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ovate, acute, pilose. Corolla urceolate, 1 in. long. Stamens 
nearly as long as the corolla-tube, with a pilose lanceolate 
filament twice as long as the oblong bifid anther. Capsule 4 in. 
in diam., § in. long, split down to the base into 5 rigid valves.— 
Central Madagascar, Baron 896! A near ally of A. buxifolia 
(Andromeda buxifolia, Bot. Mag. t. 2660). 
PHILIPPIA (§°‘EUPHILIPPIA) MACROOALYX, n. sp. 
Fruticosa, ramosissima, ramulis albo-incanis, foliis sessilibus verti- 
cillatis 4nis minutis oblongis cauli adpressis rigidis obtusis glabris margine 
late recurvatis, floribus terminalibus capitatis, calycis segmentis 4 magnis 
ovatis vel oblongis, corollæ segmentis quam tubus duplo brevioribus, 
staminibus inclusis connatis, stylo flori æquilongo. 
A very much-branched erect shrub, with the slender branchlets 
coated with white tomentum.  Whorls of leaves so close that 
they quite hide the upper part of the branchlets; leaves adpressed 
not more than i line long, rigid, dark green, obtuse, with the 
margins so much recurved that they quite hide the back. 
Flowers 2—4, sessile at the tips of the branches. Calyx as long 
as the corolla, glabrous, of 4 rigid oblong or ovate obtuse 
segments. Corolla under {4 in. long, the four oblong segments 
half as long as the tube. Stamens as long as the corolla-tube, 
with oblong emarginate brown anthers and very short deltoid 
filaments. Style just reaching to the top of the corolla, with a 
large exserted peltate stigma. Capsule 4-valved, as long as the 
Central Madagascar, Baron 1804! 
corolla. 
PurrrePrA (S ELEUTHEROSTEMON) OOPHYLLA, n. sp. 
Fruticosa, ramosissima, ramulis glanduloso-puberulis, foliis sessilibus 
verticillatis 2-4nis minutis patulis oblongis acutis haud aristatis margine 
valde recurvatis facie glabris dorso albido-incanis, floribus in umbellas 
terminales 2—4-floras dispositis, calycis dentibus parvis deltoideis, corolle 
globos; dentibus parvis deltoideis, staminibus liberis inclusis, stylo con- 
spicue exserto. 
A very densely branched small erect shrub, with the slender 
branchlets clothed with dense short white and longer black gland- 
tipped hairs. Leaves under j in. long, often 2 in the lower, 
always 3-4 in the upper whorls, oblong, rigid, dark green, 
glabrous, with the margins so much recurved that they leave 
the keel of the white back of the leaf visible. Flowers 3-4 
together in copious terminal umbels; pedicels glandular, as long 
as the flowers. Calyx short, campanulate, with 4 deltoid 
segments. Corolla globose, under yy in. in diam., with four small 
