STIRPES EXOTICÆ NOVÆ 
(ConTiNvé pu voL. VIII, PAGE 351.) 
48. [ODES MADAGASCARIENSIS. 
Frute* longe sarmentosus (test. Chapelier); caule ramisque 
teretibus v. ancipiti-compressis tetragonisve, dense ferrugineo v. 
fulvido-hirsutis ; cortice (Cannabis more) filamentoso, basi caulis 
fuscato inæquali-fisso. Folia opposita, breviter (ad 4 cent.) petio- 
lata, longe ovato-acuta v. sublanceolata (ad 12 cent. longa, 5 cent. 
lata), basi cordata; apice plerumque acuminato ; integerrima 
membranacea, supra dense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora; petiolo 
costaque cum nervis primariis obliquis venisque laxe reticulatis 
pilis iisdem rufescentibus ac ramis obsitis. Ramulus adest unus ad 
internodia fere omnia, qnoad folia lateralis, in cirrhum gracilem lon- 
gum, apice simplicem ramosumve, mutatus, cujus ope planta, Goua- 
niarum v. Ampelidearum more, arboribus in vicinitate crescen- 
tibus adfixa remanet. Ad internodia nonnulla, precipue in supre- 
mis ramis, ramulus ille fertilis evadit (unde cirrhorum noscitur 
natura, quæ eadem ac in Vitibus est). Flores cymosi diceci ; cymis 
basi pedunculatis valde ramosis pilis iisdem rufescentibus ferru- 
gineisve ac caule indutis. Flores minuti crebri 3-5-meri ; perian- 
thio (?) duplici ; exteriore brevi inæquali-3-5-dentato ciliato hir- 
suto; interiore longiore; foliolis 3-5, basi connatis, apice liberis, 
longe lanceolatis parcius hirsutis; præfloratione valvata. Stamina 
3-5 sub gynæceo rudimentario breviter conico inserta ; filamentis 
brevibus erectis ; antheris inæquali-obovatis obtusissimis, demum 
reflexis, introrsum 2-rimosis. In flore fœmineo androcæi vesti- 
gium nullum. Gynæceum liberum ; germine basi attenuato 4-locu- 
lari 2-ovulato, apice stigmate sessili excentrico lineari longitudine 
suleato coronato. Fructus drupaeei basi perianthio persistente 
muniti ellipsoidei (4 cent. longi, + cent. lati) glaberrimi ; meso- 
