NEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN MADAGASCAK PLANTS. 41 



white membranous inflexed margins. Calyx-tube about 3 mm. ; 

 segments 4 mm. Corolla densely pubescent, externally pinkish 

 white, about 4-5 cm. long; the upper lip 5 mm. broad at the 

 tip ; with short rounded lobes. 



In open woods and scattered thickets, Fort Dauphin, July, 

 2677! 3000! 



Htpoestes incompta, sp. n. 



Herbacea, ramulis tetragonis hirsutis, foliis ovatis obtusis 

 breviter petiolatis utrinque hirsutis, spicis terminalibus, bracteis 

 alterne sterilibus minutis linear ibus, involucri uniflori bracteis 

 rigidis oblongis apice triangularibus hirsutis, calyce 5-fido brac- 

 teas interiores aequante, segmentis lineari-lanceolatis, corolla 

 tubulosa usque ad medium fissa quam involucrum 2-3plo longiore, 

 labii superioris lobis ovatis. 



An erect straggling plant, densely hairy in all parts. Leaves 



(excluding petiole) 3-4*5 cm. long and 1*5-3 cm. broad; petiole 



about 5 mm.; both sides of leaf covered -with long white hairs. 



Bracts ovate (3 mm. long). Involucral bracts dissimilar ; outer 



narrow, oblong, rigid, channelled and glabrous within, somewhat 



twisted at the tip ; inner narrow, linear, and much shorter. Calyx 



membranous, segments as long as the tube. Corolla about 



3 cm. long ; lower lip almost 1 cm. broad at the tip, with obtuse 



segments. 



Port Dauphin, 30G7 ! 



Hypoestes glandulifera, sp. n. 



Eruticosa, ramulis tetragonis villosis, foliis ovatis basi sub- 

 cordatis acutis breviter petiolatis utrinque dissite villosis, spicis 

 terminalibus simplieibus vel parce ramosis, bracteis alterne steri- 

 libus magnis obovato-spathulatis, involucri uniflori bracteis glan- 

 duloso-hirsutis, exterioribus obovatis obtusis quam interiores 

 lanceolati duplo longioribus, calyce 5-fido bracteas interiores 

 sequante, corolla© rubrse tubo curvato-infundibulari quam invo- 

 lucrum 3-4plo longiore, labii superioris lobis parvis rotundatis. 



Erect leafy shrub, with the branches covered with rather long 

 distant white hairs. Leaves sometimes bluntly acuminate, (exclud- 

 ing petiole) 2*5-5 cm. long and 1-5-2 cm. broad ; petiole 5 mm. 

 (or less). Bracts about 4-5 mm. External involucre-bracts large, 

 obovate, spathulate, with a rigid claw about 9 mm. long and 5 mm. 

 broad ; inner involucral bracts lanceolate acute, 4-5 mm. long; all 

 the bracts thickly covered at the margin with stalked glandules. 



