FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 815 
CRASSULA CORDIFOLIA, n. sp. 
Perennis, glabra, foliis caulinis copiosis parvis cordato-ovatis acutis ses- 
silibus decussatis, floribus pentameris copiose cymoso-paniculatis, pedicel- 
lis flore zequilongis vel longioribus, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis, petalis oblongis 
acutis albis calyce duplo longioribus, staminibus petalis brevioribus, car- 
pellis oblongis petalis duplo brevioribus, stylo brevi. 
A glabrous perennial, with simple slender erect angled stems 
3-6 in. long. Leaves fleshy, green, glabrous, 4-4 in. long, am- 
plexieaul. Flowers numerous, forming a level-topped panicle 2- 
3 in. diam. Sepals 4 in. long, with a green back and whitish 
margin. Petals 4 in. long. Stamens as long as the calyx; fila- 
ments filiform ; anthers small, globose. Fruit-carpels } in. long, 
tipped with a short erect style—Ankaratra mountain, Baron 
5194! 
COMBRETUM PHANEROPETALUM, N. sp. 
Sarmentosum, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis parvis petiolatis oblongis 
acutis pubescentibus, floribus dense paniculatis, ramulis dense pubescenti- 
bus, bracteis copiosis lanceolatis, calycis tubo anguste infundibulari, den- 
tibus deltoideis, petalis pallidis oblanceolatis obtusis patulis, fructu late 
alato. 
A climber, with slender woody pubescent branches. Leaves 
only about an inch long, but perhaps not fully developed. 
Flowers in dense terminal panicles, with densely pubescent 
branchlets and copious large lanceolate foliaceous bracts. Ovary 
oblong, densely pilose. Calyx-tube nearly j in. long, not more 
than 44 in. diam. at the throat. Petals } in. long, spreading hori- 
zontally. Fruit above 2 in. long, with each wing 4 in. broad.— 
Province of Androna, Baron 5568! 
COMBRETUM TRICHOPHYLLUM, D. 8p. 
C. ramulis pubescentibus, foliis brevissime petiolatis oblongis acutis 
utrinque dense pubescentibus, floribus in spica oblonga densa breviter 
peduneulata dispositis, calycis limbo obeuneato dense piloso dentibus del- 
toideis, petalis parvis oblongis luteis, staminibus petalis longioribus. 
A shrub with slender woody terete branchlets. Leaves imma- 
ture when the flowers are expanded, densely pubescent on both 
sides. Flowers in copious small dense axillary spikes; whole 
flower 4 in. long. Calyx-tube } in. diam. at the throat. l Petals 
oblong, unguieulate, 7); in. long. Stamens overtopping the 
petals; anthers minute, globose. Fruit not seen.—North-west 
Madagascar, Baron 5739! 
