4 FLORA OF SEYCHELLES AND ALDABRA 



snborbicularibus circiter 1 cm. cliametro verruculosis. Semina 

 subtrigona, niticla, brunneo-purpurea. P. Senacia Baker, Flora, 

 13, vix Putteii. 



Mahi5 : In the mountains, Thomasset, 86 ; Morne Blanc 

 at 600 metres, Gardiner. Silhouette : Mare aux Cochons, 

 Gardiner, xlii. 



Although the Seychelles specimens are easily distinguished 

 from the Mauritius specimens, referred to P. Senacia Putterl., it 

 is not so easy to point out definitive specific differences. Apart 

 from the larger leaves and larger flowers of P. Wrightii, there are 

 slight differences in the floral structure which may or may not be 

 constant. 



Ternstroemiace^. 



Medusagyne oppositifolia Baker, Flora, 17 ; D. Oliv. in 

 Hook. Ic. PI. 1252 ; Hemsl. oj;. cit. t. 2790. 



Mahi5 : Summit of Sebert, Thomasset, 226 ; Cascade Estate, 

 Thomasset, 182. 



Since my description of this shrub appeared in thelcones, perfect 

 seeds have been received, and I am able to add : albumen parcis- 

 simum ; embryo clavatus, circiter 2 mm. longus, radicula superiore 

 cotyledones ovatas fere aequante. 



Malvace^. 



Abutilon species, an A. " ang^doswn" Bojer, in Herb. Kew? 



Frutex novellis fere undique pubescentia albida brevissima 

 obscure vestitis, ramis florigeris plus minusve angularibus. Folia 

 longe petiolata, papyracea, quam internodia ssepius longiora ; 

 lamina orbiculari-cordata, 5-10 cm. longa, obtuse acuminata, 

 simul apiculata, lobis basalibus rotundatis, sinu aperto, edentata ; 

 venae primariaB saepius 7 vel 9, e basi radiatse, sat conspicuae ; 

 petiolus saepius 4-5, interdum usque ad 10 cm. longus, gracilis, 

 apice plus minusve villoso-barbatus. Flores flavi, 4-5 cm. 

 diametro, in axillis foHorum solitarii vel interdum subracemosi, 

 pedicellati, pedicellis gracilibus petioles aequantibus vel longiori- 

 bus. Calyx 11-13 mm. longus, crassus, fere coriaceus, albidus, 

 extus dense stellato-tomentosus, intus densissime appresso- 

 setulosus, setis demum auctis ; lobi ovato-acuminati, apice mar- 

 ginibus involuti, infra medium inflati, dorso carinati. Petala 

 sursum latiora, oblique rotundata, bifida, columnam genitaliam 

 paullo excedens. Columna staminifera extus parce stellato- 

 pubescens. Ovarium circiter 25-loculare, dense stellate- villosum, 

 stylis glabris stamina paullo superantibus. Carpella (perfecta non 

 visa) villosa, oblongo-elliptica, circiter 1 cm. longa, utrinque rotun- 

 data, erostrata. — A. indicum Baker in Kew Bull. 1894, 147, non. L. 



Aldabra: Abbott; Dupont, 58 ; Thomasset, 226. Thomasset's 

 specimens are labelled Astove, Cosmoledo, and Aldabra. I have 

 not ventured to deal with this species in a positive sense. 



Hibiscus physaloides Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. p. 52 : Masters 

 in Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 199. II. Hornei Baker, Flora, 23. 



Praslin : Growing among maize. Home, 356, 429. 



