FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 161 
long, bright green and glabrous on both surfaces, narrowed gra- 
dually from the middle to the base. Flowers in copious sessile 
axillary cymes; pedicels 3-} in.; bracts minute, lanceolate. 
Flower-calyx 4; in. long. Corolla-tube cylindrical, } in. long; 
teeth oblong-lanceolate, y; in. long. Stamens rather longer than 
the corolla-segments. Fruit not seen.—Madagascar, Gerrard 
162! Near Alamazaotra forest, Baron 1464! Between Tankay 
and the east coast, Baron 1536! 
DaNAIS YOLUDILIS, n. sp. 
Volubilis, glabra, foliis oppositis vel ternatis petiolatis rigide coriaceis 
obovato-oblongis acutis vel obtusis cuspidatis, floribus in cymas densifloras 
axillares dispositis, pedicellis brevissimis, calycis dentibus lanceolatis tubum 
campanulatum 2-3plo superantibus, corollz tubo elongato cylindrico, denti- 
bus lanceolatis quam tubus 3-4plo brevioribus, fructibus globosis magni- 
tudine mediocribus. 
A scandent shrub, with slender terete woody stems, glabrous 
in all its parts. Leaves 11-2 in. long, sometimes above an inch 
broad, acute or obtuse with a cusp, very firm in texture, green 
and glabrous on both surfaces, with raised veinlets beneath. 
Flowers in copious dense axillary cymes with very short pe- 
duncles. Calyx } in. long, with 5 lanceolate teeth much longer 
than the tube. Corolla-tube cylindrical, } in. long; teeth 5, 
spreading, lanceolate, } in. long. Stigma exserted, deeply bifid. 
Capsule depresso-globose, hard, brown, 1-j in. in diam.—Top of 
Ifody mountain, Baron 1372! 
DANAIS HISPIDA, n. sp. 
D. ramulis teretibus hispidis, foliis magnis oppositis petiolatis oblongis 
acutis subcoriaceis facie glabris dorso hispidulis, floribus in cymas densas 
axillares dispositis, pedicellis brevissimis, calycis tubo campanulato seg- 
mentis deltoideis, corolla segmentis lanceolatis quam tubus subcylindricus 
3-4plo brevioribus, fructu magnitudine mediocri nigro globoso. 
A shrub or tree, with stoutish straight terete branchlets, 
densely clothed with stout brown articulated hairs. Leaves oppo- 
site, distinctly petioled, 3-4 in. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, 
narrowed gradually to the base and apex, subcoriaceous, green 
on both surfaces, glabrous above, furnished with a few bristly 
hairs beneath, with 8-10-jugate parallel arcuate ascending main 
veins. Flowers in dense axillary cymes with very short pedicels. 
Calyx glabrous, 4 in. long, with a campanulate tube and 5 deltoid 
teeth. Corolla with a subcylindrical tube ¿4 in. long, and small 
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