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dilated at the base, 3-4 in. long, those next above them 

 oblong-lanceolate, amplexicaul, those of the upper part of the 

 stem much smaller, lanceolate-acuminate. Heads 4-12, in a 

 dense or lax terminal corymb. Involucre campanulate, -j- in. 

 diam., with a few linear outer bracts, besides the equal main 

 ones, which are linear, glabrous, with a paler border on each side 

 of the green keel. Outer flowers with a yellow ligule as long as 

 the involucre. Achene |— ^ in. long, pubescent, with five strong 

 ribs ; pappus soft, white, caducous, as long as the achenes. — An- 

 karatra mountains. Gathered previously by Bojer in the pro- 

 vince of Emirna. Nearly allied to the Cape S. coronatus, Harv. 

 {Cineraria, Thunb.). 



Gebbeea bodophylla, Baker, n. sp. 



An acauleseent perennial herb, with a densely silky rootstock. 

 Leaves 4-6 in a radical rosette ; petiole 1-1^ in. long, clothed 

 with dense, short, spreading hairs ; blade oblong, subentire, 

 rounded at the base, l|-2 in. long, moderately firm in texture, 

 hairy principally on the midrib beneath. Scape about a foot long, 

 clothed throughout, especially just below the solitary capitulum, 

 with soft pale brown, spreading hairs. Involucre campanulate, 

 \ in. diam. ; bracts few, linear, subequal, densely silky. Achenes 

 only seen immature, glabrous, cylindrical. Outer flowers pistil- 

 late only, with a bright yellow ligule \ in. long. Pappus \-^ in. 

 long, composed of very copious soft white seta?. Disk- florets 

 pale yellow, hermaphrodite, with a tube as long as the pappus 

 and short bilabiate limb. — Ankaratra mountains. Nearly allied 

 to G. abyssinica, Schultz Bip. The widely-spread G. piloselloides, 

 Cass., which is common to the Cape, Tropical Africa, and the 

 Himalayas, also occurs on the mountains of Madagascar. 



LeucothoE littobalis, DC. Ankaratra mountains. 



ISLesa lanceolata, Forsk. Tanala. 



Badtjla latjbifolia, Bojer. Between Tamatave and Antana- 

 narivo. 



Jasmtnum Kitchingii, Baker, n. sp. 



A shrub, with slender terete branchlets, finely pubescent in an 

 early stage. Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, pinnate ; leaflets 

 7-9, oblong or the end one obovate, obtuse, cuspidate or emargi- 

 nate, £-1 in. long, rather firm in texture, green and glossy on both 

 sides, slightly pubescent beneath. Flowers 8-12 in a terminal 



