FLOHA of iTADAGASCAIt. 47 



in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces; petiole ^-| in. 

 long. Flowers produced only from the axils of tlie upper leaves ; 

 pedicels |-i- in. long. Calyx-limb ^j in. long. Expanded 

 corolla I in. in diam. Stamens as long as the caljx-limb. — JSaro?i 

 3743!. 



ECJGEJS^IA (§ SvzrOICJAl) AOGRKaAXA, U. Sp. 



Ramosissima, glabra, foliis petiolatis oblongis obtuse cuspidatis rigide 

 coriaceis utriuque viridibus venulis omnibus crebris exseulptis, floribus 

 parvis dense coryraboso-paniculatis, pedicellis brevissimis, calycis tubo 

 obconico glabro nitido dentibus latis brevibus, petalis coba^reutibus, sta- 

 minibus permultis calyce longioribus. 



A much-branched erect tree, glabrous iu all its parts. Pe- 

 tiole ^-| in. long; blade 1^-2 in. long, narrowed to an obtuse 

 point, cuneate at the base, thick and rigid, Avith all the veinlets 

 on both sides raised. Flowers very numerous, arranged in dense 

 terminal corymbose panicles. Calyx ^ in. in diam. Corolla-bud 

 semiorbicular. Stamens -^ in, long. — Baron 1115! 4321! 4917! 

 4939 ! Near E. tanaJensis^ Baker. 



Ehodosepai.a, genus nov^um Melastomacearum tribus 



Osbeckie^c. 



Calyx setosus, tubo campanulato, segraentis 5 ovatis meml)ranaccis 

 saturate rubris deciduis, dentibus setiferis persistcntibus alternantibus. 

 Petala 5, orbiculari-cuneata, purpurea. Stamina 10, a;qualia, antheris 

 leviter undulatis apice poro unico debi:5ceutibus connectivo baud producto 

 basi antice bicalcarato. Ovarium globosum, immersum, ovulis in loculo 

 permultis ; stylus elongatus subulatus sursuni curvatus apice stigmatosus. 

 Capsula membranacea in calycis tubo perfecte immersaj dimidio superior! 

 libera, Semina cochleata minutissima copiosa. 



Allied to Aiitherofoma and Dionycliia, 



EuouosEPALA PAUcrFLORA, Baker. Species sola. 



Stems slender, herbaceous, spreading, sparsely bristly, un- 

 branched belo^v the iaflorescence. Leaves few, opposite, shortly 

 petioled, oblong, obtuse, distinctly triplinerved, |-1 in. long, 

 thinly bristly and green on both surfaces, moderately firm in 

 texture* Flowers few, sometimes one only, arranged in lax ter- 

 minal cymes, the lower branches from the axils of the upper 

 leaves. Calyx-tube \ in. long and broad, thinly beset with 

 spreading whitish bristles, subtended at the base with a pair of 

 ovate obtuse dark purple deciduous bracteoles ; segments ovate, 



bright red, ^ in. long. Petals J-^'in. broad. Stamens as long 



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