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brown, rigid, two outside firmer than the inner. Corolla a little 
longer than the calyx. Anthers large, lanceolate, acute, alter- 
nating with 5 lanceolate acuminate staminodia. Ovary ovoid, 
hairy, with a long subulate style and capitate stigma. Fruit not 
seen.— Baron, next 5371! Adds the genus, which is abundantly 
represented in Mauritius, to the Madagascar flora. 
CHIRONTA LANCIFOLTA, n. 8p. 
Perennis, caulibus gracilibus erectis, foliis sessilibus lanceolatis acutis 
rigidulis margine revolutis, floribus terminalibus parce corymbosis, calycis 
segmentis oblongis acutis valde imbricatis, corollie tubo calyce sesquilon- 
giore, segmentis obovatis tubo brevioribus, antheris ex tubo exsertis. 
A perennial herb, with short slender erect stems. Leaves 
about an inch long, arranged in lax deeussate pairs, ascending, 
firm in texture, l-nerved, glabrous, with very revolute edges. 
Calyx 2 in. long; sepals rigid, with a broad white margin. 
Corolla yellow ; tube funnel-shaped at the apex ; segments } in. 
long. Style reaching to the tip of the corolla-segments; stigma 
capitate. Fruit unknown.—Antsihanaka, Baron 5480! Habit 
of the Cape C. baccifera, L. 
NUXIA BRACHYSCYPHA, n. sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis pubescentibus, foliis breviter petiolatis oblanceolato- 
oblongis facie glabris dorso ad venas exsculptas obscure pubescentibus, 
floribus in cymas glomeratas axillares dichotomiter furcatas pedunculatas 
dispositis, calycis tubo brevi campanulato segmentis ovatis, corolla tubo 
brevi segmentis oblongis, staminibus infra faucem insertis filamentis brevi- 
bus, ovario ovoideo stylo brevi. 
A much-branched shrub, with slender branchlets. Leaves in 
distant opposite pairs, ascending; blade 2-8 in. long, under an 
inch broad, subacute, firm in texture, green on both surfaces. 
Cymes produced from the axils of many of the leaves, once or 
twice forked dichotomously, the flowers aggregated in small dense 
clusters. Calyx rin. diam. Corolla-limb } in. diam. Anthers 
globose, with divarieate lobes; filaments about as long as the 
anthers. Fruit not seen.—A mbatovory in Imerina, Baron 5127! 
RAUWOLFIA TRICHOPHYLLA, n. sp. 
R. ramis sursum pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis obovato-oblongis cus- 
pidatis utrinque viridibus pubescentibus venulis faciei inferioris perspicuis, 
floribus corymboso-paniculatis, pedicellis brevibus,calyce parvo campanulato 
segmentis obtusis imbricatis, corollz tubo elongato cylindrico, segmentis 
parvis cuneatis. 
