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hispidi tubo campanulato dentibus 4 deltoideis, petalis purpureis obovatis, 
staminibus quam petala longioribus antheris basi conspicue bifurcatim 
caudatis. 
An erect shrub, with square woody branchlets, densely clothed 
with short spreading brown bristly hairs. Petiole 4 in. long; 
blade 2-3 in. long, 13-2 in. broad, very obtuse, distinctly 5-nerved 
from base to apex, dark green and scabrous with short bristles 
above, pale green and densely pilose beneath, with distinet raised 
cross bars between the principal veins. Flowers in a lax deltoid 
terminal panicle, the lower branches of which spring from the 
axils of fully developed leaves; pedicels sometimes 3 in. long, 
densely hispid. Calyx } in. long, densely hispid, with a large 
campanulate tube and 4 small subobtuse deltoid teeth. Petals 
3in.long. Stamens 8, with a linear-oblong anther + in. long, the 
connective filiform for the same length below the cells and fur- 
nished with a long spur with linear-setaceous forks. Style fili- 
form, nearly 3 in. long—Between Tamatave and Antananarivo, 
Dr. Meller! 
DicHZTANTHERA OBLONGIFOLIA, n. Sp. 
D. ramulis hispidis, foliis distincte petiolatis oblongis subcoriaceis serru- 
latis quinquenerviis utrinque obscure hispidulis, floribus in paniculam ter- 
minalem paucifloram corymbosam dispositis, calycis tubo campanulato 
setis brevissimis scabro segmentis 4 inconspicuis, petalis 4 orbicularibus, 
staminibus inzqualibus basi in caudam bifurcatam productis, stylo elon- 
gato, fructu capsulari 4-loculari. 
A much-branched erect shrub or tree, with shortly hispid 
quadrangular woody branchlets, with conspicuous swollen nodes. 
Petiole } in. long; blade 2-3 in. long, 2-3 in. broad at the middle, 
obtuse, rather rounded at the base, distinctly 5-nerved from base 
to apex, dark green, with very short distant bristles above, pale 
green with minute paleaceous bristles beneath. Flowers in 
corymbose terminal panicles ; pedicels 3~} in. long, with a pair 
of minute deltoid bracteoles at the middle. Calyx campanulate, 
à-l in. broad. Petals orbicular unguiculate, 3 in. long and 
broad. Stamens 8, the largest with linear-oblong corrugated 
anthers } in. long, the connective produced j in. below the cells 
and furnished at the base with a bifurcate tail. Fruit a capsule 
à in. long, splitting up into 4 valves.— Central Madagascar, 
Baron ! 
DIcH HTANTHERA ARBOREA, n. sp. 
Arborea, ramulis hispidis, foliis distinete petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis 
