FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 143 
3-4 in. broad; pedicels slender, about 4 in. long. Calyx lin. 
long, with 4 segments reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla 
above 3 in. long, with a funnel-shaped tube 1—) in. in diam. and 4 
orbieular segments. Stamens 8, inserted below the middle of 
the corolla-tube ; filaments 4 in. long ; anthers minute, orbicular, 
just protruded from the corolla-tube. Fruit-carpels 4 in. long; 
filiform styles a little longer.—Central Madagascar, at Ankeri- 
madinika in the province of Imerina, Baron 1452! 
. DiconyPHE vITICOIDES, n. sp. 
Rainulis stellato-pilosis, foliis alternis brevissime petiolatis orbiculato- 
oblongis obtusis subcoriaceis utrinque viridibus glabris, stipulis parvis 
oblanceolatis foliaceis persistentibus, floribus pluribus terminalibus sessili- 
bus fasciculatis, calyce infundibulari piloso deorsum sulcato dentibus parvis, 
petalis nigrescentibus oblanceolatis breviter exsertis, staminibus 10, alternis 
anantheris, ovario apice libero piloso stylis 2 brevibus. 
An erect much-branched shrub or tree, with slender woody 
branchlets, densely clothed with brown stellate pubescence. 
Petiole 1-3 in. long; stipules oblanceolate unguiculate, j—j in. 
long, persistent, just like the leaves in texture; lamina 2-3 in. 
long, 11-2 in. broad, obtuse, broadly rounded at the base, firm in 
texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, with about 4 pairs 
of raised erecto-patent main veins. Flowers 5-6 in terminal 
clusters. Calyx jin. long, plicate towards the base, densely 
clothed with brown stellate pubescence; teeth small, deltoid. 
Petals inserted low down in the calyx-tube, 3 in. long, nearly 
black, with tufts of stellate hairs on the outside. Fertile 
stamens as many as the petals and about as long; staminodia 
filiform, alternate with the stamens and petals. Ovary free 
at the top, densely pilose, with two short styles.—Central 
Madagascar, Baron 1881! Mr. Baron has also refound D. sti- 
pulacea, St.-Hil. (1161), of which we had no previous specimens. 
MxosunANDRA MOSCHATA, Baill. Adans. ix. tab. 8. 
Mr. Baron sends fine specimens (2089!) of this curious plant. 
The only other known species of the genus was gathered by 
Welwitsch in Angola. We have previously had it trom Dr. 
Parker under the native name of Riadriatra, and long ago from 
Hilsenberg and Bojer under the name of Anthospermum pli- 
catum. 
EvoENIA (§ SYZYGIUM) MICROPODA, n. Sp. 
Arborea, glabra, foliis brevissime petiolatis parvis obovatis obtusis vel 
