FLORA OF MADAGASCAR, 107 
wards with ferruginous tomentum.  Petiole very short; blade 
12-2 in. long, under an inch broad, rounded at both ends, dull 
green above, densely coated beneath with bright reddish-brown 
persistent tomentum. Flowers in copious nearly sessile axillary 
racemes 15-2 in. long ; rhachis and pedicels, like the calyx, densely 
ferrugineo-tomentose. Calyx } in. long, cut down nearly to the 
base. Petals pale, oblanceolate, obtuse, not longer than the 
calyx, densely silky on the outside, only faintly toothed at the 
tip. Stamens half as long as the corolla, pilose; anthers oblong, 
acute, but not distinctly apiculate. Fruit yellow, ovoid, under 
an inch long.—Open forests of the province of Imerina, Baron 
1253! 1313! 1710! Forest of Andrangaloaka, Dr. Parker! 
Er xocARPUS ALNIFOLIUS, n. sp. 
E. ramulis foliisque glaberrimis, foliis parvis petiolatis oblongis serratis, 
floribus hermaphroditis tetrameris laxe racemosis, pedicellis cernnis flori 
subzquilongis, sepalis lanceolatis brunneis sericeis, petalis oblanceolatis 
calyci zequilongis apice fimbriatis, staminibus circiter 12, antheris parvis 
lineari-oblongis apice emarginatis, fructibus parvis oblongis 1-loculatis 
monospermis. 
A forest-tree, 30-40 feet high, with slender woody perfectly 
glabrous branchlets. Leaves crowded; petiole 3-3 in.; blade 
subcoriaceous, 1-14 in. long, deltoid at the base, narrowed gradu- 
ally to an obtuse point, green and glabrous on both surfaces, with 
distant parallel conspicuous erecto-patent main veins. Flowers 
in copious lax racemes 1-13 in. long; pedicels cernuous, silky, 
as long as the flowers. Sepals lanceolate, thinly silky, } in. long. 
Petals oblanceolate, pilose, just as long as the calyx, lobed at 
the tip. Stamens about 12, half as long as the calyx, the free 
filament shorter than the emarginate linear-oblong pilose anther. 
Ovary ovoid, with a subulate style. Fruit oblong, green, 2 in. 
long, resembling an unripe sloe, with a thick bony 1-celled 
endocarp, containing only a single seed.—Forest of Andranga- 
loaka, Dr. Parker! 
ErxocanmPUs RHODANTHUS, n. sp. e 
Arboreus, glaber, foliis petiolatis obovato-oblongis obtusis une, i sub- 
coriaceis, floribus solitariis axillaribus, pedunculis flori aequilongis, calycis 
incani segmentis lanceolatis acutis, petalis deltoideis saturate rubris apice 
laciniatis, staminibus permultis, antheris longe apiculatis. 
A tree, glabrous in all its parts, with short terete woody 
branchlets. Petiole 4-2 in.; blade 2-4 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, 
obtuse, sometimes emarginate at the apex, rounded at the- base, 
