36 MB. G. P. SCOTT ELLIOT ON 



terminali bifido; ovula in loculis pauca (ad 4). Capsula ellip- 

 soidea carnosa subapplanata. Fruticulus divaricate ramosus 

 siccitate nigricans, ramis striatis pubescentibus. Folia opposita 

 ovata acuta petiolata subtus pubescentia. Racemi terminates et 

 axillares multiflores ; pedicelli bibracteolati ; bractei foliis sub- 

 similares. Bracteolse lineares. Corolla alba majuscula. 



Leucosalpa madaoascaeieksis, S. Elliot. (Plate VIII.) 

 A low shrub, turning black when dry, with terete branchlets 

 covered with yellowish scurfy pubescence. Leaves unequal- 

 sided, 2-5-4*5 cm. long and 1-I/5 cm. broad. Racemes very 



dense, with axis and pedicels scurfy pubescent. Calyx coriace- 

 ous, slightly enlarged in fruit, about 5 mm. Corolla very long, 

 7-8 cm., and about 1 cm. wide at the throat, with short (3 mm.) 

 rounded lobes. Anthers attached at apex and prolonged down- 

 wards into long (3 mm.) parallel filiform horns. 



Near Fort Dauphin, July, 2530 1 



The affinity of this curious plant seems very doubtful, but it 

 is certainly most nearly allied to Rhadamoea and JRhaphispermum 

 in Scrophularinese. 



LENTIBULARIE^E 



Utricflama prehensilis, JS. Mey. 



New to Madagascar. 



Plains near Bevooy (East Coast), 2276 ! 



BIGNONIACE.E. 

 Colea coccinea, sp. n. (Plate IX,) 



Arbor, ramis albidis corrugatis, foliis oppositis glabris 3-5- 

 jugis, rhachide supra canaliculata ad petiolulos articulata, foliolis 

 oblongis Tel oblanceolatis obscure serratis apice brevissime 

 obtuseque acuminatis petiolulatis, cymis congestis axillaribus 

 brevissime peduneulatis, pedicellis cernuis, calyce campanulato 

 subcoriaceo lacerate 5-fido, corolla campanulata infundibulari 

 glabra, segmentis late obovatis, antheris discretis apice mucro- 

 nulato ; disco parvo ; ovario distincte 2-loculari. 



Leaves 15-30 cm. long, with the rhaehis furrowed and striate, 

 jointed at insertion of leaflets ; leaflets increasing in size from 

 below upwards ; terminal leaflet 6-9 cm. long and 2-3*5 cm. 

 broad, pedicels about 1*5 cm. ; bracts minute, ovate- triangular. 

 Calyx about 12 cm. long and about 1 cm. broad. Corolla 5 cm. 



