220 FLORA OF CEXTKAL MADAGASCAK. 



inch long, cyliudi'ical in the lower half, ampullae form in the 

 upper half, and five lanceolate segments ^ in. long. Anthers 

 lanceolate acuminate, :\- in. long, inserted at the throat of the 

 contracted lower half of the corolla-tube. Style very slender, 

 bringing the stigma on a level with the lower part of the anthers. 

 Follicles 4-6 in. long. — Shrubby valleys of West Betsileo, flowering 

 in December and January, Baron, 92 ! Near Ji. lidanthijiora, A. DC, 

 from which it is easily distinguished by its large foliaceous sepals. 



Pentopetia andruscEinifoUa, Dene. — An erect shrub, 2-4 feet 

 high. — Sides of hills in the Betsileo country, flowering in Novem- 

 ber and December, Baron, 21 ! Native name Tandrokosy, applied 

 also to other Asclepiads. 



SoLANUM APHANANTHUM, u. sp. — A slirub, glabrous in all its 

 parts, with slender w^oody branchlets. Leaves alternate, not gemi- 

 nate, shortly petioled, oblong, acute, entire, 2-3 in. long, mode- 

 rately firm in texture, green on both surfaces, glossy above, with 

 distant fine immersed main veins. Flowers 6-10 in congested 

 sessile cymes h-om numerous nodes opposite the leaves ; pedicels 

 very short; bracts minute, deltoid, persistent. Calyx ^ Ime diam., 

 with four deltoid subpatent segments connate at the base. Corolla- 

 tube very short ; segments four, oblong, ^ in. long. Stamens 

 nearly as long as the corolla-segments. — Central Madagascar, Dr. 

 Barker! Falls in DunaPs section Leiodendra. Near S. diphi/lhnn, 

 L., and S. inaquale, Vellozo. 



SoLANUM {Dulcamara) nitens, n. sp. — A shrub, glabrous in all 

 its parts, with slender woody branchlets. Leaves alternate, oblong, 

 acute, entire, distinctly petioled, 1^-2 in. long, moderately firm in 

 texture, bright green on both surfaces, lucent above, with fine 

 distant main veins. Cymes in an ample deltoid terminal 

 panicle ; pedicels ^-^ in. long, thickened upwards ; bracts very 

 minute. Calyx l-12th in. broad and long, with a campanulate 

 tube and five deltoid teeth as long as the tube. Corolla 

 with a short tube, and five lanceolate segments ^ in. long, 

 pilose at the edge. Stamens reaching half-way up the corolla- 

 segments. Fruit a small glabrous berry. — Forests of West Bet- 

 sileo, Baron, 145 ! Falls in Dunal's section Subdulcamara. Near 

 S. flaccidum, Vellozo. 



SopuBiA TEiPHYLLA, u. sp. — Stcms simple, erect, rather woody, 

 glabrous, about a foot long. Leaves in whorls of three, shorter 

 than the internodes, sessile, entire, lanceolate, ascending, |~f in. 

 long, 1 -nerved, with revolute edges, glabrous. Flowers in a lax 

 raceme 6-8 in. long, mostly three from a node ; pedicels above 

 h in. long, with bracts at the base like the leaves, and two small 

 linear bracteoles near the flower. Calyx I in. long, the deltoid 

 segments equalling the campanulate tube. Corolla-tube as long as 

 the calyx ; segments spreading, orbicular, ^ in. long. Stamens 

 half as long as the corolla ; anthers linear-oblong, densely pilose. 

 Style reaching to the tip of the corolla- segments. — West Betsileo, 

 with the preceding. Baron, 141 ! A well-marked new species. 



Sopuhia trijida var. riiadar/asr-arirnsis, Benth. — Common in the 

 Betsileo country, Baron, 142 ! 



