HEW AKD LITTLE-KKOWU MADAGASCAR PLANTS. 21 



A shrub with wrinkled branches densely hairy when young. 

 Leaves glabrous and glossy above, reddish brown on the lower 

 surface ; (excluding the petiole, which is about 5 mm.) usually 

 3-4*5 cm. long and 1-1*5 cm. broad, occasionally obscurely 

 toothed. Peduncle 5 mm. ; pedicels about as long. Sepals and 

 petals 3-4 mm. densely hairy. Sepaline gland wrinkled, sessile. 

 Ovary and receptacle very hairy. 



Woods, Fort Dauphin, 2834 ! 



HOMALIUM (§ MyRIANTHETA) 13REVrPET)Ul^CULATUM, sp. n. 



Arbor, ramis griseis minute hirsutis, foliis oppositis vel alternis 

 obovatis obtusis vel emarginatis reflex is coriaceis, subtus supra 

 venas puberulis ceteris glabris coriaceis, pedunculis quam folia 

 brevioribus tetragonis velutino-toinentosis paucifloris, floribus 

 5-meris subsessilibus, calycis segmentis quam tubus longioribus 

 apice obtusis, petalis spathulatis margine ciliato, staminibus 

 srepius 15, glandulis subsessilibus globosis rugosis glabris, stylis 

 3-4. 



A tree with grey bark. Leaves (excluding petiole about 



5 mm.) 6*5-8 cm. long and 3 # 5-6 cm. broad. Peduncle 2-3 cm. 



long; flowers chiefly terminal. Calyx obconic, externally densely 



velvety pubescent ; segments 5-6 mm. long. Glands about 



1 mm. in diameter. Stamens shorter than the petals. Ovary 



covered with long stiff hairs. Near H. nobile, Baill. 

 "Woods, Fort Dauphin on sandy soil, 2000 ! 



Homalium (§ Mtbiaotheia) p ascictj latum, sp. n. 



Arbor, ramis juventute obscure puberulis demum glabratis, 

 foliis oppositis rarius alternis obovatis emarginatis subtus supra 

 venulos pubescentibus ceteris glabris coriaceis, margine revoluto 

 rarius serrate, pedunculis axillaribus quam folia longioribus 

 dense hirsutis, floribus l-3nis brevissime pedieellatis, bracteis 

 ovatis, calycis tubo turbinato quam segmenta multo breviore, 

 petalis sepala paullo superantibus spathulatis, glandulis renifor- 

 mibus hirsutis brevissime pedunculatis. 



A shrub or small tree with grey branches. Leaves crowded, 

 varying from ovate to broadly obovate ; blade 4*5-6-5 cm. long 

 and 2-3*5 cm. broad, petiole 5-7 mm* long. Peduncles 5-7 cm. 

 long, with usually about 6 irregular whorls of flowers. Bracts 

 5 mm. Flowers about 1 cm. in length and the same in diameter. 

 Sepals about 6 mm. Filaments hairy, anther-loculi parallel, 



