NEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN MADAGASCAR PLANTS. 15 



disci squauiis cupularibus, carpellis 4-5, semiuibus parvis nigris 

 striatis. 



An upright herb, 20-30 cm. in height. Leaves about 2-3 cm, 

 long and 2 mm. in diameter, terete, fleshy, ending in 5 small 

 teeth, 3 linear erect and 2 broad reflexed, with a gland in the 

 centre. Flowers 2-5 cm. long on drooping pedicels about 6-8 cm. 

 Calyx about 8 mm. Corolla scarlet, constricted above the base, 

 with short (3 mm.) obtuse apiculate segments. Stamens 3 mm. 

 shorter than the styles. Nectarial scales small, cupular. Carpels 

 4-5. Calyx and lower half of corolla persistent in fruit. 



Sandy dunes, Fort Dauphin, 2983 ! 



Kalanchoe bracteata, sp. n. 



Perenuis, ramis dense velutino-totnentosis, foliis ovatis subacutis 

 petiolatis carnosis albo-tomentosis, racemis terminalibus bracte- 

 atis, bracteis foliis subsimilaribus, calycis segmentis 4 brevibus 

 triangularibus, corollae segmentis parvis rotundatis apice calloso- 

 mucronulatis quam tubus brevioribus, staminibus 8, disci squa- 

 mis quadratis, carpellis 4. 



About 1| feet high. Branches when young obscurely four- 

 sided. Leaves 2-3 cm. long (excluding petiole 5-7 mm.) and 1- 

 1*5 cm. broad. Cymules 3- or many-flowered ; pedicels under 

 1 cm. ; bracts 1 cm. or more long. Calyx 4-5 mm., divided 

 almost to base. Corolla about 1 cm. long, and 5 mm. broad at 

 the base, narrowing slightly at the throat ; segments with a fleshy 

 mucro at the back near the tip. Anthers oblong, with connective 

 sometimes apiculate. 



Sandy dunes, Fort Dauphin, 2993 ! 



COMBEETACE.E. 



Combretum purpurea, Vahl, var. bracteata, nov. var. 



Erect and shrubby in habit. Leaves very large, obovate, cori- 

 aceous. Blade 9 cm. long and 5 cm. broad. Petiole 1-5 cm. 

 Flowers in axils of small linear hairy bracts. 



Open ground, Fort Dauphin, May, 2565 ! 



KHIZOPHOEE^E. 



Macaeisia emabginata, sp. n. 



Arbuscula, ramis corrugatis tenuiter hir^utis, foliis oppositis 



