FLORA OF MADAGASCAR. 265 
Madagascar, Baron 1721! Andrangaloaka, Dr. Parker! This 
comes so near the Betsileo-land Urera Radula, Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soe. xviii. p. 279, that there is little room for doubt that, 
although the characteristic female flowers are still unknown, this 
also is an Obetia. The four Madagascar Obetias here indicated 
differ mainly in armature and leaf-cutting, and may possibly prove 
to be four varieties of one variable species. 
URERA OLIGOLOBA, n. sp. 
Fruticosa, dioica, ramulis setis pellucidis crebris armatis, foliis magnis 
longe petiolatis obovatis membranaceis dentatis dimidio superiore lobatis, 
paniculis axillaribus magnis laxis, floribus fcemineis perianthii segmentis 
parvis inzequalibus, fructu ovoideo-lenticulari, stigmate magno penicillato, 
floribus masculis glomeratis perianthii segmentis 5 ovatis. 
An erect shrub, the branchlets much more slender than in the 
Obetias, densely armed tgwards the top with pellucid stinging 
bristles. Stipules oblong, brown, scariose, 4 in. long. Leaves 
alternate, not close; petiole 11-2 in. long, densely armed with 
stinging bristles; blade 4—6 in. long, 31—4 in. broad, membranous, 
dark green on both sides, with a few bristles, coarsely dentate, 
shallowly lobed in the upper half. Panicles of both sexes axillary, 
lax and ample. Male flowers clustered, green, depresso-globose, 
1 lin. in diam., with 5 segments and 5 stamens. Female flowers 
corymbose, shortly pedicellate, with very small perianth-segments, 
an obliquely ovoid-lenticular ovary, and a conspicuous brownish 
sessile penicillate stigma.—Forests of the province of Imerina, 
Baron 1923! Dr. Parker! 
PILEA MODESTA, n. sp. 
Annua, dioica, caule brevi inermi gracillimo simplici, foliis paucijugis 
petiolatis late ovatis membranaceis grosse inciso-crenatis setis paucis 
pellucidis ad faciem preditis supremis quaternis reliquis oppositis, floribus 
foemineis in cymam unicam densam terminalem sessilem aggregatis, 
perianthii segmentis parvis oblongis inzqualibus, ovario ovoideo-len- 
ticulari. 
Stems very slender, simple, erect, not more than 3-4 in. long, 
quite without hairs or bristles. Nodes about four, the terminal 
one bearing 4 sessile or nearly sessile unequal leaves, the others 
two each on longer petioles. Stipules Jarge, ovate, green, mem- 
branous, persistent. Leaves an inch long and nearly as broad, 
deeply erenate, obtuse, very thin in texture, dark green, with a 
few pellucid bristles on the upper surface. Female flowers in a 
