312 MB. J. Q. I3AKER ON THE 



bract. Calyx with a campanulate tube, and usually 5 oblanceo- 

 late rigid persistent brown segments 5 in. long. Petals cucul- 

 late, tomentose, much shorter than the calyx-segments, each 

 enclosing a single stamen. — Baron 3185 ! 3256 ! 



VuPRECELLA HISPIDA, n. Sp. 



Fruticosa, ramulis gracilibus dense hispidis, foliis petiolatis ovatis acutis 

 membranaceis integris trinervatis utrinque hispidis, cymis terminalibus 

 laxe paniculatis, pedicellis elongatis, calycis tubo campanulato hispido 

 dentibus minutis, petalis rubellis oblongo-spathulatis, antheris aequalibus 

 obscure calcaratis, stylo antberis longiore. 



A shrub, G-10 feet high, with slender square branchlets, 

 densely clothed with deflexed brownish bristly hairs. Leaves 

 distant, distinctly petioled, ovate, acute, entire, membranous, 2-3 

 in. long, bright green above, pale green beneath, thinly bristly 

 on both surfaces and the margin. Flowers in a lax terminal 

 panicle with cymose branches, both peduncles and pedicels densely 

 bristly. Calyx with a campanulate densely bristly green tube 

 ^ in. in diam., and an obscurely-toothed narrow collar -like limb. 

 Petals bright red, 3 in. long. Stamens 8, shorter than the 

 petals ; filaments filiform ; anthers yellow 7 , sausage-shaped, ob- 

 scurely spurred by the connective on the back at the base. Style 

 clavate, overtopping the stamens. — Baron 420 ! 3257 ! Also, 

 forest of Andrangaloaka, Dr. Parker ! 



PiionyoTHAMNUs, genus novum tribus Oxysporearum, 

 ordinis Melastomacearum. 

 Calyx glaber, tubo campanulato persistente ovario adnato, limbo brevi 

 erecto obscure lobato. Pctala 4-5 oblongo-spathulata, obtusa. Stamina 

 8-10 petalis breviora, filamentis applanatis, antberis lineari-oblongis apice 

 obscure cuspidatis unipoiosis basi connectivo producto dorso obscure 

 calcaratis. Ovarium globosum 4-5-loculare basi calyci adnatum. Cap- 

 sula glubosa coriaeea ad basin loculicide 4-5 valvis, valvis persistentibus 

 rigidis oblongis, axi septis persistentibus late alato. — Suffrutex Mada- 

 gascariensis ramosissima humifusa, ramulis foliisque lepidotis, foliis 

 parvis oblongis petiolatis rigidis obscure trinervatis, floribus terminalibus 

 purpurascentibus breviter pedunculatis ssepissime solitariis, setis nullis. 



P. THXMOIDES, Baker, sp. unica. 



A densely-matted trailing undershrub, with the habit of Loi- 

 seleuria procumhens. Branchlets and leaves copiously dotted over 

 with minute brown scales. Leaves opposite, oblong, entire, 

 coriaceous, shortly petioled, \-\ in. long, with three obscure 



