NEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN MADAGASCAR PLANTS. 23 



Homalium (§ Mtriantheia) lanceolatum, sp. 11. 



Arbuscula, ramis saltern junioribus tetragonis, foliis oppositis 

 scepius per paria aggregates 4nis lanceolatis acutis basi sub- 

 cordatis serratis glabris, pedunculis quam folia brevioribus dense 

 hirsutis, floribus subsessilibus 5-meris, ealyee fere ad basin diviso 

 omnino pubescente, calycis segmentis oblongis obtusis, petalis 

 ovatis sepala superantibus, staminibus 15 petalis dimidio brevi- 

 oribus, filamentis hirsutis, glandulis breviter pedunculatis, stylis 

 3-4. 



A shrub or small tree with brown bark. Leaves bluntly ser- 

 rate, with a pit-like glandular depression under the tip of the 

 teeth; usually 5-9*5 cm. long and 2-2*5 em. broad; petiole 

 3-4 mm. Peduncles about 4 cm., with flowers only in the upper 

 half. Flowers 6-7 mm. in diameter; bracts ovate, less than 

 2 mm. ; bracteoles 3 mm. longer than the pedicels. Distinguished 

 by the peculiar cordate base of the leaf. 



In woods, Fort Dauphin, 3056 



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dular above, paler below, with markedly revolute edges (thus 

 diifering considerably from the ordinary type of the species). 

 In woods, sandy soil, Fort Dauphin, 2304 ! 



Homalium (§Nisa) Bailloni, sp. n. 



Arbor, ramis corrugatis glabris, foliis oblongis vel ovatis ob- 

 tusis vel cuspidativS coriaceis glaberrimis lucidis, pedunculis axil- 

 laribus quam folia longioribus, floribus candidis l-3nis sessilibus ; 

 bracteis cupularibus, calycis tubo externe glanduloso 8-sulcato 

 quam segmenta longiore, petalis obovatis obtusis membrauaceis 

 sepala multo superantibus, staminibus 4-5 brevibus, glandulis 

 parvis, stylis 4-5, ovario sub 1-loculari. 



A tree with glabrous, irregularly furrowed branches. Leaves 

 dark and glossy above, lighter in colour below, prominently 

 veined on both surfaces; the margin entire, or with a minute 

 glandular sinus at exit of the lateral nerves ; blade 8*5-12 cm. 

 long and 5'5-6*5 cm. broad ; petiole l*5-2'5 cm. long. Peduncles 

 zigzagged, 8-10 cm, long. Flowers sessile, 4-5-merous. Calyx- 

 tube about 3-4 mm. long, with short (2-3 mm.) blunt rounded 

 teeth. Petals 6-7 mm. long, pure white, with raised veins. 



Woods, white sand, Fort Dauphin, 2853 ! 



