O ICOXES PLANTAT^UM. tv.„ 



Plate 1402. 



RHAPHISPERMUM GERARDIOIDES, BentL 



SCEOPHULARTNE^, Tribe GERARDIEiE- 



R. gerardioides, Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 509, {Swedes unica.) 



Hab. Central Madagascar, on dry "hills of the province of Imerina, 

 Sojer, Lijall 229, Baronll70. . 



Frutex erectus glaber ramosissimus, ramulis lignosis ad apicem crebre 

 foliatis. Folia opposita, sessilia, aseendentia, lanceolata, acuta, integer- 

 rima, rigidula, nninervia, semipoUicaria vel pollicaria, siccitate nigres- 

 eentia, PedicelK solitarii, axillares, erecti, uniflori, folils subseqnilongi, 

 sursum bibracteati. Calyx obscure dentatus, 3 liii, longns et latus. 

 Corolla expansa 15-18 lin. diatn., segmentis orbicularibus 5-6 lin. 

 latis flore expanso imbrlcatis. Stamina obscure didjnaraa, antlieris 

 erectis oblocgis. Gapsula caljce paullo longior, compressa, apice 

 truncata, stylo persistente coronata. — J. G-. Baker. 



Fig. 1, Flower with corolla and stamens taken away. 2. Corolla-tube cut open to 

 show the stamens. 3, Back and front view of anthers. 4. Immature fruit. AU 

 more or less enlarged. 



Plate 1403. 



CABDIOCHLAMYS MADAGASCARIENSIS, Oliv. 



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CONVOLVULACE-^- 



CardiocHamys, Oliver^ gen. nov. Flares bi- tri-bracteolati, bracteolis 

 calyce brevioribus ovatis. Sepala insequalia; 3 exteriora majora, 

 ovata, acuminata, sub fructu valde aucta, cordiformia, membranaceo- 

 scariosa, reticulata; 2 interiora minuta, squamiformia, sub fructu 



immutata. Corolla infundibuliformis, calyce 2-3-plo longior, 5-fida, 

 lobis ovatis acutatis. Stamina 5, inpequalia, corollam vix superantla, 

 filamentls filiformibus fere ad basin tubi insertis; antherse ovato- 

 lanceolatae, sagittate. Ovarium in gynopboro columnari crassiusculo 

 insidens, ovoideum, in stylum angustatum, uniloculare, biovulatum ; 

 stylus gracilis, elongatus, indivisua ; stigma capitellatum, obscure bilo- 

 bulatum. Frudus stipitatus, l-locularis, 1-2-spermns. Semina albu- 



mmosa 



cotyledones latae, foliaceje, plicatee ; radicula longiuscula, 

 cylindracea, plicata. — Herba voluUlis ; caules gradles.pilosulL Folia 

 altemaj cordata^ acuminato^ mu^'rovaia^ pilosula. Flores racemosi cum 



