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culated, with a distinct cupule clasping the calyx. Corolla hemisphe- 
rical ; petals and stamens about 16. Fruit hemispherical, with 6 falcate 
styles and 6 deep grooves. Gilibertia paniculata, DC. Prod. iv. 255. 
Grotefendia paniculata and cuneata, Seem. Revis. tied. 13. 
Mauritius, in shaded woods of the mountains. The specific name is misleading, 
as it is the only species of the seven that is not panicled. G. cuneata , Seem., seems 
to be a luxuriant form, with 11 leaflets and 10-merous ovary. Endemic. 
2. P. dichroostachya, Baker. An erect glabrous shrub, with stout 
sulcate branches. Leaves above a foot long, petioled ; leaflets 11, 
narrow, oblong, obtuse, subcoriaceous, 3-4 in. long, petioled, rounded 
or subdeltoid at the base. Panicles peduncled, as long as the leases, 
with numerous small sessile flowers often in interrupted clusters on 
short spreading slender flexuose branches. Calyx -tube hemispherical, 
~iV m * deep ’ very narrow, crispato-crenulate. Receptacle 
prominent. Styles and ovary-cells usually six. Petals and stamens 
not seen. Gilibertia dichroostachya, Bojer , Sort. Maur. 162, 
(name only). 
Mauritius, in forests of Mahe and Savanne. Endemic. 
3. P. cupularis, Baker. A glabrous shrub, with stout terete 
branches. Leaflets oblong, distinctly stalked, subcoriaceous, shining, 
obtuse, 3-5 in. long, deltoid or truncate at the base. Flowers in a 
peduncled panicle a foot long, with a stout angular multisulcate 
rachis, and many lax ascending racemose branches 2-4 in. long, with 
a large clasping persistent hemispherical scariose bract at the base; 
pedicels in. long, not articulated, with a large cupule clasping the 
base of the calyx. Calyx-limb ^ in broad, crisped ; tube obconic. 
Styles about 8. Corolla hemispherical when unexpanded ; petals and 
stamens about 14. 
Mauritius, described from a single specimen in Bottler’s Herbarium, now at 
Kew. Endemic. 
4. P. Ayresii, Baker. An erect glabrous shrub with terete 
branches. Leaves a foot long, petioled ; leaflets many, oblong, coria- 
ceous, shining, obtuse, | foot long, broadly rounded at the base, nearly 
sessile. Panicle above a foot long, with a stout sulcate rachis and many 
deflexed racemose branches 1-4 in. long, with the flowers copiously 
scattered down the sides and crowded into umbels at the end ; pedicels 
Yt in- long, articulated, obscurely cupulate at the tip. Calyx-tube 
hemispherical, in. long ; limb very narrow, crenulate. Petals, sta- 
mens, ovary-cells and styles 6-8 each. 
Mauritius, on the left of the Moka Road before coming to Bagatelle, from 
Port Louis. Dr. Ayres. Endemic. 
5. P. cutispongia, Baker. An erect glabrous shrub, with terete 
branches. Leaves petioled, above a foot long ; leaflets 3-4-jugate, some- 
times 3-4-nate, oblong, shining, coriaceous, stalked, obtuse, 5-6 in. 
long, deltoid or rounded at the base. Panicles a foot long, with a very 
