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foliolatis, foliolis deltoideis emarginatis, umbellis multis axillaribus 2-4- 
floris, pedunculis pedicellisque elongatis, calycis segmentis lanceolatis acutis, 
petalis pallide luteis quam calyx duplo longioribus, fructu cylindrico. 
An erect perennial herb, with a fusiform root ; the whole plant 
clothed with short persistent fine whitish pubescence. Stems 
slender, densely caspitose, erect, 1-1 ft. long. Petioles 1-2 in. 
long ; leaflets membranous, 2-1 in. long and broad, deeply emar- 
ginate, with two semiorbicular apical lobes. Peduncles 2-3 in. 
long; pedicels 1-2 in. long, with a whorl of lanceolate bracts at 
the base. Calyx lin. long. Capsule cylindrical, an inch long, 
with 5 short hooked styles—Central Madagascar, Dr. Parker! 
Baron 2110! So like O. stricta, that I thought at first it was a 
hairy variety ; but Mr. Baron’s specimens just received show that 
it has a stout fusiform perennial rootstock. 
Impartens LYALLIT, n. sp. 
Suffruticosa, ramulis flexuosis ferrugineo-pilosis, foliis magnis petiolatis 
oblanceolato-oblongis membranaceis crenatis setoso-ciliatis petiolo piloso, 
floribus solitariis axillaribus longe pedunculatis, sepalis lateralibus parvis 
lanceolatis, posteriore piloso deltoideo-naviculari cuspidato calcari subulato 
15-18 lin. longo, petalis rubellis magnis suborbiculatis, ovario ad basin et 
apicem angustato. 
A shrub 3-6 feet high, with stoutish flexuose herbaceous 
branchlets, clothed with short ferruginous pubescence.  Petiole 
pilose, 1-14 in. long, not ciliated with any large glands; blade 
reaching a length of half a foot, 1-1} in. broad above the middle, 
acute, narrowed gradually from the middle to the base, crenate, 
with a glandular bristle in each sinus, membranous, green and 
hispidulous on the upper surface, slightly ferruginous on the 
main veins beneath. Flowers solitary from the axils of the 
upper leaves on very slender ascending peduncles 2-33 in. long. 
Lateral sepals lanceolate, 1 in. long; basal sepal with a cuspidate 
deltoid-navieular hood-like lamina half an inch long, greenish 
brown and finely pilose outside, and a simple filiform spur 
1-11 in. long. Petals pinkish, orbicular, not lobed, nearly 
an inch long and broad. Fruit oblong, glabrous, nearly an 
inch long, narrowed gradually both to base and apex.—Central 
Madagascar, sent long ago by Dr. Lyall as “49. Balsamina 
glandulifera.’ Gathered in 1862 by Dr. Meller in the forest of 
Befarona; and now Mr. Baron and Dr. Parker both send excel- 
lent specimens, the first as No. 1242, and the latter from the 
forest of Andrangaloaka. It is one of the finest species of the 
