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PeLARGOXIUM: (§ PeLARGITJM) MADAGASCARIEIfSE, D. Sp. 



Perenne, caulibus erectis elongatis pilosis, foliis petiolatis membranaceis 

 cordato-orbicularibus parce pilosis breviter lobatis inciso-crenatis, umbellis 

 3-4-floris, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis, pedicellis flori aequilongis, calycis 

 calcare brevi segmentis ovato-lanceolatis, petalis parvis anguste cuneatis 

 pallide Hlacinis superioribus majoribus deorsum venosis, carpellorum rostro 

 cylindrico pubesceute. 



A perennial, with a fusiform root and tufted leafy erect 

 pubescent stems above a foot long. Basal leaves with a petiole 

 3-4 in. long, and a blade 3 in. broad, and basal sinus an inch 

 deep; upper growing gradually smaller; lobes 3-5, shallow. 

 Umbels produced from the axils of the leaves all down the stem ; 

 pedicels under ^ iu, long ; bracts 5-6, membranous, pilose. Calyx 

 I in. long, exclusive of the short spur. Petals ^ in. long. 

 Beak of the carpels | in. long, with a short style and 5 revolute 

 stigmas. — Baron 3422 ! This is the first Pelargonium that has 

 been found in Madagascar. It is allied to the Cape P. alcliemil' 

 loides and the Abyssinian P. (jlechomoides, 



Impatiens HiLUEBRAUfDTir, BailL in Bull, Linn. Sac. Par. 

 (1886) p. 595. 



Herbacea, perennis, glabra, caulibus erectis simplieibus gracilibus, folns 

 oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis acutis integris vel parce dentatis breviter 

 petiolatis, floribus corymbosis louge pedicellatis, sepalis laterahbus parvis 

 lanceolatis, postico magno ovato-naviculari calcare gracillimo unciah, 

 petalis rubelUs supremo orbiculari inferioribus cuneatis bifidis sepalu 

 postico longioribus, ovario clavato glabro. 



A herbaceous perennial, glabrous in all its parts, with slender 

 simple erect stems a foot or more long. Leaves 10-12 to astern, 

 distant, membranous, 1-3 in. long, narrowed from the middle to 

 the apex and base, often furnished with 1-2 bristles at the apex 

 of the petiole. Flowers many to a stem from the top and axils 

 of the upper leaves ; pedicels very slender, 1-2 in. long. Blade 

 of the spurred sepal ^ in. long. Petals reddish, the two lower 

 |-| in. long. Capsule glabrous, narrowed from the middle to 

 the apex and base.— Poro?i 370 i ! 39351 Also Rildehrandt 

 3828, from shady woods in the province of Imerina. Nearly 



to J. Jirmula, Baker. Hildebrandt's 3382, also named 



m 



Tbimorphopetalitm, oren. nov. Balsaminearum. 



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Sepala 3, 2 lateraha parva lanceolata viridia; posticum maxiinuni 

 galeatutn baud calcaratum petaloideum venosuin, Petala 3, anticum 

 externum concavum sepalo postico simile ; lateralia orbiculato-cuneata 



