FLORA or MADAGASCAR. 513 



subintegris, florlbus dense unilaterallter spicato-paniculatis, involucro 

 unifloro bracteis rigidulis lanceolatis acutis; calyce involucro paulo breviore, 

 coroUse tubo involucro 2pIo longiore, limbo involucro aiquilongo. 



An undersbrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender square 

 green branchlets. Leaves 1-2 in. long, -1-| in. broad at tbe 

 middle, obtuse, narrowed to the base, obscurely undulated on the 

 margin, green and glabrous on both surfaces, moderately firm in 

 texture, penninerved, with 6-8 pairs of arcuate-ascendinir main 



veins. Spikes sbort, dense, secund, stiffly erecto-patent. Invo- 

 lucre J in. long, all the four bracts similar in size and sbape. 

 Corolla-tube |-| in. long ; lips | in. long, tbe lower slightly 

 3-lobed. Anthers just exserted from the throat of the corolla- 

 tube. — Ba7'07i 4284 ! Both this and S, acuminata are nearly 

 allied to _ff. iasininoides. Baker, 



Htpoestes chloroclada, ai. sp. 



Fruticosa, rainulis gracilibus viridibus glabris, foliis petiolatis oblongis 

 acutis integris acuminatis, floribus albidis vel rubellis spicato-paniculatis, 

 involucro unifloro glanduloso-pubescente bracteis lanceolatis obtusis, 

 calyce involucro breviore, corolla3 tubo involucro 2-3plo longiore, limbo 

 tubo tripio breviore. 



A shrub, with slender green glabrous branchlets- Leaves 2-3 

 in. long, 1-1^ in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to both 

 ends, bright green, glabrous. Flowers in a dense terminal panicle 

 with spicate branches. Involucre pubescent, \ in. long. Corolla- 

 tube f in. long; limb | in. long; lower lip cuneate, faintly 

 3-lobed. Anthers reaching halfway up the limb. — Baron 1224 ! 

 4045 ! 4893! Near //. comorensis and IT, jasmtnoides, 



CxERODENDROJS" (§ Ctclonema) mtrabile, n. sp. 



Erectura, fruticosum, glabrum, foliis oppositis sessilibus oblanceolato- 

 oblongis acuminatis serratis, floribus parce coryraboso-paniculatis, calyce 

 tubo infundibulari dentibus magnis lanceolatis, coroUae tubo cylindrico 

 longissimo, limbo parvo oblique bispidulo. 



An erect shrub, with slender terete stems. Leaves 3-4 in. 

 long, 1-1^ in- hroad at the middle, moderately firm in texture, 

 green and glabrous on both surfaces, sharply incised in the 

 middle half. Panicle sparse, terminal, erect; pedicels very short. 

 Calyx I in. long; teeth half as long as the tube. Corolla-tube 

 half a foot long ; limb seen in bud only, globose, with tbe stamens 

 curled up so as to form a circle and a balf, with oblong anthers. 

 J3aro7i 4755 ! Near C. macrosi^lwn^ Hook, f Bot. Mag. t. GG95, 



