MONOGRAPHIA POLVGAI.ACEARUM. 487 



linoaribus, vix 2 mm. loiiga vel iniiior. Tiihus staminalis hasi dilatatiis iiilosiis, 

 versus apiccm longe attemialus in (ilamenta libéra non fissus sed inleger. Anllicni' 

 elliplica^ in tubo prorsnm sessiles giabr;e. Ovarium ovalo-elliplicum, glabrum. 

 StyUis arcuatus teres. Slignia superius concaviira, aciilum, inferius arcuate 

 refractnm alio longiiis, papillosum. AIsb accrescentes capsulam involventes cca. 

 "/,, mm. vel ctiain minores, decoioralm et membranaceie, eam diipin siiperantes 

 et mullo lalinj-es. Capsula ixa. 7 mm. longa. Semina pyriformia lusca, breviter 

 hirsuta 4 mm. longa ; arilli Inbus intermedius durus horizonlalis, in summo semine 

 posilus, duo latérales apice conjuncti submerabranacei semiorbiculares, facie ven- 

 trali recta, aibi, 1,5 mm. longi. 



Habitat insulam Madagascar centralem ubi legit Bojer, circa Tananarivo ; Hilde- 

 brandt n" .3819 in Imerina; Flacourt, n° 142 ; Grandidier n° 09 in Ambalo-Mena- 

 Loha, in monte Antoungoun in jirov. Emirna leg. Bojer. (ex Hb. Kuntb.); in Tana- 

 narivo, Goudot. in Hb. Deless. 



P. HILDKBRANDTII, Baill. 



Floribus axillaribus r-accmosis; abn (st sopala extenora a|iiculata; sligmata obso- 

 lela; folia magna ad 9 (;m. longa. 



•lourii. soc. Linn. l'aris, 1886, p. 607. 



Tab. noslraWW, tig. i9-.")f.. 



Ramijuniores virides liaud teretes sed profunde sulcati. Frutescens (an scan- 

 dens?) glabra; folia lanceolala apiculala ad 9 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata, vel paulo 

 majora membranacea, subintegra, nervis paucis valde obliqnis. Flores axillares 

 racemosi panci ad 1 cm. longi. Racemi supraaxillares, ad 3-4 cm. longi, cum caule 

 basi distincte connati, laxillori. liractern tenues sabfiliformes, pedicelli 3-4 plo bre- 

 viores. l'edieelli ad 8 mm. longi, patuli. Aire ovato-acuta?, subtriangulares, apicn- 

 latœ, corolla longinres, nervis valde anastnniosantibus, petaloidere (roseaî). Sejjala 

 exteriora oblonga valde apiculata, margine ciliata. Petala superiora subspatbulata 

 per dimidium cum tubo staminaii connata, limbo elliptico, carina paulo breviora. 

 Carin.T limbus cucullatus, oblongus, qiiam unguiculum angustiim haud longior. 

 t'.rista pedicellata apice tantiim divisa, Inbis paucis apice incisis formata. Antberte 

 in tubo monadelpliii prorsum sessiles glabra' ( H). Ovarium stylo, stigmatibns multo 

 brevius, glaber. Stylus ni in I'. mac.rnptera. Stigma superius dentiforme obsoletum. 



