172 FLORA OF CENTRAL MADAGASCAR. 



oblong. Anthers 8, dark brown, subquadrate, deeply emarginate, 

 just projecting from the corolla, free, as long as the lanceolate 

 filaments. Style much exserted, the stigmatic lobes lanceolate. — 

 Central Madagascar, Dr. Parker ! A near ally of P. galioides and 

 P. ramosissima, Benth. 



Anagallis tenuicaulis, n. sp. — An annual herb, glabrous in all 

 its parts, with very slender trailing angular stems I ft. long. 

 Leaves distant, opposite, oblong, sessile, entire, acute, ^-^ in. long. 

 Flowers from the axils of the leaves nearly all down the stem so 

 as to form a lax raceme; pedicels ^-^ in. long, finally patent. 

 Sepals 5, lanceolate, acuminate, l-12th in. long. Petals lanceolate, 

 pinkish, twice as long as the sepals. Stamens as long as the 

 calyx. Capsule globose, ^ in. diam., cii'cumscissile below the middle. 

 — Central Madagascar, Baron 240 ! Closely allied to Micrupyxis 

 ruhricaulis, Duby, which is a true AnafialUs. 



TAcmADENus platypterus, n. sp. — A shrub, glabrous in all its 

 parts, with slender terete woody green branches. Leaves longer 

 than the internodes, opposite, decussate, oblong, obtuse, sessile, 

 l-l|-in. long, triplinerved, subcoriaceous, entire, green and glabrous 

 on both surfaces. Flowers solitary, terminal. Calyx above an 

 inch long, with 5 rigid green broad wings and 5 oblong obtuse seg- 

 ments half as long as the tube. Corolla blue, with a cylindrical 

 tube exserted 2-3 in. from the calyx and a limb If in. diam. when 

 expanded, with 5 oblong obtuse segments. Stamens a short space 

 below the throat of the corolla-tube. Stigma just exserted from 

 the corolla-tube. — Edge of woods in East Betsileo, flowering from 

 September to April, Baron 218 ! A well-marked novelty, nearest 

 T. longiflorus, Griseb., but differs from it by its broadly-winged calyx- 

 tube, large oblong calyx-teeth, &c. 



Chironia pubescens, n. sp. — A small shrub, with finely pubescent 

 slender woody branches and leaves. Leaves distant, opposite, 

 shortly petioled, ovate or oblong, ^-1 in. long, triplinerved, 

 minutely cuspidate, moderately firm in texture, dull green and 

 finely pubescent over both surfaces. Flowers few, solitary, on long 

 pedicels from the end of the branches or uppermost fork or axils 

 of the upper leaves. Sepals 5, lanceolate, glabrous, ^-^ in. long. 

 Corolla yellow, with a tube as long as the calyx and 5 spreading 

 lanceolate acute segments as long as the tube. Stamens inserted 

 at the throat of the corolla-tube, less than half as long as the seg- 

 ments, the filament as long as the lanceolate non-contorted anther. 

 Capsule ampull^form, rather longer than the calyx, tipped with the 

 short persistent styles. — Tauala country ; edge of the forest near 

 the top of the great ridge. Baron 291 ! 



NuxiA CAPiTATA, n. sp. — Au ercct shrub, 8-10 ft. high, glabrous 

 on all its parts, with slender terete woody branchlets. Leaves 

 opposite; petiole ^-f in. ; blade oblong or oblanceolate-oblong,2-3 

 in. long, inciso-crenate above the entire deltoid base, obtuse, 

 copiously penninerved, subcoriaceous, green on both surfaces. 

 Flowers in globose heads about ^ in. diam., arranged in terminal 

 dichotomous cymes. Calyx sessile, oblong, glutinose, coriaceous, 

 ^- in. long ; teeth deltoid, permanently erect, ^-l as long as the 



