510 ME. J. G. BAKER OlS" THE 



A much-branched shrub, witb slender densely hispidulous 

 branchlets. Leaves 1^-2 in. long, rather thin, green and ob- 

 scurely pilose on both surfaces, deltoid or rounded at the base ; 

 petiole 1-1| in. long. Plowers solitary in the axils of the close 

 reduced upper leaves ; bracts oblanceolate, obtuse, generally larger 

 than the calyx. Calyx | in. long, densely pilose. Corolla | in. 

 long ; tube much dilated in the upper, cylindrical in the loVer 

 half; segments ^ in. long, ^ in. broad. Longer stamens reaching 

 to the throat of the perianth-tube; anthers 4, small, ovoid. 



Ovary ampullseform; style reaching up to the anthers. — Baron 

 4543! 



Baeleeia KiTcniNGii, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, inermis, fohis parvis ovatis integris hispidis, floribus dense 



spicatis sordide purpureis, calycis segraentis exterloribus magnis cordato- 



ovatis spmoso-marginatis demum scariosis, interioribus parvis lanceolatis, 



coroUcE tubo deorsum cylindrico sursum infundibulari, limbi segraentis 5 



orbicularibus, antheris anticis cum stylo ex tubo breviter exsertis, posticis 

 brevissimis. 



Stems slender, shrubby, terete, green, glabrous. Leaves at tbe 

 flowering-time very small. Spikes dense, oblong. Calyx of 4 

 segments; two outer nearly an incli long, ^ in. broad, hispid, 

 scariose, persistent ; two inner bidden by the outer, small, lan- 

 ceolate-acuminate. Corolla-tube 1^ in. long, ^ in. in diam. at the 

 throat J segments spreading, |-| inch broad; expanded limb 1| 

 in. m diam. Longer stamens just exserted from the throat of the 

 corolla-tube ; anthers oblong, i iu. long ; shorter stamens inserted 

 with the others near the base of tbe tube, not reacting above 

 its middle ; anthers small, globose. Betsileo-land.— J5«ro?2 257 ! 

 4018 ! Ibara country, Kitcling ! A near ally of B. cristata, L. 



Baeieeia philltee^folia, n. sp. 



Fmticosa, inermis, glabra, ramulis gracillimis, foliis petiolatis ovatis vel 

 oblongis acutis integris, floribus solitariis axillaribus, bracteis linearibus, 

 calycis segm cutis hispidis, exterioribus magnis lanceolatis, interioribus 

 parvis rigidulis, corollse tubo infundibulari segraentis obovato-cuneatis, 



staminibus anticis ex tubo longe protrusis, posticis parvis staminodio 

 sequilongis. 



An erect shrub, with slender terete woody branchlets. Leaves 

 l|-2 in. long, membranous, green and obscurely pilose on both 

 surfaces, deltoid at the base ; petiole |-| in. long. Flowers solitary 

 in the axils of many of the leaves ; pedicel very short ; bracts 



