224 MR. J G. BAKER ON THE 
corollze albze tubo cylindrico involucrum duplo superante, limbo quam tubus 
duplo breviore segmentis oblongis. 
An erect shrub, with slender green finely pilose branchlets. 
Leaves in distant pairs, shortly petioled, 2-3 in. long, an inch 
broad, deltoid at the base, very thin in texture, bright green on 
both surfaces, obscurely hairy only on the midrib and main veins 
beneath. Flowers in a moderately dense terminal panicle 2-3 
in. long, with large leaves at the base of the main branches; 
pedicels slender, pilose, ascending, 3-1 in. long, not bracteated. 
Involuere 4 in. long, of 4 lanceolate densely pilose bracts. Calyx 
ps in. TO Corolla white, with a pilose cylindrical tube 4 in. 
long and 4 oblong segments.—Central Madagascar, Baron 1791! 
HYPOESTES SECUNDIFLORA, n. Sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis gracillimis subtiliter pilosis, foliis petiolatis oblongis 
integris membranaceis glabris, floribus in spicas laxas secundas paniculatas 
dispositis, involucro unifloro bracteis 4 pilosis lanceolatis, calyce quam in- 
volucrum duplo breviore, corollæ tubo infundibulari quam involucrum duplo 
longiore, corollz limbo quain tubus duplo breviore fauce maculata. 
An erect shrub, with very slender owed pilose branchlets. 
Leaves opposite, distinctly petioled, 13-92 in. long, under an inch 
broad, obtuse, narrowed to the base, very thin in texture, green 
and glabrous on both surfaces. Flowers in lax ascending secund 
spikes 12-2 in. long from the axils of the upper leaves, with a very 
slender pilose axis. Involucre 4 in. long, of 4 eua lanceolate 
acute pilose bracts of moderately firm texture. Calyx-segments 
linear. Corolla whitish, with a narrowly funnel-shaped rather 
curved tube 4 in. long and a limb 4 in. long, the posticous lip 
entire and oblong, and the anticous with 3 orbicular lobes, spotted 
with purple at the throat. Stamens and stigma shorter than the 
lips.— Central Madagascar, in forests of the province of Imerina, 
Baron 1322! A near ally of H. sanguinolenta, Hook. in Bot. 
Mag. t. 5511, as are also H. brachiata, H. corymbosa, and H. co- 
morensis. 
HYPOESTES BRACHIATA, n. sp. 
Herbacea, perennis, ramulis gracillimis brevissime pilosis, foliis petiolatis 
lanceolatis acutis integris membranaceis parce pilosis, floribus spicato-pa- 
nieulatis, involucro unifloro bracteis 4 lanceolatis pilosis, calyce quam in- 
volucrum triplo breviore, coroll: rubelle tubo cylindrico quam involucrum 
sesqui longiore, limbo quam tubus duplo breviore segmentis oblongis. 
A branched erect perennial, with very slender finely pilose 
stems. Leaves shortly petioled, 1-14 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, 
