TLOEA OF MADAGASCAE. 501 



|-1 in. long. Plowers pentamorous. Calyx campannlate, -^-^ in. 



in diam. ; segments much imbricated. Corolla y^^ in. long ; tube 



very short. Stamens nearly as long as the corolla. — Baron 

 3674! 



AeDISTA DISSITirLORA, n. sp. 



Fruticosa^ ramulis f^racilibus pilosis, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis 

 acutis subcoriaceis dorso ad costara sohim pilosis, cymis axillaribus 

 pedunculatis circiter trifloris pedicellis elongatis, floribus tetrameris; calycis 

 segmentis ovatis, acutisj corollae segmentis ovatis, stamiuibus liberis, 

 antheris lanceolatis, filamentis brevissimis. 



A shrub, probably a climber, with slender terete pilose branch- 

 lets. Leaves about an inch long, firm in texture, green and 

 glabrous on botb surfaces except the midrib beneatb, copiously 

 dotted with black. Cymes copious, axillary ; peduncle and 

 pedicels each ^-^ in, long, slightly pilose. Calyx y^^ in. in diam., 

 tube very short. Corolla ^ in. in diam. Stamens 4 ; anthers 

 lanceolate, much longer than the filaments. — Baron 4511 ! 

 Habit of Oncostemum vacciniijolium^ but stamens quite free. 



OXCOSTEMUM ? POLTTEICnUM, n. Sp. 



Fruticosum, dense molliter fnsco-pilosum, foliis magnis petiolatis 

 oblongis subcoriaceis, floribus pentameris dense copiose raeemosis, pedi- 

 cellis elongatis, calycis segmentis ovatis, corollae segmentis ovatis acutis 

 tubo campanulato longioribus, filamentis brevibus connatis, antheris 

 liberis lanceolatis. 



Branches woody, terete, densely clotbed with short brown 

 pubescence. Leaves 3-4 in. long, 1$-1| in. broad at tbe 

 middle, narrowed gradually to both ends, firm in texture, green 

 and clotbed with short brown pubescence on both surfaces ; 

 petiole I in. long. Flowers in dense peduncled panicled ter- 

 minal racemes ; pedicels \-\ in. long, densely pilose. Expanded 

 calyx \ in. in diam. Corolla glabrous, \ in. in diam. Stamens 

 shorter tban the corolla ; anthers lanceolate ; filaments united in 

 a campanulate (tVi\f.~Baron 2219! 3878! Combines the habit 

 and anthers of Ardisia Avith the connate filaments of Onco- 

 stemum. 



OxcosTEMUM michosphjeiiiim:, n. sp. 



Fruticosum, erectum, ramosissimum, ramulis dense pilosis, foliis breviter 

 petiolatis orbicularibus parvis glabris, floribus pentameris l-Snis axil- 

 laribus, pedunculo brevi, pedicellis elongatis, calycis segmentis ovatis 

 obtusis, corollas tubo brevi segmentis orbicularibus, coronas campanulatae 

 filamentis deltoideis basi solum connatis. 



