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anthers oblong ; filaments very short. Fruit globose, hard nearly 
black, bicarpellary, i in. in diam.; style short, entire; stigma 
capitate.— Woods of the province of Imerina, Dr. Parker! Baron 
1946! There are three species of the genus known before, two 
at the Cape and one on the mountains of Fernando Po. 
Lorantuvs ($ DENDROPHTHOE) RUBRO-VIRIDIS, n. sp. 
Glaber, ramulis teretibus rugosis, foliis parvis brevissime petiolatis 
obovato-oblongis minute cuspidatis rigide coriaceis uninerviis, floribus 
axillaribus 1—3nis breviter pedicellatis et pedunculatis, bracteola minuta 
unilaterali, calycis parvi tubo oblongo limbo brevissimo, corolle tubo 
cylindrieo gracillimo splendide rubro cite ad medium fisso, segmentis 5 
oblanceolatis viridibus, antheris minutis oblongis. 
A closely branched shrub, glabrous in all its parts, with slender 
pale drab terete branchlets, very rough with raised lenticels. 
Leaves 3-3 in. long, distinctly petioled, cuneate at the base, 
rounded and minutely cuspidate at the tip, thick and rigid in 
texture, green when dried, with a distinct midrib that does not 
reach the top. Flowers usually in pairs, the erect pedicel longer 
than the calyx. Bractevle unilateral, very minute. Calyx 75 in. 
long, with an oblong ovary and very short obscurely toothed 
collar-like limb. Corolla under an inch long, with a very slender 
bright red tube and 5 oblanceolate green segments finally å in. 
long.  Anthers minute, oblong.— Central Madagascar, Baron 
2170! 
LonawTHvus (§ DENDROPHTHOE) PARKERI, n. sp. 
Glaber, ramulis teretibus, folis oblongis brevissime petiolatis obtusis 
l-nerviis rigide coriaceis basi deltoideis, floribus axillaribus sessilibus 
2--4nis, bracteola unilaterali, calycis parvi tubo subgloboso, limbo campanu- 
lato dentibus deltoideis, corolla tubo cylindrico rubro cite ad medium fisso, 
segmentis oblanceolatis viridibus, antheris lineari-oblongis. 
A much-branched shrub, glabrous in allits parts, with terete 
brown branchlets, rough with raised lentieels. Leaves shortly 
petioled, 14-2 in. long, 3-1 in. broad, very obtuse, deltoid at the 
base, very thick and rigid in texture, with the midrib faintly 
visible. Flowers up to four, sessile in the axils of the leaves. 
Calyx i; in. long, with a short collar-like limb with 5 deltoid 
teeth. Corolla an inch long, with a red tube slitting on one side 
halfway down and 5 oblanceolate green segments j in. long. 
Anthers linear-oblong, y; in. long.— Forest of Andrangaloaka, 
Dr. Parker! Closely allied to L. pachyphyllus, Baker. A plant 
