FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 209 
Corolla not seen. Fruit oblong, glabrous, 4 in. long.— Central 
Madagascar, Baron 1945! 
G xnTNERA ARENARIA, n. Sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis crassiusculis glabris, foliis brevissime petiolatis 
oblongis vel obovato-oblongis acutis subcoriaceis utrinque viridibus gla- 
bris, floribus in panieulas amplas ramulis albido-incanis laxifloris dicho- 
tome cymosis, cymarum lateralibus distincte pedicellatis, bracteis parvis 
lanceolatis, calycis tubo campanulato dentibus deltoideis, fructu oblongo. 
A shrub, with moderately stout subterete glabrous woody 
branchlets. Leaves 4-6 in. long, 14-2 in. broad at the middle, 
acute, deltoid at the base, firm in texture, green and glabrous on 
both surfaces. Flowers in a lax deltoid panicle half a foot long 
and broad; branches, branchlets, and calyx coated with whitish 
tomentum; main branchlets patent; ultimate branchlets few- 
flowered dichotomous cymes, with the terminal flower in the 
fork sessile, the side ones with pedicels 3-1 in. long, subtended at 
the base by small lanceolate bracts. Calyx i in. long, with a 
campanulate tube and 5 deltoid teeth. Corolla not seen. Fruit 
oblong, glabrous, 4 in. long—Sands near the sea, Tranomaro 
near Tamatave, Dr. Meller July 1862! Two other Madagascar 
species of this genus (G. inflexa and G. cardiocarpa) are described 
by Dr. Baillon in Adansonia, vol. xii. pp. 237, 238. 
EXACUM BULBILLIFERUM, n. sp. 
Suffruticosum, glabrum, caule bulbillifero ad apicem foliato, folis bre- 
viter petiolatis oblongo-spathulatis acutis membranaceis, floribus in cymas 
paucifloras laxas terminales dispositis, pedicellis flori zequilongis, calycis 
segmentis ovatis acutis dorso late alatis, corolla segmentis rubellis ovatis 
quam tubus longioribus, antheris oblongis filamento filiformi, stylo elongato. 
A. shrubby perennial, glabrous in all its parts, with terete 
greenish woody slender stems bearing several globose brown bul- 
bill. Leaves in opposite pairs up to the top of the branches, 
shortly petioled, membranous, 1-14 in. long, triplinerved above the 
base. Flowers 2-3 in a terminal cyme, on slender pedicels 1-4 
in. long. Calyx 4 in. long, cut down nearly to the base into 4 
ovate segments broadly winged on the back. Corolla twice as 
long as the calyx; segments reddish, obovate, twice as long as 
the tube. Stamens with an oblong anther j in. long, exceeding 
the filiform filament. Ovary ampulleform, sessile, narrowed into 
a long filiform style.—Central Madagascar, Baron 17011 
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