FLOE A OF MADAGASCAB. 325 



margin, obscurely pilose in an early stage above, covered with 

 persistent brown stellate pubescence beneath. Flowers on soli- 

 tary axillary peduncles about £ in. long. Epicalyx coriaceous, 

 adpressed to the calyx, § in. long and broad. Calyx as long as 

 the epicalyx. Petals obovate-cuneate, much imbricated, 2 in. 

 long, red-brown inside, coated with drab tomentum externally. 

 Column as long as petals. Capsule 5-celled, globose, an inch in 

 diameter, very hairy inside, splitting up into 5 woody valves. — 

 Baron 2548 ! Connects Euhibiscus and Paritium. 



DOMBETA MACEANTHA, n. Sp. 



Fruticosa, dense pannosa, foliis longe petiolatis cordato-ovatis serru- 

 latis, floribus terminalibus parce corymbosis et solitaries axillaribus longe 

 pedunculatis, bracteolis magnis ovatis profunde laceratis, sepalis magnis 

 ovatis pannosis, petalis obovato-cnneatis maximis scariosis persistentibus, 

 staminibus fertilibus circiter 20 antheris lanceolatis, staminodiis longisshnis 

 petalis aequilongis, ovario globoso dense piloso. 



A shrub a yard high, with dense pubescent woody branchlets. 

 Stipules caducous ; petiole 1-2 in. long ; blade 3-4 in. long, 

 very thick in texture, and densely coated with brown tomentum 

 on both sides, cordate at the base, obscurely denticulate. Flowers 

 solitary, from the axils of the leaves on pedicels as long as the 

 petiole, and a few at the end of the branch. Bracteoles ovate, per- 

 sistent, an inch long, deeply lacerated. Sepals 1| in. long, ovate 

 acuminate. Petals 2 in. long, 1\ in. broad, brown, glabrous. 

 Anthers | in. long. Staminodes twice as long as the stamens, 

 their free strap-shaped points 1| in. long. Fruit woody, globose, 

 densely pilose. — Baron 710 !, also Hildelrandt 3895 ! from the 

 Betsileo country. 



DOMBETA FLOEIBUNDA, n. Sp. 



Arborea, ramulis adpresse lepidotis, foliis magnis petiolatis oblongis 

 integris rigide coriaceis dorso venulosis, venis primariis intra marginem 

 anastomosantibus, cymis decompositis multifloris longe pedunculatis, 

 pedieellis elongatis, sepalis lanceolatis lepidotis, petalis parvis persistenti- 

 bus cuneatis, staminibus fertilibus 10, staminodiis petalis duplo brevioribus, 

 ovario globoso lepidoto. 



A tree, with woody branchlets coated with drab lepidote scales. 

 Petiole \-l in. long ; stipules caducous ; blade oblong, obtuse, 

 entire, 6-8 in. long, 2-2| iu. broad, rigid in texture, glossy on 

 both sides, the main veins anastomosing beneath by intramar- 

 ginal arches. Cymes very compound, dichotomous, on lateral 



2 a2 



