FLORA or MADAGASCXB. 449 



adpresaed pectinate Lracteoles. Petals 5-I in. long. Capsule 

 not seen. — Baron 4827 ! Nearly allied to H. xijjJiocuspis, but 

 quite different in the leaves. 



DoMBEYA ACERIFOLIA, U. sp. 



D. ramulis validis, stipulis crbicularibus pilosis persistentibus, foliis mag- 

 nis longe petiolatis cordato-orbicularibus breviter palmatifidis denticulatis 

 rugulosis utrinque pilosis, umbellis simplicibus multifloris axillaribus 

 longe pedunculatis, pedieellis elougatis dense patentim pilosis, calycis 

 dense hirsuti segmentis lanceolatis, petalis latis seariosis magnitudine 

 mediocribuSj staminodiis oblanceolatis, staminibus fertilibus 10 tubo 

 urceolato. 



A sbrub, with stout woody branchlets. Leaves sometimes 

 nearly a foot long and broad, vv^ith many unequal deltoid lobes, 

 a basal sinus 1-1| in. long, rugose like the leaf of a Salvia, thinly 

 bristly above, lacunose and more densely pilose beneath ; petiole 

 6-8 in. long ; stipules persistent, coriaceous, cuspidate, | in. in 

 diam» Peduncles 5-6 in. long, densely clothed with soft brown 

 spreading hairs. Umbel 4 in. in diam. ; pedicels capillary, 1| in. 



long. Calyx \ in. long, densely pilose. Petals | in. long, 

 reddish, scariose. Staminodia I in. long. Anthers -^ in. long. 

 Style reaching nearly to the tip of the petals. — Baron 3446 ! A 

 very handsome species, nesiv D. platani folia, Boier. 



DOMBEYA MEGAPHYLLA, U. Sp. 



D. ramulis lignosis sursum tenuiter lepidotis, foliis longe petiolatis integris 

 cordato-orbicularibus subcoriaceis facie viridibus glabris dorso tenuiter 

 albido-lepidotis, floribus parvis in cymas densas axillares dichotomiter 

 furcatas pedunculatas aggregatis, bracteis lanceolatis, calyce lepidoto 

 segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis, petalis cuneatis seariosis, staminibus petalis 

 brevioribus fertilibus 10 tubo brevi cupulari. 



Branchlets stout, only thinly lepidote. Leaves |-1 ft. long 

 and nearly as broad, entire, deeply cordate at the base, with 

 strongly-raised veins beneath connected by cross veinlets ; petiole 

 2-^ in. long. Flowers in dichotomoua axillary cymes much 



shorter than the leaves. Bracts -^ in. long. Calyx ^ in. long, 

 rough with persistent drab pubescence. Petals scariose, twice 

 as long as the calyx. Staminodia linear, reaching to the tip of 

 the petals. Stamens connate only at the very base. — Baron 



3443 ! Allied to D. sjjectabilis, Bojer (D, Humhlotii, Baillon). 



D. lucida, Baillon in Bull. Linn. Soc. Par. (18S5) p. 496, is the 

 same species as D.JforihunJay Baker, founded on Baron's 2373. 



