NEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN MADAGASCAR PLANTS. 7 



with a few white hairs in the striae. Leaves rather variable, 2-3 

 cm. long and 1-1*5 cm. broad; petiole 2 mm.; involucre when 

 mature about 7 mm. long and 5 mm. broad; sepals about 5 mm., 

 ovate, externally hairy ; petals 9-10 mm. long, less than 2 mm. 

 broad. Ovary eventually protruding from the involucre, very 

 hairy. Style exserted, with stigma expanded and concave. 



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the much larger leaves and tomentose involucre, and from L. Ber- 

 ?iieri, Baill., by the turbinate base of the involucre. 



LEPTOLiENA Pan turbinata, Baker? 

 Also allied to preceding species, 2706 ! 



LEPTOL^NA RUBELLA, Sp. n. 



Prutex, ramis dense rufo-tomentosis, foliis parvis ovatis basi 

 attenuatis apice obtusis brevissime petiolatis exceptis, petiolis 

 ferrugineis glabris, floribus numerosis subcorymbosis parvis, 

 bracteis ovatis caducis, involucris basi turbinatis dense ferrugineo- 

 tomentosis apice circ. 8-dentatis, sepalis immaturis, longe villosis 

 staminum cupula brevissima. 



A branching shrub with greyish bark densely red -pubescent 

 when young. Leaves 1*5-2 cm. long and 1-1*5 cm. broad, gla- 

 brous (except the petiole). Racemes terminal, many-flowered; 

 involucre about 4 mm. long and 2 mm. broad; sepals much more 

 hairy than in L. parvijlora. 



Woods near Port Dauphin, 2369 ! 



MALVACEAE. 



Hibiscus ferkugineus, Cav. 



One of those only found by Commerson, and in Herb. Mus. 



Par. only. 



Outskirts of woods, Nempoy, Port Dauphin, 2566 ! 2573 ! 



Hibiscus mtriasteb, sp. n. 



Pruticosa, ramis dense scabro-tomentosis, foliis cordatis sub- 

 palmatis breviter 2-4-lobis obscure dentatis longe petiolatis, venis 

 paginae superioris cum facie inferiore tota pilis brunneis stellatis 

 interspersis, floribus axillaribus breviter pedicellatis, bracteolis 

 in epicalycem cupularem breviter 7-8-dentatum connatis, calyce 

 truncato-campanulato obsolete 5-dentato, corolla externe (etiam 

 parte inferiore interne) villosa quam calyx ad duplo longiore, 



