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anatropa. vetet —— calyce inclusa subcoriacea, imperfecte 
2-locularis, polysperma. Semina matura non vidi, immatura angulata, 
erecta. ‘bor parva. Folia opposita petiolata, epunctata. Flores 
parvi, in paniculas terminales dispositi. 
G. transvaalica, N. E. Brown ; arbor parva ramulis tetragonis, foliis 
_ breviter petiolatis oblongis obovatis vel elliptico-obovatis — obtusis 
recurvis uneatis vel cuneato-rotundatis coriaceis margine an 
tissime recurvis glabris costa infra apicem subtus glandulifer ^ ponioulia 
terminalibus erectis compactis multifloris ramulis aeute tetragonis glabris, 
bracteis ve tutte go-obovatis vel obovatis obtusis glabris, costa 
subtus infra glandulifera, pedicellis tetragonis glabris, calycis 
tubo glabro fucco triangularibus acuminato-acutis erectis marginibus 
subincrassatis minute ciliatis, petalis brevissime unguiculatis lanceolatis 
subacutis undulato-corrugatis impunctatis glabris albis, staminibus longe 
 exsertis filamentis filiformibus demum circinatis Mrs parvis loculis 
reniformibus, ovario depresso stylo longe exserto filifor 
Habitat.—Transvaal, French Bob's Hill, fasi 2,600 feet, 
April, Galpin, 889. 
Arbor 15 ped. en pee petioli 14-2 lin. longi, lamine 11-21 
poll. longe, 3-14 late. Panicule 24-3 poll. longe (pedunculi 
n longi Eds 11-1j poll. late. Bractee i-l poll. long», 
js lin. late. Pedicelli 45,-1 poll. T Calycis =e is poli. 
ngus, dentes 1 lin. longi. Petala } poll. longa, ji. poll. lata. 
Stamina 4-5 lin. longa. Ovarium $ hn. longum. St tylus 3-4 lin. 
ngus. 
This very distinct and interesting plant is with much pleasure 
dedicated to its discoverer, Mr. E. E. Gal in, of Queenstown, South 
Africa, to whom Kew is indebted for many interesting plants living and 
dried. Its position in the order is somewhat doubtful, but proba ably it 
should be placed in the neighbourhood of Pemphis and Diplusodon. 
From all the genera except Cry ypteronia, Tetrataxis, and Heteropyxis 
it differs in having all the stamens alternating with the calyx-teeth, but 
the two former differ in having no petals and a different inflorescence, 
besides other characters; Heteropyais, which is rejected from the 
order by Koehne in his monograph of the Lythrariee, differs in having 
alternate leaves, imbricate Be nine, and the stamens inserted with 
the petals at the top of the calyx-tube. The leaves and bracts of 
Galpinia are remarkable on account of the gland on the underside of 
the midrib, just below the apex, which I do not find present in any other 
member of the order. The leaves are usually rather thick and opaque, 
with no visible dots even under a lens, but here and there a leaf from 
some cause or other has Il thin and subtranslucent, and when held 
up to the light, and examined under a powerful lens, is seen to be 
densely and very minutely reliuéiddétid. 
sed etiam subtus tandem cnl petioli hispidulis is 1-3 lami 
aequan cymis paucifloris sæ reduetis in axillis 
foliorum brevissime pese: dadio: berbis vel brevissimis, 
