FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 341 
North-west Central Madagascar, Baron 5384! Received long 
ago without flowers from Dr. Parker, under the native name 
“ Teloravina.” 
VITEX MICROCALYX, n. sp. 
Fruticosa, erecta, ramulis dense pubescentibus, foliis simplicibus bre- 
viter petiolatis cordato-ovatis obtusis coriaceis facie obscure dorso dense 
albido-pubescentibus venulis exsculptis, cymis terminalibus paucifloris, 
calyce fructifero magno segmentis semiorbicularibus patulis, fructu de- 
presso-globoso. 
An erect shrub, with short branchlets, densely clothed with 
pale drab pubescence. Leaves 2-3 in. long, very thick and cori- 
aceous, with all the veins aud veinlets beneath raised and clothed 
with whitish pubescence. Fruit-calyx coriaceous, 3 in. long; 
limb spreading, 14 in. diam. ; lobes half-orbieular. Fruit 4 in. 
diam.— Baron, next 5390! 
VITEX CESTROIDES, n. sp. 
Erecta, fruticosa, ramulis glabris, foliis simplicibus petiolatis lanceolatis 
acutis subcoriaceis glabris, cymis sessilibus axillaribus multifloris, pedi- 
cellis elongatis, calyce parvo tubo late infundibulari dentibus deltoideis, 
fructu parvo oblongo. 
An erect shrub, with slender terete branchlets. Leaves 3-4 in. 
long, under an inch broad, tapering gradually from the middle to 
both ends. Pedicels slender, 4-3 in. long; bracts lanceolate, 
minute. Calyx 2 in. long, clothed with adpressed drab bristly 
hairs; teeth cuspidate. Corolla not seen. Drupe glossy, twice 
as long as the calyx.—East Androna, Baron 5608! 
PLECTRANTHUS ALBIDUS, n. Sp. 
Fruticosus, ramulis albo-incanis, foliis parvis oblongis obtusis facie 
viridibus dorso albo-incanis, floribus laxe paniculatis, pedicellis elongatis, 
calycis tubo campanulato costato, corollz labio superiore minimo, inferiore 
elongato lobis lateralibus parvis deltoideis terminali magno oblongo, stami- 
nibus labio inferiore zquilongis. 
A shrub, with woody main branches and slender branchlets, 
clothed like the underside of the leaves with white tomentum. 
Leaves shortly petioled, 1-14 in. long, moderately firm in texture, 
dull green above, white beneath. Flowers in lax terminal pani- 
cles, with cymose branches; pedicels Dr in. long. Calyx under 
i in. long ; teeth ovate, much shorter than the tube. Corolla 3 
in. long.— Valalafotsy, Baron 5230 ! 
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