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tubo calycem excedente a basi aiuplificato intus glabro lobis 

 oblongis obtusis intus praesertim dimidio proximali pubescentibus ; 

 staminihus faucibus affixis breviter exsertis ; ovario subgloboso 

 quam stylus longiore. 



Oban ; n. 1256. 



A copiously branching scandent shrub. Leaves + 10 x 5 cm., 

 the largest 15 x 6'5 cm., grey-green in the dry state, palely shining 

 on both surfaces ; midrib somewhat prominent on the upper side, 

 excavated down the middle ; lateral nerves and the reticulum pro- 

 minent on both sides ; petioles + 1 cm. in length, concave on the 

 upper side. Cymes very slender, 2-4 • 5 cm. long and about the same 

 in diameter. Bracts + 1 mm. long ; pedicels mostly 1-3 mm. 

 Calyx '5 m. long, its lobes "4 mm. Corolla 2*5 mm. long, the tube 

 •75 mm., the lobes 1'75 mm. Filaments "4 mm. long; anthers as 

 long, broadly ovate. Ovary -75 mm; style '5 mm. long. Fruit 

 unknown. 



The very slender open cymes, the small flowers and relatively 

 large leaves with the two lateral nerves running parallel to the margin 

 without anj' interrupting curves, are the chief characteristics of this 

 species. 



SCYPHOSTRYCHNOS S. Moore, gen. nov. 



Calyx 5-partitus ; segmenta lata, imbricata. Corolla bypo- 

 craterimorpba ; fauces squamis in tubum exsertum alte connatis 

 coronam referentibus onustae ; lobi 5, aestivatione valvati. 

 Stamina 5, ad basin coronae inserta, corollae lobis alternantia ; 

 filamenta brevia ; antberae dorsifixae, 2-loculares. Discus brevis- 

 simus, cupuliformis, ore denticulato. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus 

 filiformis ; stigma capitatum ; ovula quove in loculo cc, pluriseriata. 



Frutex alte scandens. FoHa opposita, paullo supra basin 

 trinervia. Flores in cymas axillares pedunculatas trichotome 

 paniculatas plurifloras nonnunquam in cirros validos uncinatos 

 mutatas digesti. Bracteae parvae. 



Seyphostrychnos Talbotii S. Moore sp. unica. Planta glabra 

 ramis validis teretibus cortice cinereo obductis ; foliis breviter 

 petiolatis ovatis vel ovato-oblongis apice cuspidulatis ipso obtusis 

 basi truncato-rotundatis coriaceis supra nitidis prominenterque 

 reticulato-nervosis subtus nervis paucis lateralibus eminentibus 

 exemptis subobscure reticulatis ; cymis foliis multo brevioribus 

 pedunculis validis nitentibus insidentibus ; hracteis cymbiformibus 

 calyci arete applicatis ; calycis segmentis rotundato-deltoideis 

 obtusis vel obtusissimis fulvo-cilioiatis ; corollae tubo calycem 

 duplo superante lobis ovato-oblongis obtusis tubo subaequilongis ; 

 antheris oblongis corona fere omnino inclusis ; ovario ovoideo in 

 stylum se ipsum excedentem angustato. (PI. 10.) 



Oban ; n. 1664. 



Leaves very coriaceous, mostly 14-20 cm. long and 8-11*5 cm. 

 broad, but sometimes markedly smaller, e.g., 7-9 x 5 '5-7 cm., brown 



