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corymb, and also singly from the axils of some of the upper 

 leaves, on long slender erect pedicels. Calyx ^ in. long, the 6 

 linear teeth half as long as the campanulate tube. Corolla white, 

 with a cylindrical tube |— f in. long, and 6 lanceolate, acute, con- 

 torted patent segments nearly as long. Anthers sessile at the 

 dilated top of the corolla-tube. — Betsileo-land. Allied to tho"^ 

 Abyssinian J. floribundum, R. Br., from which it differs by its 

 subsessile leaves, more numerous leaflets, and short calyx-teeth. 



Vinca lancea, Bojer. Ankaratra mountains and Betsileo 

 country. 



Strychnos spinosa, Lam. Between Tamatave and Antanana- 

 rivo. 



Chironia madagascariensis, Baker, n. sp. 



A herbaceous perennial, much branched from the crown of the 

 root, with slender, square, finely pubescent stems not more than 

 2-3 in. long. Leaves subsessile, oblong, acute, entire, cuneate 

 at the base, about | in. long, nearly glabrous. Flowers penta- 

 merous, solitary, erect, terminal, rarely axillary, on slender as- 

 cending pedicels -J— j in. long. Calyx green, glabrous, g in. long, 

 with a short funnel-shaped tube and 5 large lanceolate segments. 

 Corolla pink, rotate, with a tube as long as the calyx and 5 oblique, 

 oblong, obtuse spreading segments \- ^ in. long. Anthers linear- 

 oblong, erect, connivent, a third as long as the corolla-segments, 

 not twisting up when mature. Capsule ampullseform, glabrous, 

 rather longer than the calyx. — Between Tamatave and Antanana- 

 rivo. Adds this well-known Cape genus to the Madagascar flora. 



Tachiadenus carinatus, Oriseb. Between Tamatave and An- 

 tananarivo. 



Limnanthemum indicum, Qriseb. Ankaratra mountains. 



Sopfhia madagascariensis, Benth. Between Tamatave and 

 Antananarivo. 



Halleria ligustrifolia, Baker, n. sp. 



A much-branched shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with quadr- 

 angular branchlets. Leaves opposite, shortly petioled, oblong, 

 obtuse, minutely cuspidate, subentire, 1-1-J in. long, rigidly coria- 

 ceous, green on both sides. Flowers in sessile umbels from the 

 axils of the leaves, on slender glabrous pedicels |-| in. long, which 



