FLORA OF SEYCHELLES AND ALDABRA O 



TlLIACE^. 



Triumfetta subpalmata Soland. ; Heiiisl. in Joiun. Bofc. 

 xxviii, 2, t. 293 (1890). T. procumbens Baker, Flora 32, efc auct 

 plur., non Forst. 



Mahk : Anse la Gui, rare. Home, 419. Cochin China, Java, 

 Borneo, Keeling Islands, and Northumberland, Howick, and other 

 islands off Queensland. Until 1890 this species had been con- 

 fused with the commoner T. p-ocumhens. 



Erythroxylace^. 



Erythroxylon sechellarum O. E. Schulz in Engler, Pflan- 

 zenreich, iv, 134, 158 ; E. laurifolium Baker, Flora, 35, pro 

 parte, non Lam. 



Make : Common in mountains, Thomasset, 88 ; Gardiner. 



Silhouette : Glacis over Mare aux Cochons, Gardiner, xxiv. 



Erythroxylon acranthum Hemsh, sp. n. ; species ex afiinitate 

 E. i:)latycladi Bojer, a qua differt fasciculis paucifloris, petalis 

 undulatis, foliis floribusque in ramorum apicibus confertis. 



Frutex omnino glaber, ramulis floriferis brevibus, cortice in- 

 signiter rugoso. Folia pauca, ad apices ramorum conferta, alterna, 

 petiolata, vix coriacea, obovata vel interdum oblonga, 2-6 cm. 

 longa, apice rotundata, interdum emarginata, basi cuneata, margine 

 leviter incrassata ; costa infra elevata ; venae immersa^, obscurae ; 

 petiolus 3-5 mm. longus. Flores circiter 5-7 in axilhs foliorum 

 supremorum fasciculati, 6-7 mm. diametro, glabri ; bracteae parvae, 

 ovatae, cito deciduae; pedicelli graciles, 4-8 mm. longi. Sepala 5, 

 basi connata, ovata, circiter 2 mm. longa, apiculata. Petala 

 totidem, oblongo-navicularia vel cochlearia, 4-5 mm. longa, intus 

 infra medium cristata, apice rotundata Stamina 10, petala paullo 

 superantia, filamentis basi connatis incrassatis, glandulis parvis 

 squamiformibus alternantibus. Styli 3, stamina excedentia, stig- 

 matibus capitatis. Fructus non visus. 



Aldabra : Dupont, 103 ; Thomasset, 233 ; Fryer, 35, 87. 



Balsaminace^ (by J. D. Hooker)." 



Impatiens Thomassetii Hook, f., sp, n. ; herba alternifoHa, 

 grandiflora, fohis ovalis spinuloso-serratis, inflorescentia peduncu- 

 lata, labelli calcare, 7 cm. longo. 



Herba ? verosimiliter elata, glaberrima, grandiflora, caule sat 

 robusto folioso. Folia 8-15 cm. longa, alterna, longe petiolata, 

 exsiccata membranacea, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 

 spinuloso-serrulata, basi in petiolum 3-7 cm. longum angustata, 

 utrinque 8-10-nervia, costa subtus valida, nervis gracilibus ; 

 glandulae infra petiolares nuUae. Inflorescentia pedunculata ; 

 pedunculi axillis supremis enati, erecti, 2-4-flori, foliis multo 

 breviores ; pedicelli florentes 4-5 cm. longi, fructiferi paullo 

 longiores ; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, 3-5 mm. longoe, deciduae. 



* Sir Joseph Hooker's manuscript was received July 19th, 1910. 



