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deltoid teeth. Stamens 8, reaching to the tip of the corolla, 
with oblong brown anthers and short deltoid free filaments. 
Pistil twice as long as the corolla, with a large peltate stigma.— 
Central Madagascar, Baron 2129! 
ANAGALLIS (S JIRASEKIA) NUMMULARIFOLIA, n. Sp. 
Perennis, reptans, caule gracili elongato decumbente ramoso, foliis 
parvis sessilibus alternis orbicularibus, floribus axillaribus solitariis, pedi- 
cellis folium 2-3plo superantibus, calycis tubo brevissimo segmentis lanceo- 
latis, corollae rubellz tubo brevissimo segmentis oblongis, staminibus basi 
brevissime connatis filamentis basi fimbriatis. 
A perennial, with radicant slender trailing branched stems half 
a foot long. Leaves obscurely petioled, quite orbicular, 3-3 in. 
broad, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both 
surfaces, paler beneath. Pedicels } in. long, cernuous in the 
fruiting stage. Calyx 4; in. long ; segments lanceolate. Corolla 
pale pink, } in. long, cleft nearly to the base into 5 spreading 
oblong segments. Filaments rather shorter than the segments, 
united at the very base into a cup, and fimbriated at the base of 
the free portion; anthers minute, oblong, cream-coloured.— 
Central Madagascar, Baron 2148 ! 
ANAGALLIS ($ JIRASEKIA) PEPLOIDES, n. sp. 
Perennis, reptans, caule gracili brevi simplici vel furcato, foliis parvis 
sessilibus oblongis, floribus axillaribus pedicellis folium 2-3plo superantibus, 
calycis tubo brevissimo segmentis lanceolatis, corolla rubella tubo cam- 
panulato segmentis oblongis, staminibus basi breviter connatis fimbriatis. 
A trailing perennial, with entirely decumbent simple or forked 
radicant stems 13-2 in. long. Leaves close, opposite, sessile, 
erect, j-$ in. long, spathulately narrowed at the base, thick in 
texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces. Flowers few, on 
erect slender glabrous peduncles } in. long. Calyx campanulate, 
ys in. long, cut down to the base into 5 lanceolate segments. 
Corolla j in. long, pale pink, with a eampanulate tube and 5 oblong 
segments twice as long as the tube. Stamens reaching nearly to 
the tip of the corolla, with minute oblong cream-coloured anthers 
and glabrous filaments united at the base in a short fimbriated 
tube.—Central Madagascar, Baron 2135! Both this and the 
last are near allies of 4. tenella. 
LYSIMACHIA (§ EPHEMERUM) PARVIFLORA, n. sp. 
Glabra, caule simplici, foliis parvis subsessilibus lanceolatis sæpissime 
