340 MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
inch long and a limb 4 in. long. Anthers and stigma just ex- 
serted from the corolla-tube.— Province of Befandriana, Baron 
5695! 
HyPOESTES NUMMULARIFOLIA, n. Sp. 
Herbacea, perennis, ramulis gracilibus teretibus glabris, foliis longe 
petiolatis membranaceis ovatis acutis, floribus spicato-paniculatis, invo- 
lueri uniflori bracteis pilosis lanceolatis, calyce minuto, corolla tubo cylin- 
drico involucro longiore. 
A perennial herb, with very slender terete branchlets. Leaves 
green, spotted with white, membranous, obscurely pubescent ; 
larger with a petiole above an inch and a blade 2 in. long ; smaller 
roundish. Inflorescence a terminal panicle of a few lax ascend- 
ing spikes, bracteated at the base by large leaves. Involucre j 
in. long. Young corolla pilose.—South Antsihanaka, Baron 
5535! Near H. lasiostegia, Nees. 
HARPAGOPHYTUM PELTATUM, n. sp. 
Fruticosum, pubescens, petiolo longissimo, foliis peltatis cordato-orbicu- 
laribus breviter palmatifidis membranaceis, floribus ignotis, fructu ovoideo 
6-alato apice producto late emarginato, alis setis magnis capitatis armatis. 
A shrub, with slender woody branchlets. Petiole reaching a 
length of 6-8 inches; blade 6 in. long and broad, membranous, 
densely pubescent, with the petiole inserted a quarter of the 
distance from the basal sinus to the apex. Capsule 2 in. diam., 
including the capitate processes with which the six narrow wings 
are armed, produced at the apex into a broad emarginate beak.— 
North-west Madagascar, Baron 5328! Allied to H. Grandidiert, 
Baill., of which Mr. Baron has now collected, in the province 
of Androna, fine specimens (No. 5690) in flower and fruit. 
VITEX TELORAVINA, n. sp. 
Fruticosa, erecta, ramulis dense tomentosis, petiolis elongatis, foliis pin- 
natim trifoliolatis foliolis obovatis obtusis subcoriaceis facie rugulosis ob- 
scure pubescentibus dorso dense pubescentibus, cymis fructiferis laxis 
multifloris pedicellis pubescentibus, calyce fructifero turbinato adpresso 
segmentis latis parvis, fructu calyce aequilongo. 
An erect shrub, with short branchlets, densely clothed with 
short pale brown tomentum.  Petiole 2-3 in. long; leaflets 2-3 
in. long, minutely bullate and dull green on the upper surface, 
densely clothed with brown pubescence beneath. Cymes lax, 
axillary. Fruit-calyx tightly clasping the fruit, 4 in. long; lobes 
short, broad. Fruit brown, glossy, subglobose, i in. diam.— 
