20 FLOEA OF SEYCHELLES AND ALDABRA 



9-12 cm. longa, abrupte breviterque acuminata, subacuta, bas 

 cuneata, venis immersis obscuris. Cyma terminalis (una tantum 

 visa), vix 1-5 cm. lata, subsessilis. Flores aperti non visi, 

 pentameri. Calycis limbus cupularis, obscure dentatus. Corolla 

 (bene evoluta non visa) 2-3 mm. longa ; lobi valvati, quam tubus 

 longiores, fauce villosa. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis uniovulatis. 

 Aldabra : Dupont, 24. 



PsYCHOTRiA species indescripta ? 



Frutex (exemplum fructigerum tantum visum) novellis glabris. 

 Folia breviter petiolata, vix coriacea, oblongo-lanceolata, cum 

 petiolo brevi 6-8 cm. longa, acute acuminata, basi cuneata, venis 

 inconspicuis. Cymge terminales, umbellatim ramosse, 3-4 cm. 

 diametro, pedunculatae, pedunculis 1*5-2 cm. longis ; pedicelli 

 brevissimi. Fructus dipyrenus, oblongus, 4-5 mm. longus, costatus, 

 calycis dentibus coronatus. 



Aldabra : Dupont, 115. 



A specimen, also in fruit only, in the Kew Herbarium, from 

 Andrangaloaka, Central Madagascar, collected by G. W. Parker, 

 is apparently the same as Dupont's n. 115. 



Amaracarpus pubescens Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Nederl. Ind., 

 p. 954. Psychotria ferrugmea Baker, Flora, 156. Neoschi?npera 

 heterophylla Hemsl. in Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 2810. 



Mahe : Mountain forest, Thomasset, 181. Silhouette : Mare 

 aux Cochons at 600 metres and upwards, Gardiner, xvii. 



Psathura Fryeri Hemsl., sp. n. ; species distincta foliis 

 confertis tenuibus, cymis terminalibus quam foliis brevioribus. 



Frutex floribus albis (Dupont), novellis puberulis. Rami 

 florigeri breves ; internodiis brevissimis. Folia ad apices ramorum 

 conferta, breviter petiolata, papyracea, lanceolata vel lineari- 

 lanceolata, 5-9 sed saepius 7-8 cm. longa, acute acuminata, basi 

 cuneata, supra glabra, subtus prascipue secus costam venasque 

 puberula ; venaB primariae utrinque circiter 8 ; stipulae fimbriatse. 

 Flores parvi, 5-7 mm. longi, puberuli, subsessiles, in cymas 

 terminales puberulas foliis breviores 2-4 cm. diametro dispositi. 

 Calycis dentes minuti, inaiquales. Corolla cylindrica ; lobi valvati, 

 cucullati ; os pilis longissimis cylindricis unicellularibus ornatum. 

 Stamina inclusa. Ovarium 7-9-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis ; styli 

 rami isomer i, brevi. Drupa 4-5 mm. diametro. 



Aldabra : Dupont, 31, 44, 91 ; Fryer, 44 ; Thomasset, 240. 

 CosMOLEDO : Thomasset, 242. 



Also Comoro Islands, L. Humblot, 47. 



Composite. 



Vernonia aldabrensis Hemsl., sp. n. ; species fruticosa 

 quibusdam PsiadicB speciebus similis. 



Frutex ramosus, novellis minute puberulis ; ramuli florigeri 

 recti, rigidiusculi ; internodia circiter 1 cm. longa. Folia alterna, 

 recurva, petiolata, fere membranacea, glabrescentia, lanceolata, 

 cum petiolo gracili 5-8 cm. longa, subacuta, basi cuneata, Integra, 

 venis primariis paucis subtus sat conspicuis. Capitula numerosa, 



