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Central Madagascar: Tanala, in forest, Baron, 313! 



Eemarkable for the narrow leaves, quite glabrous except for 

 the relatively scanty and closely adpressed hairs on the veins 

 below^, and for the long narrow calyx-lobes 1-6 cm. or longer in the 

 flower, and increasing to over 2 cm. in the fruit. The whole plant 

 approaches glabrousness, such indumentum as there is being very 

 closely adpressed ; the parts thus present a remarkably smooth 

 appearance. 



11. M. ramosissima Wernham, sp. nov. Verisimiliter frutex 

 erectus, ramosissimus, ramulis novellis densissime appresse rufo- 

 pilosis cortice tandem cinereo rugosulo indutis ; foliis parvis 

 oblanceolatis apice subrotundatis nee acuminatis, utrinque 

 praesertim in venis ac subtus densius appresse rufo-pilosis, 

 petiolo dense rufo-sericeo ; stipulis lanceolatis bipartitis acu- 

 minatis acutis ; florihus in foliorum ramulorum apicem versus 

 confertorura axillis dispositis, longiuscule pedicellatis ; calycis 

 lobis oblongo-linearibus subacutis dorso in costis 3-5 prominenti- 

 bus rufo-strigosis ; corollcB extus densiuscule sericeoe tubo gracili 

 parum insuper ampliato lobis elliptico-ovatis breviter cuspidatis ; 

 ovario angusto in pedicellum insensim desinente rufo-strigoso a 

 calyce manifesto superato. 



Madagascar : Hnmblot, 392 ! Hb. Kew. 



A very distinct species, readily distinguished by the shape of 

 the small, red-haired leaves and the long slender flowers, &c. The 

 affinity is with M. imnctata Drake, and M. hymenopogoiioides 

 Baker. Leaves 4*5 cm. long, 1-7 cm. broad in upper part, with 

 stalk as much as 6 mm. long and 6 secondary veins, prominent 

 below, on either side of the midrib; stipules 5-7 mm. x 2-5-3 mm. 

 Pedicel 1 cm., passing into ovary about the same length. Calyx- 

 lobes 1-2 cm. x 1"7 mm. Gorolla-tuhe 5-5 cm. long, lobes 

 1"3 cm. X 6-7 mm. 



12. M. arachnocarpa Wernham, sp. nov. Frutex v. arbor, 

 ramulis sparsiuscule hispidulo-rufo-pubescentibus ; foliis chartaceis 

 oblanceolatis basin cuneatum versus leniter angustatis breviter 

 acuminatis acutissimis, supra in vena centrali impressa minute 

 patento-strigillosis alitor hispidulo-pubescentibus, subtus praesertim 

 in venis prominulis moUiter asperulo-pubescentibus, petiolo brevis- 

 simo pubescente ; stipulis binis subulato-setaceis rufo-pilosis ; 

 florihus in umbellis paucifloris terminalibus dispositis ; bracteis 

 bracteolisque setaceo-linearibus ; fructu ellipsoideocostato sparsius- 

 cule rufo-pubescente ; pcdicellis longiusculis ferrugineo-pubescenti- 

 bus ; calycis lobis rigidiusculis linearibus subacutis velut bacca 

 indutis. 



Madagascar: Fort Dauphin, Scott Elliot, 2624! Hb. Kew. 

 Fr. May. 



The specimen, unfortunately, bears no flowers ; but it clearly 

 represents a distinct species allied to M. Huviblotii, from which it 

 differs in the shape and indumentum of the leaves, the stipules, &c. 



Leaves 5*5-7 cm. x 1*5-2 cm. ; petiole barely 5 mm. at most, 

 secondary veins 8-11 pairs ; stipules 9 mm. Bracteole (fruit) 

 6 mm. Pedicel (fruit) 1-2 cm. Fmit 1'5 cm. long, rather more 



