100 ME. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
ovatis integris vcl irregulariter serratis, floribus solitariis axillaribus longe 
pedunculatis, bracteolis 8-10 linearibus, calycis tubo brevi, segmentis 
ovato-lanceolatis, petalis parvis luteis, eapsulis parvis globosis membrana- 
ceis, seminibus in loculo 2-3 glabris. 
A diffuse annual herb, densely branched at the crown of the 
root, with slender wiry pilose stems 3-1 ft. long.  Petiole 1-2 in. 
long, with a pair of minute persistent linear stipules at the base; 
blade i-i in. long, obtuse or subacute, rounded or shallowly 
cordate at the base, entire or irregularly inciso-crenate, mode- 
rately firm in texture, green and shortly pilose on both surfaces. 
Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves on slender peduncles 
1-2 in. long. Epiealyx of 8-10 persistent linear bracts. Calyx 
campanulate, hispid, finally 1 in. long, the segments three times 
as long as the tube. Petals yellow, obovate-cuneate, 4 in. long. 
Capsule membranous, globose, } in. in diameter, splitting into 
five valves and containing 2-3 glabrous seeds in each carpel.— 
Gathered long ago in Central Madagascar by Hilsenberg, Bojer, 
and Lyall (182), and now refound by Mr. Baron (798 & 912). Mr. 
Baron has also sent (no. 703) a single specimen of a plant with 
just the same habit, pubescence, flowers, and capsule, but with 
trifoliate leaves like those of a Cytisus or Crotalaria, the leaflets 
sessile, lanceolate, and entire. 
Hisiscts EurrsiT, n. sp. 
Fruticosus, ramulis stellato-incanis, foliis ovatis longe petiolatis simpli- 
cibus denticulatis, floribus laxe corymbosis, bracteolis 10-12 parvis rigidis 
lanceolatis basi connatis, calycis coriacei segmentis ovato-lanceolatis quam 
tubus duplo longioribus, petalis magnis splendide rubris dorso sericeis, 
eapsulis duris globosis densissime pilosis. 
A shrub, with terete woody branches, clothed with stellate 
brownish pubescence. Petiole 1-2 in. long; blade ovate, rounded 
at the base, deltoid at the tip, 3—4 in. long, subcoriaceous, green 
and slightly furfuraceous above, persistently coated with drab or 
ferruginous stellate pubescence beneath. Flowers few, in lax 
corymbs towards the end of the branches, on short sulcate 
thickened peduncles, the lower ones from the axils of the upper 
leaves. Epicalyx of about a dozen rigid persistent lanceolate 
bracteoles. Calyx above an inch long, firm in texture, densely 
matted with ferruginoustomentum externally, the ovate-lanceolate 
teeth twice as long as the campanulate tube. Petals oblong- 
spathulate, 2 in. long, nearly an inch broad, bright red within, 
persistently silky outside. Column nearly as long as the petals, 
