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deltoideis tubo campanulato aquilongis, petalis quam calyx duplo longiori- 
bus, ovario glabro pedicellato lineari-oblongo. 
A perennial herb, under a foot high, with very slender stems 
ascending in the upper half, glabrous in all its parts. Petiole 
i-4 in. long; stipules lanceolate, foliaceous, as long as the 
petiole; leaflets 1 in. long, obtuse, with a minute mucro. Flowers 
3-6 in very lax terminal racemes; pedicels }-} in. long; bracts 
very minute, lanceolate. Calyx 1 in. long; teeth lanceolate or 
lanceolate-deltoid. Corolla 4 in. long; standard orbicular. 
Ovary linear-oblong, glabrous, stipitate, many-ovuled.— Central 
Madagascar, Baron 1862! 2149! 
ARGYROLOBIUM EMIRNENSE, n. sp. 
Herbaceum, perenne, ramosissimum dense pilosum, foliis trifoliolatis bre- 
viter petiolatis, stipulis lanceolatis persistentibus, foliolis oblongis euspi- 
datis utrinque dense pilosis, floribus I-2nis axillaribus longe pedunculatis, 
pedicellis brevissimis, calyce profunde bilabiato dentibus parvis lanceolatis, 
carina et alis obovatis, legumine lineari recto 8-10-spermo haud toruloso 
intus continuo. 
A herbaceous perennial, densely branched from the crown of 
the root, with slender terete densely pilose stems about half a 
foot long.  Petiole not more than 3-4 in. Stipules lanceolate, 
persistent, pilose, as long as the petiole; leaflets 3, sessile, 
obovate or oblong, densely pilose on both surfaces, the end one 
i-i in. long, the side ones smaller. Flowers 1-2 on axillary 
peduncles 2-3 in. long; pedicels very short; bracts minute, 
Calyx 1 in. long, infundibuliform, pilose, deeply bila- 
linear. 
Standard obovate, 
biate; teeth of both lips small, lanceolate. 
obtuse, twice as long as the calyx, hairy on the outside. Wings 
obovate, a little longer than calyx, equalling the keel. Pod 
linear, 1-11 in. long, 3 in. broad, straight, glabrous when mature, 
nearly flat, not at all torulose, not at all septate internally. 
Seeds 8-10, orbicular, glabrous.— Central Madagascar, Baron 
846! 1793! Allied to the common Himalayan 4. flaccidum. 
Adds this Cape, Tropical-African, and East-Indian genus to the 
Madagascar flora. 
GENISTA? MADAGASCARIENSIS, n. Sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis virgatis multisuleatis glabris, foliis rudimentariis 
simplicibus pilosis fasciculatis, floribus solitariis axillaribus breviter pedi- 
cellatis, calycis bilabiati tubo campanulato, labiis deltoideis, inferiore 
tridentato, petalis angustis qualibus quam calyx triplo longioribus, legu- 
mine lineari-oblongo compresso polyspermo. 
