490 ME. J. G. BAKEE ON THE 



at the base, not at all rigid nor viscose, green and densely pilose 

 on both surfaces, conspicuouslj serrated with a little cusp to 

 each tooth. Capitula in dense corymbs either from the tips of 

 the branchlets or axils of the leaves. Involucre -^ in. long and 

 broad; bracts pauciserial, adpressed, pale green, with a dark 

 green keel. Corolla and pappus both j\ in. long. — Baron 4iSoGl 

 Also Hildehrandt 3538 ! from damp places in the north of 

 Betsileo-land. 



PSIADIA STE^S^GPHTLLA, n. Sp. 



Fruticosa, ramosissima, glatinosa, glabra, ramulis gracilibus sulcatis, 

 foliis subsessilibus linearibus serratis uniuerviis, capitulis parvis multi- 

 floris dense corymboso-paniculatis, involucre campanulato bracteis pauci- 

 seriatis oblongis rigidulis adpressis, j)appo albido flexuoso. 



A shrub, with slender woody ascending branchlets. Leaves 

 ascending, rigid in texture, 1^-2 in. long, ^-| in. broad at the 

 middle, narrowed gradually to both ends, minutely serrated. 

 Heads in dense corymbs at the ends of all the branchlets. In- 

 volucre \ in. long and broad; bracts all greenish and obtuse, 



the outer small. Achene glabrous. Pappus xV i^- ^*^^o 

 Baron 3549 ! 



PSIADIA MODESTA, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, ramulis apice breviter pubescentibus, foliis subsessilibus 

 oblanceolatis acutis serratis subglabris, capitulis parvis multifloris corym- 

 boso-paniculatis, involucro campanulato bracteis pauciseriatis rigidulis 

 adpressis exteriorlbus ovatis interioribus lanceolatis, achenio cylindrico 

 glabro, pappi setis albis flexuosis. 



A shrub, with erect terete brown calvate main branches and 

 copious slender ascending branchlets, hairy towards the tip. 

 Leaves erecto-patent, 1-1| in. long, i in. broad, moderately firm 

 in texture, acute, penninerved, minutely serrated, not viscose. 

 Capitula arranged in small terminal panicles with corymbose 

 branches. Involucre glabrous, brownish, ^ in. long and broad. 

 Achene cylindrical, glabrous. Corolla I in. long. Style-arms 

 linear, exserted from the qovoWvl.— Baron 4775 ! 



GKAPHALirM DirrusuM, n. sp. 



Herbaceum, perenne, albo-lauuglnosura, caulibus brevibus diflFusis, foliis 

 parvis sessilibus obovatis, capitulis paucis multifloris ad ramorum apices 

 glomeratis, involucro campanulato bracteis pauciseriatis oblongis scariosis. 



