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nished with copious conspicuous papille. Leaves opposite, nearly 
sessile, 1-13 in. long, 7-1 in. broad, very thick and rigid in 
texture, furnished with three distinct ribs a little above the base, 
very obtuse, distinctly emarginate at the tip, deltoid at the base. 
Cymes axillary, binate, 2-4-flowered, with short slender peduncles ; 
pedicels ascending, slender, bright red, 3-2 in. long, papillose ; 
furnished with a pair of minute bracteoles 1-À in. from the 
calyx. Calyx gj in. long and broad, glabrous, papillose, with a 
red-tinted entire collar-like limb. Bud conical. Petals 4, as 
long as the calyx. Stamens 8, included ; anthers linear-oblong ; 
filaments short, filiform.—Central Madagascar, Baron 1677 ! 
MEDINILLA PARVIFOLIA, n. Sp. 
Glabra, ramosissima, ramulis conspicue tuberculatis, foliis brevissime 
petiolatis cordato-oblongis parvis rigide coriaceis obscure trinervatis apice 
emarginatis, cymis axillaribus paucifloris pedunculatis folio æquilongis, 
pedicellis brevibus, calycis tubo campanulato, limbo obscure dentato. 
A much-branched erect shrub, glabrous in all its parts; the 
slender tetragonous branchlets furnished with copious papille. 
Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, 2-3 in. long, distinctly emarginate 
at the apex and cordate at the base, moderately thick in texture, 
the two side nerves not distinctly marked. Cymes binate, axil- 
lary, 5-6-flowered, about as long as the leaves, the slender erect 
peduncles about 4 in. long ; pedicels erect, 3-4 in. long, with a pair 
of lanceolate bracteoles a short space from the flower. Calyx with 
a campanulate tube 2 in. broad and long and narrow collar-like 
limb. Petals and stamens not seen..— Central Madagascar, Baron ! 
MEDINILLA DIVARICATA, n. Sp. 
Glabra, ramulis parce papillosis, foliis brevissime petiolatis oblongis 
acutis basi late rotundatis subcoriaceis supra basin trinervatis, cymis axil- 
laribus multifloris ramis divaricatis, pedicellis brevibus, calycis tubo cam- 
panulato limbo integro, petalis obtusis, antheris oblongis basi caudatis. 
A much-branehed erect shrub, glabrous in all its parts, the 
ultimate branchlets distinctly 4-angled. Leaves opposite, with 
a very short petiole and a blade much thinner in texture than in 
M. papillosa and fasciculata, almost cordate, narrowed gradually 
to an acute point, 2-21 in. long, j-l in. broad, with three di- 
stinct ribs a little above the base. Cymes copious, fascicled, 
axillary, much shorter than the leaves, with spreading main 
branches; pedicels sometimes shorter than the calyx, with a pair 
of minute deltoid green bracteoles a short space from the calyx. 
