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9. N. Alexanderi Talbot & Bak. fil Oban. 



(Ii) Corolla colour not known. 



Leaves oblong-oblanceolate or elliptical-oblanceolate, 

 cuspidate, 18-24 cm. long. Fruit large. 



10. N. megacarpa Bak. fil Oban. 



(?') Corolla white or rose-white. 



Leaves small, oblong-oblanceolate or oblong, 5- 

 7*5 cm. long. 



11. N. Gossweileri Bak. fil Angola. 



B. Flowers in clusters of 5-10, pedicellate. 



Corolla white, deep mauve dog-tooth marking at base of 

 third whorl. 



12. N. Talhotii Bak. fil Oban. 



C. Flowers in clusters of 10-30. 



Corolla cream-coloured, rest of flower white with no dog- 

 tooth marking. 



13. N. Gascoignei Bak. fil Oban. 



D. Flowers paniculate. 



14. N. Egertonii Bak. fil Oban. 



CRATERANTHUS Bak. fil. gen. nov. 



Calycis tubus brevissimus, limbus 3-partitus, lobi coriacei 

 superne herbacei. Series simplex in membranam cupuliformem 

 petaloideam circ. 30-plicatam expansa, margine revoluta breviter 

 lobata, extrinsecus costae maxima prominentes dorso supra medium 

 processu brevi crassiusculo compresso onustae. Stamina numero- 

 sissima, oo-seriata ; filamentis elongatis antheris basifixis longi- 

 tudinaliter dehiscentibus. Stylus crassus, apieem versus attenua- 

 tus ; stigmate parvo. Ovarium semi-superum, 3-loculare, ovulis in 

 quoque loculo pluribus, campy lotropis. Discus parvus, integer, 

 ovarium circumdans. 



Arbor. Rami alati. Folia alterna brevipetiolata semper- 

 virentia integerrima pennivenia impunctata. Flores speciosi ad 

 axillas solitarii. Bracteae paucae vel numerosae imbricatae 

 ovatae semiamplexicaules externe parvae interiores gradatim 

 majores. 



This interesting novelty is intermediate in structure between the 

 genera Najioleona and Asteranthos a Tropical South American genus. 

 It differs from Najrioleona in having only a single whorl between 

 calyx and stamens, and not 3 as in that genus. It differs from 

 Asteranthos in the calyx, &c. The terminology of the different parts 

 of the flower of these curious and somewhat anomalous Myrtaceae 

 differs in difi'erent botanical works. Dr. Niedenzu, in Engl. & Prantl 

 Pflanzenfamilien III. 7, considers these plants apetalous. 



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