FLOKA. OF MADAGA3CAB. 453 



beneath, with 6-8 pairs of much -raised main veins on each side ; 

 petiole 5-^ in. long. Pedicels cernuous, 1-1 g- in. long. Calyx 

 coriaceous, ^ in. long ; sepals connate above the base. Petals 

 an inch long, nearly an inch broad, dark red, much imbricated, 

 pubescent on the outside mainly on the flabellate ribs- Stamens 

 very numerous, half as long as the petals; anthers densely 

 pilose, narrowed into an apiculus ^ in. long above the cells.- 

 Baron 3822 ! Allied to E. rhodanthus and quercvfolius. 



PSOUOSPEKMUM EMARGINATUM, U. Sp. 



Fruticosutn, ramuhs glabris ancipitibus, fohis distincte petiolatis oblongis 

 obtusis vel emarginatis basi deltoideis utrinque viridibus glabris, iimbellis 

 nmltifloris pedunculatis termiaaUbus, pedicellis elongatis glabris, sepaHs 

 oblongis glabris valde nigro-lineatis, petalis calyce sesquilongioribus facie 

 dense pilosis, staininibus pentadelphis aatheris circiter 35. 



A shrub, glabrous in all its parts except the face of the petals, 

 the branchlets distinctly flattened towards the tip. Leaves 2-3 

 in. long, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both 

 sides ; lower surface paler; maiia veins distinct, distant ; petiole 

 \-\ in. long. Flowers 15-30 in an umbel ; peduncle 1-1^ in. long ; 

 pedicels \-~\ in. long. Calyx \ in. long ; sepals glabrous, with 

 copious black lines and dots outside. Petals \ in. long, very 

 hairy on the face. Stamens as long as the calyx. Free styles 

 as long as the ovary. — Baron 4397 ! 



PSOKOSPEKMUM POPULIFOLIUM, U. Sp. 



Fruticosum, ramosissimum, ramulis apice ferrugineo-pilosis, foliis dis- 

 tincte petiolatis oblongis acutis obscure crenulatis adultis utrinque glabris 

 viridibus, umbellis terminalibus multifloris, pedicellis pilosis flore longiori- 

 bus, sepalis oblongis pilosis, petalis oblanceolatis calyce duplo longioribus 

 facie pilosis, staminibus pentadelphis antheris circiter 40, 



A much'branched erect shrub, the slender branchlets pilose 

 towards the tip only. Adult leaves 2-3 in. long, acute, generally 



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sides, the main veins distant, arcuate ; young leaves matted with 

 brown pubescence on both sides. Umbels 1-2 from the axils of 

 the top leaves ; peduncle and pedicels brown-pilose, the latter 

 \-~\ in. long. Calyx ^^ in. long. Petals \ in. long, lineolate and 

 hairy on the face. Stamens and pistil both as long as the petals. 

 Baron 4611 ! 4617 ! 4810 ! 4812 ! Allied to P. ^nerana. Baker, 

 in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 19. 



