FLORA OF MADAGASCAR, 93 
PsonosPERMUM VENULOSUM, Baker. 
P. ramulis glabris, foliis breviter petiolatis ovatis acutis parvis glabris 
dorso pulchre venulosis, cymis 6-12-floris breviter pedunculatis, pedicellis 
pilosis flore longioribus, sepalis ovatis acutis, staminibus circiter 15 penta- 
delphis. 
A much-branched shrub, with slender terete woody branchlets 
glabrous up to the tip, ancipitous below the nodes. Petiole 
i-l in. blade 1-1} in. long, euspidate, rounded or deltoid at 
the base, quite glabrous, thin in texture, bright green on ihe 
face, the veins and veinlets distinetly visible on the under sur- 
face, anastomosing in intramarginal arches.  Peduncle not more 
than lin.; pedicels j-L in., ferrugineo-pilose. Sepals & in. long, 
very acute, pilose on the back, with copious black dots and lines. 
Petals oblong, subacute, half as long again as the calyx, hairy on 
the face and edge. Phalanges of stamens as long as the calyx, 
strap-shaped, pilose. ILypogynous scales lingulate, 3—4 as long 
as the stamens. Styles as long as the ovary, connate at the base. 
Berry not seen.—Central Madagascar, Bojer ! 
PsoROSPERMUM BRACHYPODUM, N. Sp. 
P. ramulis glabris, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis acutis magnis integris 
glabris, cymis multifloris brevissime pedunculatis, pedicellis pilosis quam 
flos paulo longioribus, sepalis ovalis acutis, staminibus circiter 15 pentadel- 
phis, baecis parvis ovoideis. 
A much-branched shrub, with dark-brown perfectly glabrous 
woody ultimate branchlets, dilated and ancipitous below the 
nodes. Petiole lin., blade 4-6 in. long, quite entire, 14-3 in. 
broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base and acute 
point, quite glabrous, bright green on the face, so firin in texture 
that the pellueid dots are hidden, with about 10 pairs of distinetly 
marked erecto-patent main veins. Flowers 20-30 in a dense 
cyme; peduncles at most j in., pedicels ġ-} in. long. Szpals 
;\; in. long, pilose, with copious brown lines and dots. Phalanges 
of stamens not quite as long as the sepals. Berry ovoid, glabrous, 
l in, in diam. when dried, with 4-5 cells with oas seed in each. 
Styles in the fruiting stage not more than 3, ia. long.—St. Mary, 
South Madagascar, Forbes ! 
PsOROSPERMUM FERROVESTITU M, n. Sp. 
P. ramulis pilosis, foliis parvis breviter petiolatis facie viridibus subeal- 
vatis dorso persistenter ferrugineo-tomentosis, eymis multifloris breviter 
