'218 FLOKA OF CENTRAL MADAGASCAR. 



Triticum repens, L. 



[About a quarter of a mile from the Moor there has occurred 

 a Triticiun or At/rojti/non with very glaucous foliage and tall spikes 

 of inflorescence, possibly Auropi/nwi (/laiiciun, Desv. I forwarded 

 specimens to the Botanical Exchange Club two or three years ago, 

 but no satisfactory conclusions were arrived at on the subject.] 



Loliiini pereiine, L. 



Xardns stricta, L. — Abundant on the heathery portion of the 

 Moor. 



Xejthrodiuin FilLc-inas, Eich. 



A\ spinulosum, Desv. 



.V. dilatatum, Desv. 



.V. Oreopteris, Desv. — Now getting very scarce, and only 

 undeveloj)ed specimens observable. 



Pteris aquilina, L. 



AtJu/rilun Filix-fannina, Bernh. 



Fohjpudium vulgare, L. 



[In the immediate neighbourhood used to grow P. Pheyo pteris, L., 

 and P. Dnjopteria, L., but they have been long extirpated from 

 Prestwich Clough and Mere Clough. Ophiocflussuni vidf/atum, L., 

 is reported to occur in the meadows immediately adjoining Kersal 

 Moor, but I have not found it nearer than Mere Clough.] 



Eqidsetiua ar cense, L. 



E. maximum. Lam. 



E. sylvaticum, L. 



E. palustre, L. 



E. limosiim, L. 



The Equisetacea: are well represented in the surrounding district, 

 eight of the nine native species being reported to occur in Mere 

 Clough, about one mile fiu'ther north from Kersal Moor. They 

 would appear especially to abound in the Lancashire dells and 

 doughs, and in close proximity to the coal-measures. 



Of the 240 or more species here enumerated, naturally a large 

 proportion are widely distributed weeds. Some common j)lants, 

 however, are conspicuous by their absence. I have never seen 

 Lamiiuii albiiiii, Conrulvidiis arvensis, Primrose, Cowslip, nor Mallow 

 in the neisrhbourhood. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF CENTRAL 

 MADAGASCAR. 



By J. G. Baker, F.R.S. 

 (Continued from j). 17">,) 



Gaertneka obovata, n. S]). — A shrub, glabrous in all its parts, 

 with terete woody branchlets. Stipules connate in a short ring. 

 Leaves ojiposite, shortly petioled, obovate, obtuse, enth-e, 1-1^ in. 

 long, moderately firm in texture, green on both surfaces, copiously 

 penninerved. Flowers in a dense termmal panicle ; pedicels very 



