FLORl OF MADAGASCAR. 451 



sliort persistent pubescence on both sides ; petiole 3-4 in. long. 

 Peduncle 6-8 in. long. C^'me dense, 3-4 in. in diam. Calyx 

 densely pilose ; segments ^ in. long. Staminal tube more than 

 twice as long as the calyx and corolla. Anthers ^ in. long ; free 

 apex of filament as long as the anther. Style exserted | in. 

 beyond the stamens. — Baron 3432 ! Closely allied to 7). canna- 

 Una, Bot. Mag. t. 3619. 



Melochja (§Eeidleia) betsiliensis, n. sp. 



il/. ramulis gracilibus apice obscure pilosis, foliis petiolatis ovato-lauceo- 

 latis serratis glabris, stipulis lanceoiatis persistentibus, floribus axillaribus 

 sohtariis vel ad ramorum apice paucis corymbosis pedicellis brevibus, 

 bracteolisS linearibus, calycis tubo campauulato dentibns parvis deltoideis, 

 petalis lilacinis, filamentis in tubum cylindricum connatis apice liberis, 

 fructu globose baud inflato, styhs basi connatis. 



A shrub with long slender terete brownish branches. Leaves 

 1-2 in. long, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on 

 both surfaces, acute, rounded at the base, sharply serrated ; petiole 

 |-| in. long. Stipules \ in. long. Flowers not more than 2-3 

 at the end of the branches, and one each from the axils of the 

 upper leaves; pedicels hairy, at most I in. long ; bracteoles ^ in. 

 long. Calyx yV in. long and broad; teeth much shorter than 

 the tube. Petals | in. long. Stamens longer than the calyx. 

 Capsule \ in. diam., setose.— -Barow 271 ! 4678 ! 4757 ! Nearly 



ifolia 



BiTTKERiA Mellert, n. sp. 



Arborea 



orbicularibus apice profunda eraarginatis lobis rotundatis rigide coriaeeis 

 facie viridibus glabris dorso dense lepidotis venis venulisque exsculptis, 

 cymis axillaribus paucifloris, fructu magno globoso lepidoto echinato, 

 valTis5 lignosis e basi ruptis. 



A tree 20 feet high, with stout woody branchlets. Leaves 



in. deep, 



broad 



the erecto-patent main veins of the under surface much raised, 

 4 radiating from the apex of the petiole, which is 1-1| in. long. 

 Flowers not seen. Capsule Ig in. long and broad, with 5 woody- 

 valves, armed with spreading prickles \ in. long, rough outside 

 with scales, smooth inside, each half valve \ in, broad. — Anevoca, 



Mellerl Allied to 

 B. hiloba, Baill. Adans. x. 178. 



I 



Byttnekta BAvniNiomEs, n. sp. 



B. ramulis gracillimis apice tenuiter lepidotis, fohis petiolatis ovatis glabris 



