TLOKA OF MADAGASCAR. 509 



luteo-incanis, bracteis coriaceis connatis persistenter aureo-incanis, calyce 

 truncato brevissimo, corollse tubo piloso lobis brevibus, stigmate exserto. 



A shrubby climber, with woodj terete stems. Leaves 2|-3 in- 

 long, l-l|in. broad at the middle, acute, firm in texture, green 

 and glabrous on both surfaces ; petiole | in. long. Flowers a dozen 

 or more in sessile cymes in the axils o£ the leaves; pedicels |-^ 

 in. long, clothed with persistent golden-yellow tomentum like the 

 bracts. Bracts oblong, | in. long, coriaceous, connate nearly to 

 the top; lobes half-orbicular. Calyx densely pilose. Corolla 

 1| in. long, clothed with bristly hairs ; tube infundibuliform ; 

 throat ^ in. in diam. ; lobes short, rounded. Stamens reaching to 

 the throat of the corolla-tube. Capsule not seen. — Saron 4915 ! 

 Numbers 4762 and 4770 are either the same species or a near 

 ally, but are incomplete. To be compared with Eadlkofer's 

 genus Pseudocal)/x, 



MiMULOPSIS APFINIS, n. sp. 



Ilerbacea, caulo erecto gracillimo sursum glanduloso-pubescente, foliis 

 petiolatis lanceolatis paree pilosis, floribus paucis luteis laxe racemosis, 

 pedicellis elongatis glanduloso-pubescentibus bracteatis, calycis segmentis 

 linearibus elongatis inscqualibus, coroUse tubo obeonico, segmentis orbi- 

 cularibus, staminibus in tubo inelusis. 



Stems herbaceous, very slender. Leaves 1-2 in. long, thin, 



green 



Flowers 



few, arranged in a lax terminal raceme, the lowest branch some- 

 times forked ; peduncles and pedicels densely softly glandular- 

 pubescent ; the latter with a pair of small opposite lanceolate 

 hracts above the middle. Calyx ^-| in. long, glandular-pubes- 

 cent; tube very short. Corolla §-| in. long; s< 

 equal, spreading, \-\ in, broad. Stamens inserted low down in 

 the tube ; anthers of the longer pair with a spur at the base of 

 the larger QeVi.— Baron 3435 ! 4050 ! 4294! Very near Jf. Ian- 

 ceolata. Baker. 



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Steobilaxthes htspidula, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, ramulis gracilibus pilosis, foliis longe petiolatis integris acutis 

 ovatis vel oblongis, floribus axillaribus solitariis, bracteis foliaceis oblan- 

 ceolatis, calyce piloso tubo infundibular! dentibus lanceolato-acuminatis 



tubo aiquilongis, coroUse tubo infundibular! segmentis 5 oblongis sub- 

 sequalibus, staminibus didjnamis antheris omnibus perfectis ovatis sub- 

 acqualibus. 



