Plate 2499. 



MELANOPHYLLA CREI^ATA, Baker. 



CORXACE^. 



M. crenata, Baker {sp, nov,) ; suffruticosa, glabra, ramulis teretibus, 

 foliis alternis petiolatis oblongis acntis crenatis penninerviis siccitate 

 nigrescentibus basi crenatis, floribus iji racemos laxos inultifloros 

 terrninales dispositis, pedicellis ascendentibus basi bracteis parvis ovatis 

 persistentibus suffultis, ovario turbinato, lobis calycinis parvis ovatis 

 obtusis, petalis oblongis obtusis flore expanse patulis vel refiexisy 

 staminibus petalis brevioribus antheris oblongis filamentis brevissbnis, 

 stylis 2-3 recurvatis apice stigmatoso-capitatis. 



Hab. Madagascar : forests^ of the province of Tanaln, alt, 4,000- 

 4,500 feet, Dr. Forsyth Major (Nos. 118, 296, and 382). 



Folia 3-4.^ poll, longa, n^edio 18-21 lin. lata ; petioli 1-1 1 poll. longi. 

 Ovm^ium 1 lin, longunj. Labi calycini ^ lin. longi. Petala 2 lin. longa. 

 Friictus ignotus. 



This genus of Cornacose, which is only known in 3Iadagascar, was 

 described in the 21st volunie of the Journal of the Linnean Society^ 

 p. 352. This is the first time that it has been figured. Two species 

 were known previously. The fruit is stiW a desideratum. — J. G. Baker. 



Fig. 1. Expanded flower and bu.l. 2. Anther. 3. PistiL 4. Ovary in tenic^I 

 section. All odaryed^ 



