FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 213 
simple or forked peduncles from the axils of the leaves; bracts 
minute, lanceolate. Calyx campanulate, 1 in. long in the flower- 
ing stage, with two persistent oblong cupi te Tanoka ad- 
pressed to it; sepals oblong cuspidate, imbricated. Corolla 
white, 2 in. long. Stamens included, with long filiform filaments 
and minute ovate anthers. Ovary globose, pilose at the tip, with 
a long filiform style and 2 linear-subulate ascending stigmas. 
Capsule globose, } in. in diam., enclosed in the persistent calyx.— 
Central Wi LUE between Imerina and the cast coast, Baron 
1385! 1406! <A near ally of the Cape C. hastatus, Thunb. 
CARDIOCHLAMYS MADAGASCARIENSIS, Oliver in Hook. Ic. t. 1408. 
This is an interesting new genus of Convolvulacee, allied to 
Porana, of which a figure and diagnosis have been published in 
Hooker’s ‘Icones.’ We had an puel pues long ago from 
Dr. Lyall; and now Dr. Parker and Mr. Baron (700 & 879) have 
sent complete material. 
SOLANUM APOCYNIFOLIUM, n. sp. 
Fruticosum, ramulis inermibus dense pilosis, foliis petiolntis oblongis 
acutis integris subcoriaceis utrinque glabris, cymis pluribus laxis in pani» 
culam terminalem aggregatis, calycis glabri tubo campanulato dentibus 
parvis semiorbicularibus, corolla tubo brevi segmentis oblongis. 
An erect shrub, with long slender unarmed wand-like branch- 
lets, densely clothed with drab-brown stellate hairs. Leaves 
alternate, shortly petioled, with paci two small oblong leaves 
in their axil; blade 14-2 in. long, 4-2 in. broad, acute, narrowed 
to the base, Pm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces, 
with 6—7 pairs of distinet but fine main veins connected by 
distinct arches a space within the margin. Cymes several, 
forming a lax terminal panicle above the leaves baec) the lowest ; 
rhachis ud peduncle densely pilose; pedicels g—} in. long, plabeons: 
Calyx Àj in. in diam., with a campanulate tube and 5 small half- 
orbicular teeth. Corolla seen only in the bud stage.— Central 
Madagascar, Baron 1767! Allied to S. Benthami and aureum, 
Dunal in DC. Prodr. xiii. 101. 
SOLANUM FLAGELLIFERUM, n. sp. 
S. caule fruticoso, ramulis gracillimis elongatis stellato-pilosis aculeis 
copiosis uncinatis latis armatis, foliis petiolatis ovatis acutis integris basi 
inzqualibus facie viridibus tenuiter pilosis dorso albido-incanis, floribus 
solitariis axillaribus pedunculatis, calycis pilosi segmentis lineari-subulatis 
tubo æquilongis, corolle pilose segmentis deltoideis. 
