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sæpe compositis, pedicellis dense pilosis quam flos longioribus, perianthii 
pilosi tubo hemispherico segmentis oblongis, fructu globoso in tubum 
induratum cupulatum nigrum semiimmerso. 
An erect tree, with densely pilose terete woody branchlets. 
Petiole under 4 in. long, densely pilose; blade 4-5 in. long, 
12-21 in. broad at the middle, acuminate, subdeltoid at the base, 
green on both sides, subcoriaceous when mature, nearly or quite 
glabrous above, persistently pilose beneath, the veins and veinlets 
all prominently raised. Flowers in sparse simple or slightly 
compound racemes much shorter than the leaves, on slender 
densely pilose erecto-patent peduncles an inch or more long; 
pedicels erecto-patent, 3-4 in. long; bracts minute, lanceolate, 
deciduous. Perianth under à in. long, densely pilose; tube 
small, hemispherical; segments 5, oblong. Fruit pale brown, 
globose, 4 in. in diam., half immersed in a black rigid glabrous 
truncate cupule.—Central Madagascar, in forests of the province 
of Imerina, Baron 1289! 1310! 1776! 
FAUREA FORFICULIFLORA, n. sp.—Loranthus forficuliflora, 
Bojer MSS. 
Arbuscula, ramulis glabris, foliis oblanceolato-oblongis acutis rigidulis 
nitidis glabris, racemis terminalibus oblongis, pedicellis patulis, bracteis 
minutissimis, perianthii brunnei tubo cylindrico cite ad basin fisso, seg- 
mentis oblongis 3 diu coalitis, staminibus ad faucem uniseriatis, ovario 
dense albo-villoso, squamulis hypogynis lanceolatis, stylo pollicari. 
A small forest tree 10 or 15 feet high, glabrous in all its parts 
except the ovary. Leaves close, alternate, 4-5 in. long, j-1 in. 
broad, subcoriaceous in texture, green and glabrous on both 
surfaces, shining above, narrowed from the middle to a short 
petiole. Flowers in shortly peduncled moderately dense terminal 
racemes 3-5 in. long; pedicels patent, woody, å in. long, with a 
minute deltoid bract at the base.  Perianth brownish, clavate, 
an inch long, obscurely white-silky, with a slender cylindrical 
tube which soon slits open down one side, and 4 oblong segments 
I in. long, three of which cohere permanently. Anthers 4, linear, 
inserted at the base of the perianth-segments, with very short 
filaments. Ovary small, densely clothed with white silky hairs ; 
style filiform, glabrous, persistent, an inch long.—Forests of the 
province of Imerina, gathered long ago by Dr. Lyall, and now re- 
found by Dr. Parker and the Rev. Deans Cowan. There are 
five other species of the genus now known at the Cape and in 
