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Mascabene Species of Symphonia. 

 * Folia lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata. 

 «. Folia apice acuta vel acuminata. 



1. S. verrucosa Benth. et Hook. f. ; Vesque, Monograph, p. 231. 

 Chri/.sn/.iu ra rucnsa Ilils. et Boj. Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. iv. xiv. 21)0. 



Hab. Madagascar, in sylvis vastis prope Be-fouroun, Hils. £ 

 Bojer. Herb. Mus. Brit. ! Herb. Paris. 



(3. Folia apice longe vel longissime attenuata. 



2. S. pauciflora Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 90. 



Hab. Central Madagascar, Baron, 1526a. Herb. Mus, Brit. ! 

 Herb. Kew ! 



3. S. urophylla Benth. et Hook. f. ; Vesque, Epharm. iii. t. cviii. ; 

 Monograph, 231. Chrysopia urophylla Dene. Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. iv. 

 xiv. 291. 



Hab. Madagascar, Goudut in Herb. Delessert. Herb. Mus. Brit. I 

 Nona, vernac. "Azine Valave." 

 Near 8. globuUfem. 



** Folia oblonga apice acuta. 



4. S. eugenioides Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 91. 



Hab. Wood near Tankay and the east coast, Baron, 1638 a! 

 Herb. Kew ! 



Allied to pauciflora, but with broader leaves. 



*** Folia oblanceolata apice acuta vel acuminata. 



5. S. oligantha, n. sp. Arbor alta, foliis oblanceolatis acutis 

 vel subacuminatis petiolatis nervis lateralibus parallelibus, floribus 

 ad apices ramulorum subumbellatim dispositis, cymis 2-4-floris 

 floribus quam flores S. floribunda multo majoribus, sepalis 5 ovatis 

 versus apicem saspe ciliatis, petalis orbicularibus, staminibus interne 

 in tubum connatis, antheris pro singula adelphia 4-5 linearibus bi- 

 locularibus parallelibus subrectis disco infrastamineo cupuliformi, 

 stylo crasso ad apicem in stigmata 5 diviso, stigmatibus stellatim 

 divergentibus, ovario anipullaaformi 5-loculari. 



Hab. North Madagascar, Baron, No. 6469 (1892) ! Herb. Kew. 



A large tree from which a yellow gum exudes ; the tree being 

 known to the natives under the name of " Vazony." Leaves ob- 

 lanceolate, acute, petioled, 3£-4 in. in length, a little over 1 in. 

 broad in the broadest part ; petiole about f in. long ; apex acute or 

 subacuminate ; lateral veins parallel. Cymes of flowers arranged 

 in a subumbellate manner at the ends of the branches. Buds about 

 \ in. in diameter. Cymes 2-4-flowered. Peduncle \-\ in. long. 

 Sepals ovate. Petals subelliptical. Stamens connected below, and 

 with a cupuliform ring. Anthers bilocular, parallel, 4-5 in each 

 bundle, the connection being produced. Stigmas 5, stellately 

 radiate. Ovary 6-celled. 



This plant is allied to S. acuminata ; the leaves, however, are 

 a different shape. The cymes are 2-4-flowered. 



