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COELOCABPTJS MADAGASCABIENSIS, sp. n. 



Perennis, ramis dichotomiis ascendentibus scabridis ad nodos 

 lignosis cupularibus, foliis oppositis variis saepius oblongis vel 

 lineari-laneeolatis etiam basi lobatis subhastatis obtusis utrinque 

 hirsutis, racemis terminalibus, pedicellis brevibus alternis basi 

 articulatis, calycis infundibularis segmentis hirsutis mucronu- 

 latis quam tubus triplo brevioribus, corolla infundibulari ad 

 faucem villosa, staminibus 4, antheris cordatis, fructu calyce 

 incluso bilobo glabro sicco. 



An erect, dichotomou sly branched scabrous herb. Leaves very 

 variable by greater or less development of basal lobe, shortly 

 peiiolate ; blade 2-3 cm. long and 6-15 mm. broad. Racemes 

 4-8 cm. long, with flowers alternately developed along the axis. 

 Pedicels about 3 mm., slightly expanded below the flower. 

 Calyx hairy ; teeth spreading, mucronate, about 5-6 mm. long ; 

 calyx-tube 4 mm. Corolla slightly longer than the calyx, with 

 short rounded segments. Stamens subdidynamous. Fruit about 

 4 mm. long, ovoid, dry, and somewhat bilobed. Cf . C. socotranus, 

 Balf. f. in Proc. Koy." Soc. Edinb. xii. (1883). 



Open sandy ground, Port Dauphin, 2312 ! 



ACHARITEA GLANDULOSA, sp. n. 



SufFrutex, ramulis striatis obscure tetragonis, foliis linearibus 

 vel lineari-laneeolatis acutis glanduloso-pilosis margine revoluto, 

 spicis terminal ibus axillaribusque densis, floribus 2-3nis, bracteis 

 ovatis acutis hirsutis, calyce infundibulari 10-nervio glanduloso- , 

 hirsuto, corollsD segmentis parvis obtusis, staminibus infra 

 medium tubi affixis, ovario ovoideo 2-loculari, loculis mono- 

 spermis, albumine copioso. 



An erect herb 1-3 feet high, glandular-hairy in all parts. Leaves 



black above, greener below, 3-5 cm. long and about 5 mm. broad. 



Flowers very dense, almost secund, in spikes 2 cm. or more long ; 



bracts 8 mm. long and 5 mm. broad. Calyx 4-5 mm., with 5 short ; 



ovate acute teeth. Corolla about 1 cm., with 5 short rounded 



lobes. Anther-loculi parallel, shortly mucronate at base* 



Style exserted; fruit enclosed iu persistent calyx, about 2 mm. 

 long. 



Open ground (on sandy soil), Port Dauphin, 2734 ! 2375 ! 



