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bracts ovate or lanceolate, leaf-like in texture, the lower as long as 

 the calyx. Calyx inf undibuliform, pubescent, £ in. long, green or 

 purple; upper lip £ in. long, with three deltoid teeth with long cusps; 

 lower lip with two larger lanceolate-acuminate teeth. Corolla 

 red, 1— li in. long, slightly pubescent, the tube gradually dilated 

 from the base to a throat |- in. diam. ; upper lip oblong, cucullate, 

 \-^ in. long ; lower lip shorter, deflexed, with a broad cuneate 

 central lobe. Stamens considerably exserted from the upper lip 

 of the corolla ; arcuate upper fork of the connective about £ in. 

 long ; lower fork short, deflexed, polliniferous at the tip. Style 

 arcuate, protruded beyond the anthers. — Ankaratra mountains. 



Salvia porphyrocalyx, Baker, n. sp. 



A shrub, with slender terete branches, densely clothed with 

 short spreading whitish hairs. Leaves sessile, ascending, 

 oblong, subobtuse, crispato-crenulate, about an inch long, mode- 

 rately firm in texture, green, rugose, and slightly setose on the 

 upper surface, densely clothed with whitish hairs beneath. Ra- 

 ceme sessile, about 3 inches long and broad ; flowers about 4 in 

 a whorl ; pedicels short, densely pubescent ; bracts ovate or 

 oblong, similar to the leaves in texture, the lowest as long as the 

 calyx. Calyx \ in. long, broadly funnel-shaped, bright purple, 

 pubescent ; upper lip ^ in. long, with a truncate limb and 3 

 small, distant, linear-subulate teeth from a broad base ; lower 

 lip with two larger lanceolate acuminate teeth. Corolla whitish, 

 1^ in. long, finely pubescent, the tube \ in. diam. at the throat; 

 upper lip semicircular, \ in. long and broad ; lower deflexed, 

 with an orbicular-cuneate central segment £ in. broad. Stamens 

 just exserted from the upper lip of the corolla ; upper arched 

 fork of the connective \ in. long ; lower shorter, deflexed, polli- 

 niferous at the end. Style acuminate, protruded a little beyond 

 the anthers. — Ankaratra mountains. 



Loranthus (§ Dendropthoe) nox^FOLius, Baker, n. sp. 



Branches pale, terete, rugose, with copious lenticels. Leaves 

 opposite, shortly petioled, obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, cuneate 

 at the base, 1^-2 in. long, very thick in texture, coriaceous, 

 green on both sides, glabrous, the veins entirely hidden. Flowers 

 3-8, in copious sessile clusters in the axils of the leaves. Brac- 

 teole oblique, cupular, with a ciliated deltoid apex. Calyx 

 glabrous, y^ in. long, with an oblong tube and 5 deltoid teeth. 



