FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 109 
an inch long. Calyx coriaceous, 3 in. long, densely pubescent on 
the outside, with a short tube and 5 ovate-lanceolate segments. 
Petals rather longer than the calyx, nearly half an inch broad, 
much imbricated, brownish pilose on both sides, with several 
orbicular lobes at the tip. Stamens very numerous, half as long 
as the petals, with short filaments and densely pilose sausage- 
shaped anthers, narrowed into a long tip. Ovary ovoid, densely 
pilose, with a short style. Fruit not seen.—Central Madagascar, 
Baron 708! 
ERYTHROXYLUM GERRARDI, n. sp. 
Glabrum, ramulis apice applanatis, foliis parvis rigidis obovatis obtusis 
brevissime petiolatis venulis immersis, pedicellis solitariis quam flos 2-3plo 
longioribus, calycis segmentis deltoideis, petalis oblongis quam calyx triplo 
longioribus basi ligula magna rugosa appendiculatis, urceolo stamineo 
calyci equilongo, stylis subulatis basi coalitis. 
An erect shrub, 6 feet high, glabrous in all its parts, the slender 
branchlets flattened towards the tip. Leaves alternate, very 
shortly petioled, rigidly coriaceous, an inch long, the veins of the 
under surface except the midrib quite hidden. Flowers usually 
solitary, on short erecto-patent pedicels. Calyx 3 line long, cut 
down nearly to the base into 5 deltoid segments. Petals oblong, 
reddish, } in. long, with a rugose ligule half as long as the lamina, 
with a deflexed tip. Stamens nearly as long as the petals. Ovary 
globose, 3-celled ; styles free more than halfway down.—Mada- 
gascar, Gerrard 29! A nearally of E. jossinioides, Bojer in Ann. 
Se. Nat. sér. 2. xviii. tom. 184. 
ERYTHROXYLUM PYRIFOLIUM, N. sp. 
Glabrum, ramulis sursum applanatis, foliis obovato-oblongis obtusis basi 
deltoideis venis subtilibus, pedicellis szepissime solitariis quam flos 3-4plo 
longioribus, calycis segmentis deltoideis, petalis oblongis quam calyx 3-4plo 
longioribus ligula magna basi appendiculatis, urceolo stamineo quam calyx 
longiore, stylis ad basin liberis. : 
An erect shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with branchlets 
flattened towards the tips. Leaves alternate, shortly petioled, 
2-3 in. long, 1-11 in. broad, obtuse, deltoid at the base, less 
rigid in texture than in Æ. nitidulum, the veinlets fine and not 
raised. Flowers usually solitary, on straight erecto-patent 
pedicels 1—1 in. long. Calyx 3 line long, cut down nearly to the 
base into 5 deltoid segments. Petals oblong, à in. long, with a 
ligule adnate more than halfway up, with a deflexed orbicular 
tongue. Stamens nearly as long as the petals. Ovary globose, 
