small deltoid panicles at the end of the 

 branchlets, with cymose branches ; pedicels as long as the calyx. 

 Calyx 1 lin. long and broad in the flowering stage, obconic, 

 coriaceous, glossy, brown-black, with minute deltoid teeth. Corolla 

 very small, suborbicular, falling without expanding. Stamens 



