110 FLOEA OF CENTRAL MADAGASCAR. 



K. f/racilipes. Native name, Kotrokotrohato . Used, according to 

 Dr. Parker, by the natives as a vermifuge. 



Kalanchor synsepala, n. sp. — An erect succulent perennial, 

 glabrous in all its parts. Lower leaves opposite, sessile, oblong- 

 spatliulate, 1^ in. long, dentate in the upper half. Flowers in 

 dense terminal corymbose cymes ; pedicels \-^ in. long ; bracts 

 very minute, lanceolate or deltoid. Calyx campanulate, greenish, 

 ^ in. long and broad, with four deltoid cuspidate teeth. Corolla 

 reddish, | in. long ; tube oblong, ^ in. diam. ; segments ovate cus- 

 pidate, spreading, a third as long as the tube. Stamens 8, in- 

 serted near the top of the corolla-tube ; filaments very short, 

 filiform ; anthers minute, ovate. Fruit-carpels lanceolate, as long 

 as the corolla-tube, narrowed gradually into the short persistent 

 styles. Seeds minute, brown, clavate. — Central Madagascar, Baron 

 248 ! Not a good Kalanchoe, on account of its gamosepalous 

 calyx, but a near ally of A', eriophylla, Hils. & Bojer ; Tulasne in 

 Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, viii. 149, which = Cotijledon pannosa, Baker, in 

 Jouru. Linn. Soc. xviii. 269. 



Kalanchoe orgyalis, n. sp. — An erect glabrous succulent peren- 

 nial, with stems 6-7 feet long. Lower leaves oblong-spathulate, 

 enth-e, 3-5 in. long. Flowers in dense corymbose cymes ; bracts 

 minute ; pedicels as long or shorter than the flowers. Sepals 4, 

 deltoid, glabrous, ^ in. long, connate only at the very base. 

 Corolla yellow, urceolate, \ in. long, with four spreading deltoid 

 cuspidate segments not more than I as long as the ovoid tube, 

 which is ^-\ in. diam. Stamens 8, inserted biseriately near the 

 throat of the corolla-tube ; filaments very short ; anthers minute, 

 ovate. Fruit -carp els 4, I in. diam., as long as the corolla, 

 narrowed gradually into the short styles. — West Betsileo, on stony 

 ground and about woods, Baron 105 ! 249 ! Native name, 

 Hazomhato. 



Kalanchoe tomentosa, n. sp. — A succulent perennial, densely 

 coated throughout with short brown spreading hairs. Leaves not 

 seen. Flowers in a narrow panicle about ^ ft. long, with cymose 

 branches, the upper close and many-flowered, the lower distant 

 and few-flowered ; bracts minute ; pedicels shorter than the 

 flowers. Sepals 4, deltoid, densely tomentose, ^— ^ in. long, connate 

 at the very base only. Corolla -t in. long, densely tomentose like 

 the rest of the plant, with an urceolate tube ^| in. diam., con- 

 tracted at the throat, and four small permanently erect lanceolate- 

 deltoid segments. Stamens 8, subuniseriate, inserted above the 

 middle of the corolla-tube; filaments filiform, about a line long; 

 anthers minute, ovate, yellow, placed on a level with the throat of 

 the tube. Fruit-carpels \ in. long, connate, narrowed suddenly 

 into the short styles. — Central Madagascar, Baron 247 ! This and 

 the two former, along with K. eriophylla, form a group of species 

 peculiar to Madagascar, connecting Kalanchoe and Cotijledon. 



HoMALiuM (Xisa) TETRAMERUM, n. sp. — A trcc, glabrous in all its 

 parts, with subterete rugose pale brown branchlets. Leaves 

 shortly petioled, oblong, subacute, entire, 3-4 in. long, cuneate at 

 the base, firm in texture, green on both surfaces, minutely black- 



