FLORA OP MADAGASCAR. 435 



A much-branched erect shrub, with branchlets densely villose 

 towards the tip. Leaves opposite, distinctly petioled, firm in 

 texture, 2-3 in. long, rounded at the base, glabrous when mature 

 above, pubescent mainly on the midrib beneath. Peduncles 

 about | in. long. Calyx j in. long, very shaggy, witli a pair of 

 persistent bracteoles at the base. Corolla-tube curved, villose, 

 above an inch long, | in. in diam. at the throat ; lobes of the limb 

 very small, orbicular. Stamens and bifid style exserted beyond 

 the tip of the corolla-segments ; anthers minute, globose. Fruit 

 not seen. — Baron 2316! Allied to V. Bojeri, Schauer, —Baron 

 2972 ! 



Cr-ERODESTDEON ? BRUNSVIGIOIDES, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, erecta, glabra, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis acutis, flori- 

 bus axillaribus pedunculatis solitariis, calycis tubo infundibulari segmentis 

 ovatis acutis tubo brevioribus, corolla? tubo infundibulari calyce duplo 

 longiori, limbi segmentis orbicularibus, genitalibus in tubo inclusis. 



An erect shrub, with slender branchlets, obscurely pilose 

 towards the tip. Leaves 3-4 in. long, much narrowed to the 

 base, simple, entire, moderately firm in texture, green and gla- 

 brous on both surfaces. Flowers solitary from the axils of the 

 leaves on ascending peduncles 1-3 in. long. Calyx |-§ in. long, 

 clothed with adpressed hairs ; teeth half as long as the tube. 

 Corolla-tube above an inch long, dilated in the upper half ; ex- 

 panded limb an inch in diameter; orbicular subequal segments 

 imbricated, about \ in. long and broad. Stamens and style not 

 protruded from the throat of the corolla-tube. Fruit not seen. 

 — Baron 271G ! Near C. ? petunioidcs, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xx. p. 230. 



INCOMPLETE. 



Poltgonium brachypodum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 

 p. 239 — of which Mr. Baron now sends better specimens as 

 No. 2208 — proves identical with P. Meissnerianum, Cham, et 

 Schlecht., which in America extends from Louisiana and Texas to 

 South Brazil. 



Htdrostachts stolonifera, n. sp. 



H. caulibus longe reptantibus, foliis pcdunculisque ad nodos csespitosis, 

 foliis longe petiolatis deltoideis decoinnositis segmentis ultimis minutis 

 lanceolatis, floribus in spicas densas cylindricas pedunculatas dispositis, 

 bracteis ovatis. 



