46 FLORA OF CENTRAL MADAGASCAR. 



the lower leaves and 3-4 aggregated at the top of the branches. 

 Divisions of the epicalyx linear, ^-^ in. long. Calyx hispid, ^ in. 

 long, the deltoid teeth equalling in length the campanulate tube. 

 Petals red, more than twice as long as the calyx. Column of 

 stamens rather shorter than the petals. Fruit-carpels 5, glabrous, 

 reticulated on the back, each with 3 large awns armed with reflexed 

 bristles. — Roadsides in the province of Imerina, Parker! Baron 350 ! 

 and gathered before by Bojer. Native name, Amiandahy. Allied to 

 P. wens, Cav., and P. ColumeUa, Cav. ; Jacq. Hort. Schoen. t. 492. 



KosTELETSKYA MADAGAscARiENsis, sp. n. — A slirubby perennial, 

 2-3 ft. high, with slender pilose terete branchlets. Leaves long- 

 petioled, cordate-ovate, acute, 1-1| in. long, deeply dentate, green 

 and pilose on both surfaces. Flowers solitary in the axils of the 

 leaves, on slender ascending pilose peduncles 1-1-|- in. long. Epi- 

 calyx of 5 minute linear bracts. Calyx pilose, ^ in. long ; lanceo- 

 late-deltoid teeth longer than the campanulate tube. Corolla small, 

 light pink ; petals obovate, emarginate. Stamens inserted nearly 

 all the way up the tube. Capsule finely pilose, shorter than the 

 calyx, with a single greyish oblong-triquetrous pilose mottled 

 seed 1^ in. long in each cell. — In a wooded valley in West Betsileo, 

 Baron 121 ! Flowers in January. Another unnamed species was 

 gathered by Dr. Lyali long ago in Central Madagascar, with 

 retrorsely hispid branchlets, suborbicular leaves shallowly palmately 

 3-lobed, and more numerous bracteoles to the epicalyx ; and a 

 third has just been described by Dr. Garcke in ' Reliquiae Ruten- 

 bergianae.' 



Hibiscus [LaijuncBa] Parkeri, sp. n. — A diffusely branched 

 annual herb, with shortly pilose terete slender branchlets. Leaves 

 long-petioled, suborbicular or broad ovate, shallowly cordate, 

 entire or 3-lobed to the middle, 1-1|- in. long, conspicuously 

 crenate, green and slightly hairy on both surfaces. Flowers 

 solitary in the axils of the lower leaves on short pedicels, and 2-3 

 crowded at the end of the branches. Epicalyx none. Calyx 

 \ in. long, green, obscurely pilose ; teeth lanceolate-deltoid, twice 

 as long as the campanulate tube. Petals pale pink, obovate, twice 

 as long as the calyx. Fruit-carpels hispid, cuspidate, rather longer 

 than the calyx, with numerous small, glabrous, pale brown seeds 

 in each. — Open ground in the province of Imerina, Dr. Parker! 

 Gathered previously by Lyall 184 ! 187 ! Allied to H. ternatus, 

 Masters [Layuna^a ternata, Cav.). 



Hibiscus (lAujumca) ochroleucus, sp. n. — An annual, diffusely 

 branched from the crown of the root, with slender terete slightly 

 pilose stems about a foot long. Stipules small, obliquely cuneate, 

 foliaccous, persistent. Leaves long-petioled, suborbicular, shallowly 

 cordate, 1-2 in. long and broad, deeply palmately 3- or 5-lobed, 

 the segments crenate or pinnatifid. Flowers solitary in the axils 

 of the lower leaves on short peduncles, and 2-3 aggregated at the 

 end of the branches. Ei3icalyx none. Calyx finally ^ in. long, 

 shortly pilose, the lanceolate-deltoid teeth twice as long as the 

 campanulate tube. Petals obovate, yellowish, veined, \ in. long. 

 Fruit-carpels hispid, cuspidate, a little longer than the calyx, with 



