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Imerina, Parker! This, the only Madagascar Viola, is evidently 

 the same species that occurs in Abyssinia, the Camaroons, and 

 Fernando Po. 



Geranium simense, Hochst. := G. euiirnense, Bojer. — Fanjakana, 

 and on banks in shady places in Betsileo4and, JJaron 27 ! 35 ! 

 Imerina, Parker! Native name, Laratanana. This also has a 

 similar distribution to the last. 



Hypericum japonicum, Thunb. — A plant gathered in plenty both 

 by Dr. Parker and Eev. R. Baron, must evidently be referred to 

 this widely-spread Asiatic species. Bojer also found it, and 

 labelled it Hypericum rupestre. I believe H. Lalandii, Steud., of 

 Tropical Africa and the Cape will prove to be a variety of the same 

 species. Native name, Tsikotrakotra. 



PsoRosPERMUM Fanerana, sp. n. — A much-branched shrub, 

 generally 4-5, but sometimes 10-12 ft. high, with a little ferru- 

 ginous stellate pubescence on the young branchlets. Leaves 

 opposite, shortly petioled, oblong, entire, nearly glabrous, 1|~2 in. 

 long, green on both surfaces, dotted with copious black glands. 

 Inflorescence a dense terminal cyme ; pedicels erect, longer than 

 the flowers. Sepals 5, lanceolate, ferrugiueo-XDilose, persistent, 

 ■| in. long. Petals white, obovate, villose on the face, rather 

 longer than the sepals. Scales yellow, alternate with the petals. 

 Stamens in 5 bundles of 3 each. Ovary 5-celled, black, glabrous ; 

 styles 5, not more than a quarter as long as the ovary ; stigmas 

 capitate. Fruit a 5-celled berry the size of a small pea, with a 

 resinous yellow juice; cells 1-seeded. — Very abundant on the out- 

 side of the forest. East Betsileo, Baron 5 ! Native name, Fanerana. 

 The Spanish fly occurs on it in large quantity. 



PsoRosPERMUM ANDRos^MiFOLiuM, sp. n. — A much-branchcd 

 shrub 6-8 ft. high, with a little ferruginous stellate pubescence on 

 the young branchlets. Leaves petioled, oblong, acute, 2-3 in. 

 long, green on both surfaces, obscurely pilose, crenulate, dotted 

 with copious black glands. Inflorescence a dense terminal cyme ; 

 pedicels ^-^ in. long, erect, thinly ferrugineo-pilose. Sepals 5, 

 ovate-oblong, ferrugineo-pilose, scarcely ^ in. long. Petals 

 oblanceolate, yellowish white, 3 times as long as the sepals, with 

 conspicuous black lines. Stamens in 5 bundles, about as long as 

 the petals. Ovary globose, glabrous, 5-celled; styles nearly as 

 long as tha ovary. Fruit a yellowish berry about the size of a pea, 

 with red spots ; cells 5, with 1-2 seeds in each. — West Betsileo, 

 flowering in November and December, Baron 120 ! Native name, 

 Tamhitsy. Used, according to Dr. Parker, as a remedy for scabies 

 and eczema. Six species of this genus from Madagascar are 

 described by Spach in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, vol. v. p. 159. 



Symphonia (Chrysopia) clusioides, sp. n. — A large tree, with 

 glabrous crowded ultimate branchlets. Leaves shortly petioled, 

 obovate, rigidly coriaceous, thick in texture, obtuse, green and 

 glabrous on both surfaces, 1-1|- in. long, the close rather ascending 

 nearly parallel veinlets conspicuous on the under side. Flowers in 

 sparse terminal cymes ; bracts numerous, coriaceous, lanceolate, 

 or deltoid, persistent, ^-^ in. long; pedicels ^-^ in. long. Sepals 5, 



