248 REVISION OF THE NATURAL ORDER HEDERACEZ. 
lato, limbo 5—6-dentato, petalis cuneato-linearibus 11 1-nerviis, plus 
minusve cohsrentibus, staminibus 11, stylis 5—7 compressis erectis 
. demum recurvis, fructu oblongo 5—7-angulato 5—7-loculari.— Gastonia 
heptagyna, Herb. Hook. ; Gilibertia paniculata, De Cand. Prodr. iv. 
p. 256.— Mauritius, in Sonshine forests (Carmichael! Bouton! in 
Herb. Kew.). 
Leaflets 6—7 inches long (or smaller), 3-31 inches broad. 
That Gilibertia paniculata, De Cand., described from a scrap, is a 
synonym of this species, I was able to determine from a few flowers 
kindly sent to me by M. Alph. de Candolle for that purpose. 
. G. repanda, Seem.—Gilibertia repanda, De Cand. Prodr. iv. p. 
256.—Mauritius (Bory ! in Herb. De Candollei). 
Easily distinguished from the foregoing species by its umbellate 
flowers and long pedicels. I am indebted to M. Alph. de Candolle 
for a sight of a few flowers of this species, sufficient for determining 
the genus. 
VIII. Baxerta, Seem. mss. n. gen. Pedicelli inarticulati. Flores 
ecalyculati. Calyx tubo turbinato cum ovario connato, limbo brevis- 
simo repando-undulato. Petala 5, 
ovato-triangularia, sestivatione val- 
vata, apice incurvula, libera, intus 1- 
nervia. Stamina 15, uniserialia ; fila- 
menta compressa; anthere oblonge. 
Ovarium 5-loculare, loculis 1-ovula- 
tis. Stigma obscure 5-fidum, stylo- 
podio subconico brevi 5-angulato sul- 
cato impositum; fructu . . .—Arbor 
Vitiensis mediocris, glaberrima, in- 
ermis, foliis digitato-5-foliolatis, fo- 
liolis longe petiolulatis obovato-ob- 
tusis v. acutis in petiolum angustatis 
integerrimis, petiolo basi stipulato- 
dilatato (ut in Agalma), umbellulis 
. umbellatis exinvolucratis, floribus viri- 
Bakeria Vitiensis. diusculis. 
This new genus, named in honour of Mr. J. G. Baker, of Thirsk, 
Yorkshire, a distinguished British botanist, differs from Plerandra in 
having free petals, a definite number of stamens (15) arranged in a 
