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apicem rotundatis, glaberrimis, margine revoluto, floribus axilla- 

 ribus solitariis basi bibracteolatis, calycis segmentis lanceolatis 

 acutis 1-2-glaudulosis, corollae tubo elongato ad faucem cam- 

 panulato, lobis 5-nerviis calloso-mucronulatis, folliculis longis- 

 simis angustis, seminibus numerosis elongatis oblongis apice 

 breviter comosis. 



A shrub or small tree with rugose greyish bark and glabrous 

 in all parts. Leaves 3-5-4 # 5 cm. long and 1—1*5 cm. broad; 

 petiole 2-3 mm. Pedicels erect, 2 cm. Calyx about 7 mm. 

 long; segments green, with a marked revolute edge. Corolla 

 pink, very handsome ; tube 4 cm. long, widening into an 

 infundibular-campanulate throat about 3 cm. in diameter; lobes 

 ending in a short blunt, slightly thickened tip. Follicle 20 cm. 

 or more long, and 2-3 mm. broad; seeds about 1 cm., with a 

 small apical tuft of brown hairs. 



Woods on road to south of Vaingaindrano, 2155 ! 2177 ! 



Alyxia polyspermia, sp. n. 



Frutex, ramis glabris rugosis, foliis ternatis oblongis subacutis 

 coriaceis venis obscuris margine revoluto, cymis terminalibus 

 axillaribusque trichotomiis corymbosis 9-30-floris, calycis seg- 

 mentis parvis ovatis obtusis, corollas tubo interne ad faucem 

 villoso, drupa moniliformi, seminibus 1-6 (ad 10),albumine hand 

 ruminato. 



An erect glabrous shrub. Leaves minutely dotted below, 

 attenuated at the base; blade 5-7 cm. long and 1*5-8*5 cm. 

 broad ; petiole about 5 mm. Peduncle 2 cm., with 1 or 2 leaf- 

 like bracts. Flowers red. Calyx about 2 mm. long. Corolla- 

 tube about 2 cm., slightly enlarged below the throat ; lobes 

 spreading, obtuse, about 3 mm. long. Anthers just inside the 

 throat. Stigma with a reflexed membranous rinn and minute 



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lips. Fruit usually of 6 ovoid drupes with a leathery glabrous 

 epicarp, osseous endocarp, and no rumination of the albumen*, 

 about 6 cm. long. 



Scattered broken woods (sandy soil), Fort Dauphin, 2374 ! 



Carissa (§ Eucarissa) eetoluta, sp. n. 



Frutex, rarnis pallidis glabris, foliis ovatis obtusis rigide 

 coriaceis breviter petiolatis margine valde revoluto, spinis 



* Cf. Benth. et Hook, f., Gen. Plant, ii. 627. I find, moreover, in Alyxia 

 lucida, Baker, no ruminated albumen. 



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