FLORA OF MADAGASCAB. 519 



Much-branched, with crowded branchlets, glabrous below the 

 tip. Leaves 1^2 in. long, |-| in. broad at the middle, obtusely 

 acuminate, narrowed to the base, moderately firm in texture, 

 green and glabrous on both surfaces. Male racemes about an 

 inch long; rhachis slender, pubescent. Calyx -^ in, in diam. 

 Stamens generally 3, tw^ice as long as the calyx. — Baron 4447 ! 



A>^TIDESMA ALNIFOLIA, n. Sp. 



A, ramulis gracilibus sursum pilosis, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis 

 ob basis utrinque viridibus prseter costam glabris in axillis veuarum baud 

 scrobiculatis^ floribus masculis copiose laxe spicatis, calyce late campanu- 

 lato segmentis ovatis, ovario rudimentario globose, stylo brevi staminibus 

 ssepissime 3 coiispicue exsertis. 



A tree with slender branchlets pubescent towards tbe tip. 

 Leaves 2-3 in. long, 1-1^ in. broad, rounded at the base, entire, 

 green and glabrous on both surfaces except the midrib, the 

 distant arcuate slender main veins anastomosing by intramarginal 

 arches. Spikes copious, axillary, shortly peduncled, 2-3 in. long. 

 Calyx j^^- in. in diam., greenish, lobed about halfway down. Sta- 

 mens -^-^ in. long. — Baron 4666 ! 



AXTTUKSArA AUnrXIFOLIA, U. Sp. 



A, ramulis ferrugineo-pubescentibus, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis 

 obtusis subcoriaceis utrinque viridibus glabris in foliorum axillis baud 

 serobiculatis, floribus focmineis breviter racemosis rhachide pedicellisque 

 dense pilosis, bracteis ovatis, calyce late campanulato dense piloso, stylis 

 3 incurvatis ovaiio a;quilongIs. 



A tree with straight Avoody branchlets, pubescent only towards 

 the tip. Leaves 2-4 in. long, 1-1| in. broad, rounded to the base, 

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

 with fine erecto-patent parallel main veins anastomosing in intra- 

 marginal arches. Female racemes axillary, peduncled, an inch 

 long ; pedicels as long as the flowers. Calyx j^y ^^' ^^ diam., twace 

 as broad as long ; segments ovate. Ovary globose, pilose. 

 Baron 4062 ! 



Ceotois" yernicosus, n. sp. 



Fruticosus, ramulis sulcatis dense ferrugineo-le2>idotis, foliis breviter 

 petiolatis lanceolatis integris coriaceis facie viridibus vernicosis dorso dense 

 persistenter albido-lepidotis, spicis terminalibus laxifloris, floribus masculis 

 pluribus, calyce dense lepidoto, tube brevi, segmentis ovatis, petalis parvia 

 oblongis ciliatis, staminibus 9-10, flora fcemineo solitario, ovario dense 

 lepidoto, seminibus brevibus nitidis. 



