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a little higher than the other four ; filaments filiform, fe-jfa in. 

 long ; anthers black, globose. Ovaries oblong, ^ in. long, cuneate 

 at the base and apex; styles very slender, nearly an inch long/ 

 stigma minute, capitate. — Betsileo-land, on trunks of trees in 

 forests. 



Kitchinoia campanulata, Baker. 



Stems stouter than in the other species, terete, flexuose. 

 Leaves sessile, linear-oblong, obtuse, cuneate at the base, con- 

 spicuously crenate, 2-3 in. long. Flowers 12-20, in a lax globose 

 compound terminal cyme ; bracts minute, linear; pedicels |-| in. 

 long. Calyx \ in. long ; segments deltoid, subacute, rather 

 longer than the tube. Corolla bright red, ■£ in. long, the tube 

 broadest at the throat, where it is \ in. diam. ; segments deltoid- 

 orbicular, half as long as the tube. Stamens inserted about the 

 middle of the corolla-tube ; filaments filiform, \~ \ in. long ; 

 anthers minute, globose. Ovaries oblong, \ in. long ; style rather 

 longer than the ovary ; stigma minute, capitate. — Betsileo-land. 



Cotyledon pannosa, Baker, n. sp. 



Main stem creeping to a length of a foot, rooting from the 

 nodes, terete, densely coated, like the leaves on both sides, with 

 a thick mass of white woolly hairs, sending up short leafy branches, 

 some of which terminate in an inflorescence. Leaves crowded 

 towards the tips of the branches, opposite, decussate, oblong, 

 entire, under an inch long, densely coated on both sides with 

 persistent white hairs. Peduncle stiffly erect, under half a foot 

 long, pubescent, furnished only with a single much-reduced leaf 

 above the middle. Flowers few, tetramerous, arranged in a lax 

 simple terminal cyme ; bracts minute, lanceolate ; pedicels erect, 

 densely pubescent, about § in. long. Calyx campanulate, pubes- 

 cent ^— ^ in. long ; segments deltoid, acute, longer than the tube. 

 Corolla red-purple, | in. long; segments oblong-spathulate, 

 minutely cuspidate, thinly cottony on the outside. Stamens 

 inserted about the middle of the corolla-tube ; filaments rather 

 flattened, ^ in. long ; anthers minute, globose. Carpels with a 

 linear-oblong ovary, | in. long, narrowed gradually into a subulate 

 style. — Ankaratra mountains. Remarkable in the genus for its 

 creeping and rooting main stem, densely matted pubescence, and 

 tetramerous flowers. 



Droseea bamentacea, Burchell (D. madagascariensis, JDC). 

 — Betsileo-land and Ankaratra mountains. Extends to the Cape, 

 Angola, and Upper Guinea. 



