FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 503 



1-1| in. broad, narrowed gradually from the middle to base, firm 

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

 long. Flowers in copious lax axillary peduncled racemes 3-4 in. 

 long ; pedicels ^ in. long. Expanded calyx | in. in diam. Corolla 

 -Jr in. in diam.; tube very short. .Filaments connate, in a cam- 

 panulate cup shorter than the corolla, inside which the stamens 

 are placed. — Baron 1096 ! 3714 ! 



Pachtpodiuk deis^siflgeuk, n. sp. 



P. tubero firmo polycephalo, rosulis dense aculeatis, foliis oblongis dorso 

 pilosis, pedunculo elongato, cymis densis paucifloris, calycis segixientis 

 ovatis lanosis, corollse tubo cylindrico piloso calyee longiore, segmentis 

 obovatis, folliculis cylindricis elongatis. 



Tuber with several cylindrical branclaes, densely armed with 

 spreading subulate pungent prickles | in. long. Leaves oulj 

 seen immature, more or less coated with short white pubescence 

 beneath. Peduncle reaching nearly a foot in length. Flowers 

 6-8 in a dense cyme. Calyx-segments \ in. long. Corolla-tube 

 nearly twice as long as the calyx ; segments obovate, i in. long. 

 Follicles pubescent, 4 in. long. Seeds cylindrical, ^in. long, 

 crowned by a corona of silky hairs. — Baron 424G ! 



Pachtpgdium brevicatjle, n. sp. 



P. tubero firmo polycephalo, rosulis copiose aculeatis, foliis hysteranthiis 

 oblongis, pedunculo brevi pubescente interdum nullo, cymis densis pau- 

 cifluris, calycis segmentis lanceolatis dense pilosis, corolla hitea; tubo 

 cyhndrico pubescente segmentis obovatis tubo brevioribus. 



Tuber subglobose, |-1 in. in diam. Prickles in a dense cluster, 

 pale, subulate, erect, I in. long. Leaves at the flowering-time 

 very Immature, oblong, densely pilose. Pedicels very "^short. 

 Calyx densely pilose, ^ in. long; tube very short. Corolla-tube 



in, long, densely pubescent on the outside ; segments | in. long. 

 Stamens not reaching above the middle of the corolla-tube. 

 Baro7i 4412 ! Also Ilildebrandt 3586 ! 



Altxia lucida, n. sp. 



Sarmentosa, fruticoso, glabra, foliis 2-4nis sessilibus lanceolatis vel 

 oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis lucidis subcoriaceis, cymis laxis paucifloris 

 terminahbus, calycis segmentis minutis ovatis, corolla tubo elongato 

 cylindrico, segmentis angustis tubo 4-5plo brevioribus, fructu pedicellato 

 splendide rubro profunde toruloso. 



A climber, glabrous in all its parts, with very slender green 



