LEGUMINOS^ (E. G. Baker) 29 



Maerolobium leptorrhaehis Harms var. nov. nigericum Bak. 

 fil. Verisimiliter arbor ; foliis abrupte pinnatis circ. 2-jugis foliolis 

 oblongo-oblanceolis nervis lateralibus 13-16 prope marginem con- 

 junctis rhachi non alata ; floribus racemoso-paniculatis rhachi 

 valde elongata hujus ramis patentibus quam lis typi longi- 

 oribus ; hracteolis 2 concavis ; petalo summo unguiculato reliquis 

 ininoribus. 



Oban ; n. 502. 



Leaflets 20-25 cm. long, 8 '0-8 "5 cm. broad; rachis not alate. 

 Bachis of inflorescence + 90 cm. long. 



ROSACEA. 



Aeioa Talbotii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbuscula ramulis cinereo- 

 tomentosis ; foliis oblongis vel ovato-oblongis coriaceis basi 

 rotundatis apice acuminatis svxpra nitidis costa subtus impressa 

 tomentosa nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-9 foliorum petiole 

 brevi, stipulis saepissime delapsis dorso birsutis ; floribus in 

 racemos axillares dispositis racemis foliis brevioribus ; calycis 

 tuho elongate cinereo-tomentoso basi tenui lobis oblongis petalis 

 calyce longioribus ; staminibus numerosis filamentis plus minus 

 monadelphis antberis parvis ; ovario cinereo-villoso fauci calycis 

 excentrice adnato. 



Oban ; n. 1533. 



Tree about 7 metres high (fide Mrs. Talbot). Leaves 9-5-13 cm. 

 long, 4 "0-5 "2 cm. broad; petioles + 3 mm. long. Bacemes 3 '5-4 "5 

 cm. long. Calyx-tube 2 '3-2 -4 cm. long, lobes ± 6 mm. long. Petals 

 at an early period deciduous, white. Style long, slender. 



Very closely allied to A. DinMagei Engler. Differs in the smaller 

 stipules, the midrib of the leaf being impressed below, the much 

 smaller flowers with narrower lobes of the calyx and the narrower 

 bracteoles. 



[The pistil is bright dark green at tip, white at base ; the stamens 

 have very dark green anthers, filaments gradually paler from where 

 they join, quite white at base; hairs on the ovary bright yellow. 

 —P. A. T.] 



MYRTACE^, 



The collection contains a very curious and interesting new 

 genus G rater antJius, allied to Asterantkos and Napoleona. It 

 differs from Napoleona, as will be seen from the figure, in the 

 stamens and other characters. Some of the most interesting 

 plants in the collection are the new species of Napoleona. In the 

 species of this genus which have been hitherto described the 

 flowers are solitary or in twos or threes, but Napoleona Egertonii, 

 one of the new species in the present collection, has a paniculate 

 inflorescence, and in two other novelties the flowers are in 



