Oncostemon. 



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manifeste attenuata, stylo persistente brevi coronata, valde maculata, db 6 mm longa, 5 mm 

 diam. metiens, sepalis 5 late triangularibus, margine nudis, valde maculatis insidens. 



Madagascar: im Walde Ambohimitombo (Tanala) 4350 — 1400 m ü.M. (Forsyth 

 Major n. 332). — Fruchtet im Januar. — Herb. Boiss.-Barbey. 



54.0. phyllanthoides Bak. ! in Journ. Linn. Soc.XX. (1883)202. — Ramuli graciles, 

 apicem versus dense ferrugi- 

 neo-tomentosi. Folia petiolis 

 1 — 1,5 mm longis stipitata, 

 optime denseque disticha, lan- 

 ceolata, basi obtusa vel rotun- 

 data apice sensim acutiuscula, 

 integeri'ima, ±60 mm longa, 

 1 7 mm lata, chartacea, glabra, 

 opaca, margine paullo crispu- 

 lata, subtus tenuissime costu- 

 lata haud vel vix reticulata 

 nee manifestius punctata. In- 

 florescentiae non nisi imper- 

 fecte mihi cognitae densius- 

 cule racemosae, tenerrimae, 

 furfuraceae, foliis paullo bre- 

 viores, peduneulis ± 1 5 mm 

 longis stipitatae , pedicellis 

 ad 6 mm longis ; flores 5 mm 

 longi, 4-meri; sepala basi 

 breviter coalita, triangularia, 

 acuta, margine nuda, coria- 

 cea, haud manifestius punc- 

 tulata; petalorum lobi ovati, 

 rotundati; filamentorum tu- 

 bus brevis , non nisi paullo a 

 petalis apicem versus solutus ; 

 antherae maximae , liberae, 

 anguste trianguläres, persen- 

 sim acutae; ovarium totum 

 substipitiforme, glabrum, stig- 

 mate conspicuo, diseoideo. 



Central- Madagas- 

 car: Baron n. 1963. — - 

 Herb. Kew. 



55. 0. leptocladum 

 (Bak.) Mez. — Ardisia lepto- 

 clada Bak. ! in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XXII. (1887) 500. — 

 Ramuli gracillimi juniores 

 dense lepidibus ferrugineis 

 tomentelli. Folia disticha pe- 

 tiolis ± 1 mm longis stipi- 

 tata, ovata, basi subrotundata 

 vel brevissime acuminatim 

 contraeta, ±25 mm longa, 

 10 mm lata, subchartacea, Fig 36 Oncostemon filicinum Mez. A Habitus. B Flos in- 

 glabra , praesertim subtus teger. G Petalum postice visum. D Tubus stamineus. E Stamen 

 paullo nitidula , tenuissime solutum postice visum. F Ovarium. G Placenta. (Icon. origin.) 



