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cuneata, margine integra, penninervia ; nervi supra eae Te 
valde prominentes. Inflorescentia laxe racemosa, alique 
foliosa; flores adulti distincte pedicellati sed alabastra fere ee ; 
ophoru 
brevissimum; stamina 10, inaequalia, minime 5 ee fila- 
menta filiformia. Fructus: siliqua anguste linearis, strigosa, 
pels pedunculata et, gynophoro vix visibile, quasi pedunculi 
apice a 
Clee "floriferi 15-20 cm. alti; petioliin foltis basilaribus ca. 
2 cm. longi, in foliis caulinaribus 0,2-0.3 cm. longi et etiam 
breviores; foliola 1.7 X 0.7-1 X 0.45-0. 0.3 cm. longa et lata. 
Pedunculi floriferi ca. 0.4-0.6 cm. longi, fructiferi 0.6-0.7 cm 
longi; sep a.0.2 cm. longa; peta onga et versus 
apicem 0.15-0.2 cm. lata. Siliquae maturae, quas vidi, ca. 3 cm. 
longae et 0.15 cm. latae; gynophorum fructiferum vix 0.05 cm. 
longum. 
San Augustin bay, Madagascar (Herb. U. S. Expl. Exp., 
Capt. Wilkes, note B, 4: 200) in Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 
This species will be best referred to the group P. arabica, 
tenella, etc., but resembles very much in habit P. strigosa Bojer. 
It differs, however, Ist,in having a fruit which is almost sessile on 
the peduncle, and 2d, in the shape of the leaves. 
RosAcEAE 
Licania axilliflora Hochr. sp. nov. (e sect. 
Fulicania Hook.) 
Lignosa; caules cylindrici, nigrescentes, apice tomentosi. Sti- 
pulae subulatae, petiolo aequilongae; petioli breves, tomentosi ; 
lamin na oblongo-lanceolata, apice acuminata, acumine plerumque 
pilosus; calyx 5-lobus; petala nulla; stamina ca. 6, calyce vix 
aequilonga; antherae oblongae. Ovarium globosum, villosum; 
stylus ea liane pilosus. 
Petiolus ca. o. ae lamina 7.5 X 2.6-4 x 1.3 cm. longa 
et lata; cupula cum es x 0.2 cm. longa. 
Roraima, Guyana Brit. ve (Schomburgk no. 868) in Herb. 
N. Y. Bot. Gard. et Kew, (Sagot mo. 7282) in Herb. Kew 
This species differs from all others in having inflorescences form- 
ing glomerules in the axils of the leaves. 
