FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 205 
setaceis, corollz tubo cylindrieo segmentis oblique obovatis rubro tinctis, 
folliculis cylindricis. 
A shrub, with slender square glabrous stems. Stipules cut 
down to the base into setaceous segments. Leaves in distant 
decussate pairs, ascending, acute, rounded at the base, 2-3 in. 
long, finely hairy on both surfaces, especially beneath. Flowers 
solitary in the axils of the leaves, on ascending pedicels 1-j in. 
long. Calyx cut down to the base into 5 linear-setaceous seg- 
ments j in. long. Corolla with a greenish cylindrical tube an inch 
long and 5 oblique obovate segments less than half as long as the 
tube. Anthers ovate, ps in. long, sessile at the glabrous throat 
of the corolla-tube. Follicles 2 in. long, slender, cylindrical, 
arcuate, marked with close fine vertical ribs.—East coast of Ma- 
dagascar, Baron 1591! Gathered previously by Pervillé 323 ! 522! 
A. near ally of the well-known F. rosea, L. 
TABERN.EMONTANA SESSILIFOLIA, n. Sp. 
Glabra, foliis sessilibus oblongis acutis subcoriaceis glabris venis prima- 
riis 9-10-jugis, cymis 6-12-floris longe pedunculatis, pedicellis erectis quam 
calyx longioribus, calycis segmentis ovatis obtusis tubo zquilongis, corollae 
segmentis oblongis quam tubus vix duplo brevioribus, folliculis oblongis 
curvatis ad apicem angustatis. 
A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with terete woody branchlets. 
Leaves quite sessile, acute, entire, rounded at the base, 4-5 in. 
long, 14-2 in. broad at the middle, green and glabrous on both 
surfaces, with 9-10 pairs of ascending distinet parallel primary 
veins. Flowers in dense cymes from the axils of upper leaves, 
with erect peduncles 12-2 in. long; pedicels j-j in. long, not 
bracteated. Calyx +5 in. in diam., with 5 ovate obtuse segments. 
Corolla white, with a cylindrical tube 3-3 iu. long, constricted at 
the top and a limb j-Z in. in diam.  Follicles oblique oblong, 
curved, 14 in. long, 4 in. in diam., narrowed to the point.— Central 
Madagascar, Baron, 446! 1783! 
BUupDLEIA FUSCA, n. 8p. 
Arborea, ramosissima, ramulis teretibus obscure incanis, foliis breviter 
petiolatis parvis oblongis integris obtusis subcoriaceis facie obscure incanis 
dorso dense persistenter albido-incanis venulis exsculptis, racemis termi- 
nalibus congestis, pedicellis brevissimis, calycis albido-incani tubo campa- 
nulato dentibus deltoideis, corolle tubo cylindrico recto albido-incano 
quam calyx duplo longiore segmentis orbicularibus patulis. 
A very much branched erect tree or shrub, with slender woody 
