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acutis utrinque hispidis, floribus in paniculam amplam laxam terminalem 
dispositis, calycis tubo campanulato setoso segmentis parvis semiorbicu- 
laribus, petalis 4 orbieularibus, staminibus 8 subzequalibus antheris omni- 
bus basi in caudam bifureatam productis, stylo elongato stigmate clavato, 
capsulis dimidio superiore exsertis. 
A forest-tree 20-30 feet high, with hispid subtetragonous 
branchlets. Petiole i in. long; blade triplinerved, 2—4 in. long, 
1-13 in. broad at the middle, dark green above, pale green 
beneath, slightly hispid on both surfaces. Flowers in a lax ter- 
minal panicle 4 ft. long and broad, with erecto-patent branches 
and a whorl of stout bristles at each of the nodes; pedicels 
i-i in. Calyx with a campanulate densely bristly tube 4 in. in 
diam. and 4 small rounded segments. Petals 4, orbicular ungui- 
culate, 3 in. long, ciliated. Stamens 8, with anthers } in. long, 
with a single apical pore and two long bifurcate tails. Style 
nearly 3 in. long. Capsule exserted from the ovary and splitting 
up into four valves.—Central Madagascar, Baron 391! Forest 
of Andrangaloaka, Dr. Parker! 
MEDINILLA FASCICULATA, n. sp. 
Glabra, ramulis parce papillosis, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis ob- 
tusis rigide coriaceis supra basin trinervatis basi deltoideis, cymis axillaribus 
fasciculatis 1-4-floris, pedicellis brevibus ascendentibus, calycis tubo cam- 
panulato ore subintegro, staminibus inclusis. 
An erect shrub, glabrous in all its parts, the ultimate branch- 
lets distinctly tetragonous. Leaves opposite; petiole g—} in. 
long; blade 12-2 in. long, 2-1 in. broad, very thick and rigid in 
texture, obtuse, deltoid at the base, distinctly three-nerved a 
short space above the base. Cymes axillary, fascicled, not more 
than 3 in. long including the short peduncle; pedicels 3-% in. 
long, with 2-4 red deltoid membranous bracteoles a short space 
from the flower. Calyx gin. long and broad, with a narrow 
entire collar-like limb. Petals deltoid, as long as the calyx.— 
Central Madagascar, Baron ! 
MEDINILLA PAPILLOSA, D. sp. 
Glabra, ramulis conspicue copiose tuberculatis, foliis oppositis brevissime 
petiolatis obtusis rigide coriaceis supra basin trinervatis basi deltoideis, 
cymis axillaribus paucifloris breviter pedunculatis, pedicellis ascendentibus, 
quam flos 3-4plo longioribus, calycis tubo infundibulari ore integro, petalis 
parvis deltoideis, antheris basi haud appendieulatis. 
A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with woody branchlets fur- 
