MYRTACE^ (E. G. Baker) 33 



centrum versus inflexo ; ovario infero 5-loculari -^ fructu depresse 

 globoso calj^cis limbo coronato 10-lobato. 



Oban ; n. 195. In flower August 10. 



Leaves 14-20 cm. long, 4 '5-5 cm. broad; petioles about 2 mm. 

 long. Sepals greenish-cream. First verticil cream-coloured, some- 

 what cut up into segments, 4-5 cm. in diameter; second verticil 

 composed of free segments ; third verticil composed of segments free 

 above and connate into a cup below ; interior verticil composed of 

 inflexed filaments. Ovary 5-locular. Fruit depressed-globose, 10- 

 lobed, brown. 



The distinguishing feakn-es of this species are the oblong or 

 oblong-oblanceolate acuminate leaves ; the medium-sized flowers 

 distinctly pedicellate in clusters of 5-10 ; the corolla cream-coloured 

 and much cut up ; the deep mauve dog-tooth markings at the base of 

 the third whorl ; and the 10-lobed fruit. 



Napoleona Gaseoigtiei Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor ramulis 

 glabris ; foliis oblongis vel oblongo-oblanceolatis apice in acumen 

 attenuatis basi cuneatis nervis latei^alibus utrinque 7-9 prope 

 marginem arou intramarginali conjungentibus petiolo brevi 

 superne canaliculato quam lamina circ. 60-65-plo breviore ; 

 florihus inter mediocres generis numerosis (saepissime 10-30) e 

 trunco ortis albis vel lacteo-albis ; verticiUo jprimo cupuliformi 

 petaloideo orbiculato circ. 25-plicato lacteo-albo ; verticiUo secundo 

 in lacinias lineares et numerosas fisso ; verticiUo tertio basi in 

 cupulam connato superne libero albo ; verticiUo interiore centrum 

 versus inflexo ; ovario 5-loculari ; fructu depresso-globoso conspicue 

 5-lobato calycis limbo coronato. 



Oban, Obutong Road ; n. 1223. 



Leaves 25-26 cm. long, 60-64 mm. broad ; petiole about 4 mm. 

 long. Flowers in clusters of 10-30. First verticil cream-coloured 

 petaloid orbiciJar w^ith 25-30 ribs, 30-35 mm. in diameter ; second 

 verticil composed of linear free segments ; third verticil connate into 

 a cup below, free above, white ; interior verticil composed of linear 

 filaments inflexed towards the centre of the flower, white. Fruit 

 3'5-4'0 cm. in diameter. 



The distinguishing features of this species are the oblong or 

 oblong-oblanceolate acuminate leaves ; the flowers 30-35 mm. in 

 diameter in clusters of 10-30, first verticil cream-coloured, the 

 remaining portion of the flower white ; and the depressed-globose 

 fruit conspicuously 5-lobed, crowned with the remains of the calj'x. 



Named in honour of Mrs. Trench Gascoigne in recognition of her 

 keen interest in Tropical plants. 



Napoleona Egertonii Bak. fil. sp. nov. Arbor sec. cl. 

 detectorem ; foliis oblongo-obovatis subcoriaceis apice cuspidatis 

 basi cuneatis nervis lateralibus utrinque 4-5 arcuatim adscenden- 

 tibus petiolo brevi sufFultis superne nitidis subtus nervis costaque 

 strigoso-pubescentibus ; inflorescentia maxime mira paniculata 

 pedunculata ; calyce adbaerente 5-fido laciniis triangulari- 



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