146 MR. J. Œ. BAKER ON THE 
pedicellis calyci zquilongis vel longioribus, floribus pro stirpe magnis, 
calycis tubo cuneato dentibus perspicuis rotundatis, petalis orbicularibus 
calyci zquilongis, staminibus permultis quam calyx duplo longioribus. 
A much-branched shrub, glabrous in all its parts.  Petiole 
&-$ in. long; blade subcoriaceous, 2-1 in. long, very obtuse, 
deltoid at the base, green and glabrous on both surfaces, with fine 
erecto-patent main veins beneath, anastomosing in arches just 
within the margin. Flowers in rather lax terminal corymbose 
panicles 11-2 in. broad; pedicels 1-1 in. long, with minute cadu- 
cous lanceolate membranous bracteoles. Calyx 4 in. broad, with 
a deltoid tube and 5 semiorbicular teeth. Petals orbicular, } in. 
long and broad. Stamens 50 or more, unequal, i in. long, with 
filiform filaments and minute orbicular anthers.— Central Mada- 
gascar, Baron 1919! 
VEPRECELLA VESTITA, n. sp. 
V. ramulis tetragonis dense pilosis, foliis longe petiolatis orbicularibus 
cordatis obtusis denticulatis 9-nerviis facie scabris dorso dense brunneo- 
pilosis, floribus in paniculam laxifloram paucifloram terminalem dispositis, 
pedicellis elongatis, calycis tubo campanulato piloso, limbo obscure quin- 
quedentato, petalis magnis purpureis, antheris conformibus lineari-oblongis 
basi inappendiculatis, fructu 4-loculari quam calyx duplo longiore. 
An erect shrub or tree, with stout square woody branchlets, 
densely clothed with persistent short pale brown pubescence. 
Petiole 2-3 in. long, densely pilose ; blade 4-5 in. long and broad, 
cordate at the base, distinctly 9-nerved from base to apex, thick 
in texture, very scabrous above, densely ferrugineo-pilose, with 
distinct raised cross bars between the main veins. Panicle ter- 
minal, half a foot long and broad; pedicels sometimes an inch 
long. Calyx with a campanulate tube 3-} in. long and broad, 
and a collar-like limb with 5 angles and 5 indistinct teeth. Petals 
bright purple, obovate, 4 in. long. Stamens 10, a little shorter 
than the petals, uniform, with linear-oblong anthers } in. long, 
with a strap-shaped connective. Capsule semiorbicular, 3 in. 
broad, flat at the top, free from the calyx in the upper half, splitting 
into four shining pale-brown woody valves. Seeds very nume- 
rous, straight, minute, clavate.— Central Madagascar, in forests 
of the province of Imerina, Baron 1281! 
DICHÆTANTHERA CORDIFOLIA, n. Sp. 
D. ramulis dense hispidis, foliis distincte petiolatis late oblongis obtusis 
cordatis serrulatis quinquenerviis facie scabris dorso dense pilosis, floribus 
in paniculam laxam deltoideam terminalem dispositis, calycis intense 
