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(2 inches) long and 2*5 cm. broad at the throat, scarlet; lobes 

 about 1 cm. long. Anthers about 3 mm. ; filaments thickened, 

 hairy at base. Ovary bilocular. 



This species is very close to Kigelia madagascariensis, Baker 

 (Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. vol. xviii. p. 274), and therefore shows the 

 close connection of the two genera ; but as the ovary is dis- 

 tinctly 2-loeular, I have put this species in Colea, following 

 Dr. Baillon. 



Woods, Tort Dauphin, 2640 ! 



ACANTHACE^E. 



FOESYTHIOPSIS ATTSTRALIS, Sp. n. 



Frutex, ramulis tetragonis albidis glabris, foliis saspius obovatis 



vel oblanceolatis acutis vel obtusis etiam emarginatis margine 



revoluto, floribus pedunculatis solitariis vel l-3nis, bract eis 



linearibus, calycis 5-partiti segmentis linearibus acutis, corolla 



sub 2-labiata, segmentis quam tubus longioribus, staminibus 2, 



staminodiis anantheris minutis, disco cupulari, ovulis in loculis 

 2-3 



An erect much branched shrub, with white or brown bark. 

 Leaves crowded, inserted on cupular woody dilatations of the 

 nodes, very slightly pubescent when young, afterwards wholly 

 glabrous ; usually 4-G cm. long and about 2*5 cm. broad, though 

 sometimes even 9 cm. long. Peduncles up to about 1*5 cm. 

 long ; bracts about 5 mm. ; pedicels 1-2 cm. Calyx about 6 mm., 

 with ciliate segments. Corolla-tube 6-7 mm., segments 13 mm. 

 long and about G mm. broad, obtuse, externally minutely hairy. 



Stamens 7-8 mm. 



Exposed stony and rocky places, Fort Dauphin, 2701 ! 25SG ! 



2503! 



Camaeotea, gen. nov. Acanthacearum tribus Kuelliearum. 



Bractese foliis similares ; bracteolae pame obtuse ovatae. Calyx 

 basi campanulatus, segmentis quam tubus longioribus lineari- 

 lanceolatis acutis. Corolla tubulosa elongata incurva supra 

 ovarium constricta, ad faucem gradatim ampliata, segmentis 

 brevibus ovatis subaequalibus. Stamina 4 didynama, exserta, 

 infra medium tubi affixa, filamentis in membranam decurrentem 

 connatis; antherse 2-loculares. Discus magnus cupularis 



