Oncostemon. 207 
Yınanifeste attenuata, stylo persistente brevi coronata, valde maculata, = 6 mm longa, 5 mm 
diam. metiens, sepalis 5 late triangularibus,. margine nudis, valde maeulatis insidens. 
Madagascar: im Walde Ambohimitombo (Tanala) 1350—1400 m ü. M. (Forsyth 
Major n. 332). — Fruchtet im Januar. — Herb. Boiss.-Barbey. 
54. 0. phyllanthoides Bak. ! in Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1883) 202. — Ramuli graciles, 
apicem versus dense ferrugi- 
neo-tomentosi. Folia petiolis 
1—4,5 mm longis stipitata, 
optime denseque disticha, lan- 
ceolata, basi obtusa vel rotun- 
data apice sensim acutiuscula, 
integerrima, == 60 mm longa, 
47mm lata, chartacea, glabra, 
opaca, margine paullo crispu- 
lata, subtus tenuissime costu- 
lata haud vel vix reticulàta 
nec manifestius punctata. In- 
florescentiae non nisi imper- 
fecte mihi. cognitae densius- 
cule racemosae, tenerrimae, 
furfuraceae, foliis paullo bre- RA. 
viores, pedunculis = 45 mm EI 
longis stipitatae, pedicellis 
ad 6 mm longis; flores 5 mm 
longi, 4-meri; sepala basi 
breviter coalita, triangularia, 
acuta, margine nuda, coria- 
cea, haud manifestius punc- 
tulata; petalorum lobi ovati, 
RN 
S 
(D 
rotundati; filamentorum tu- QN R N 
bus brevis, non nisi paullo a II) p 7) 
petalis apicem versus solutus; U (892 A 
É " 
antherae maximae, liberae, 
anguste triangulares, persen- 
sim acutae; ovarium totum 
substipitiforme, glabrum, stig- 
mate conspicuo, discoideo. 
Central-Madagas- 
car: Baron n. 4963. — 
Herb. Kew. 
55. 0. leptocladum 
(Bak.) Mez. — Ardisia lepto- 
elada Bak.! in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. XXII. (1887) 500. — 
Ramuli gracillimi juniores 
dense lepidibus ferrugineis 
lomentelli. Folia disticha pe- 
liolis + 4 mm longis stipi- 
lata, ovata, basi subrotundata 
vel brevissime acuminatim 
contracta, + 25 mm longa, 
10 mm lata, subchartacea, Fig. 36. Oneost filici Mez. A Habitus. B Flos in- 
glabra, praesertim subtus teger. C Petalum postice visum. D Tubus stamineus. E Stamen 
paullo nitidula, tenuissime solutum postice visum. F Ovarium. G Placenta. (Icon. origin.) 
