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FLORA OF MADAGASCAK. 445 



divari 



catis, oviilis ad placentara singulam 8-10, semiuibus globosis castaneis. 



An erect shrul), glabrous in all its parts. Leaves 2-3 in. long, 

 |-1 in. broad above the middle, very thick and rigid in texture, 

 green above, drab beneath, the veins fine and immersed ; petiole 

 .j-j in. long. Umbels sessile at the end of the branchlets, 



bracteated by full-sized leaves. Flowers not seen. Fruit-pedicels 

 ^-| in. long. Valves of the fruit orbicular, under | in. long, very- 

 thick and rigid, brown on the outside. — Baron 1174 ! 3950 ! 



PiTTOSPOBUM VER]N'IC0SUM, n. SJ). 



Fruticosum, ramosissimum, glabrum, foliis irregulariter confertis brevi- 

 ter petiolatis oblongis vel lanceolatis rigidulis utrinque viridibus facie 

 nitidis, umbellis multifloris terminalibus, pedicellis fructu longioribus, 

 fructu globoso glabro bruaneo magnitudine pisi valvis 2 patulis, gyno- 

 phoro brevi, seminibus 2 castaneis nitidis. 



An erect shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with irregularly 

 crowded leaves. Leaves 1^-2 in. long, about | in. broad at the 

 middle, acuminate, glossy green above, paler green beneath, with 

 fine immersed veining. Flowers as many as 12, arranged in 

 sessile terminal umbels, with many full-sized leaves at and near 

 the base ; fruit-pedicels J-^ in. long. Fruit globose, brown, 

 coriaceous, -g- in. long and broad, tipped with a short slender 

 style, the rigid valves finally spreading horizontally. Seeds 2, 

 subglobose, mahogany-brown, arising one each from the base of 

 the two placentas- Flowers not seen. — Baron 4942 ! 



POLTOALA LEPTOCAULIS, H. sp. 



Annua, caule erecto gracillimo puhesceate virgato simplici vel furcate, 

 foliis subsessilibus glabris linearibus vel lanceolatis, racerao terminali 

 elongate laxissimo, pedicelhs brevibus inferioribus cemuis, sepalis pallidis 

 viridi venosis, exterioribus parvis oblongis, interioribus magnis obovatis 

 venis snrsum anastomosantibus, petalis cffiruleis calyce paulo longioribus, 

 carina apice parce cristata, fructu oblongo calyci aequilongo. 



An annual, with slender erect finely pubescent stems |-1| ft. 

 long. Leaves extending all the way up the stem to tbe base of 

 the raceme, laxly disposed, erecto-patent, l-nerved, 1-1| in. 

 long. Eaceme 2"-5 in. long ; pedicels much sborter than the 



calyx. Outer sepals ^ in. long ; inner above g in. long, with 

 the 3 green veins connected upwards witb cross-veinlets. Upper 

 petals ^ in. long; keel rather longer, with a small crest at the 

 tip of the midrib. Stamens as long as the keel-petal. Capsule 

 oblong, compressed, ^-^ in. long, emarginate at tbe apex. — Baron 

 4548 ! 4590 ! 4598 ! Allied to P. hyssopifoUa, Bojer. 



