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short tube and 4 deltoid-lanceolate acuminate segments. Corolla 
lin. long, apparently red.  Filaments i in. long, with small 
orbicular anthers.  Fruit-carpels i in. long, narrow, tipped by 
the short styles.— Central Madagascar, Baron 2117 ! 
KALANCHOE TRICHANTHA, n. Sp. 
Erecta, elata, foliis inferioribus magnis sessilibus oppositis oblongo- 
spathulatis acutis serratis glabris, floribus in paniculas densas multifloras 
terminales corymbosas aggregatis, pedicellis brevissimis pilosis, calycis 
pilosi campanulati segmentis deltoideis quam tubus duplo brevioribus, 
corolle luteze pubescentis segmentis orbicularibus quam tubus quadruplo 
brevioribus, staminibus biseriatis, stylo elongato. 
An erect perennial, with slender terete stems. Leaves oppo- 
site, sessile, thick and fleshy in texture, green and glabrous on 
both surfaces, the lower ones reaching a length of 5-6 inches, 
13-2 in. broad at the middle, acute, sharply and irregularly 
dentate above the spathulate lower third; upper leaves very 
distant and very small, entire. Flowers in a very dense corym- 
bose terminal panicle 1-2 in. in diam. ; peduncles and pedicels 
pilose; bracts minute. Calyx 4 in. long, pilose, with a cam- 
panulate tube and 4 small deltoid teeth. Corolla 4 in. long, 
with a cylindrical tube } in. in diam. and 4 orbicular segments. 
Stamens 8, biseriate, the inner 4 inserted above .he middle of 
the corolla-tube, with filaments 4i, in. long; outer 4 inserted 
near the throat of the tube, with very short filaments; anthers 
minute, orbicular. Styles filiform, 4 in. long, reaching to the 
top of the corolla-tube.—Central Madagascar, Baron 977 ! 
KITCHINGIA PELTATA, n. Sp. 
Perennis, erecta, glabra, foliis petiolatis ovatis obtusis peltatis obscure 
crenulatis, floribus multis in paniculam terminalem ramis corymbosis dis- 
positis, pedicellis gracilibus elongatis, calycis tubo brevi segmentis semi- 
orbicularibus, corolle magnz rubre tubo oblongo segmentis parvis orbicu- 
laribus, staminibus supra medium tubi insertis filamentis brevibus, stylo 
quam ovarium 3-4plo longiore. 
An erect perennial herb, several feet high, glabrous in all its 
parts. Lower leaves with a petiole 2-3 in. long attached about 
half an inch above the base of the blade, and an ovate obscurely 
erenate fleshy blade 3-4 in. long, rounded at the base and apex. 
Flowers in a long terminal panicle half a foot broad, with corym- 
bose branches and filiform pedicels 1-1 in. or more in length. 
Calyx campanulate, { in. long, with 4 orbicular segments as long 
