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Caulis repens, ramosissimus, ramis erectis, gracillimis. Petiolus 1- 
2 mm. longus. Folia rigidiuscula, */,-1 cm. longa et fere totidem lata. 
Flores trini-quini vel interdum solitarii. Calycis tubus sparse stellato- 
hirsutus, 3 mm. longus; lobi subpersistentes, 2 mm. longi. Petala 
7-8 mm. longa. Antherz 2 '/, mm. longa. 
In ins. Zeylania (Walker). 
II. Calycis lobi cum setis elongatis simplicibus alternantes. 
35. O. Rheedii (Gardn.! in Thw. l. c. 104); fruticosa; ramis bre- 
vissime subsparse adpresseque strigosis ; foliis parvis, ovato-oblongis, 
obtusis, 3-nerviis, utrinque vix perspicue strigosis praecipue subtus; 
calyce setis simplicibus dense longeque strigoso. — C. B. Clarke, l. c. 
515. 
Frutex parvus, ramosissimus, ramis gracilibus, nodosis. Petiolus 4- 
6 mm. longus. Folia rigida, supra nitidula, 2-3 em. longa, 5-15 mm. 
lata. Flores solitarii vel fascieulati, basi bibracteati ; braeteze rigidi, 
acutæ, extus strigosæ, 7-10 mm. longse. Calycis tubus 4 mm. lon- 
gus; lobi triangulari-lanceolati, acuminati, 5 mm. longi. Petala pallide 
purpurea, 1 cm. longa. 
In ins. Zeylania (Wight, Walker, Thwaites n. 129). 
36. O. Madagascariensis; fruticosa; ramis subsparse brevi- 
terque adpresse strigosis; foliis magnis, elliptico-oblongis, apice sub- 
rotundatis, leviter 5-plinerviis, utrinque stellato-striolatis et densius- 
cule breviterque strigosis; calyce setis simplicibus breviuscule den- 
seque strigoso. 
Rami robustiuseuli, obscure 4-goni. Petiolus densiuscule strigosus, 
2-3 ċm. longus. Folia rigidiuscula, opaca, 7-12 cm. longa, 3 '/-5 em. 
lata. Flores ad apices ramorum 4-7 sepius congesti, subcorymbosi; 
pedicelli 5-7 mm. longi. Calycis tubus late campanulatus, 7-5 mm. 
longus; lobi ovato-triangulares, acuminati, margine late subpellucidi 
et glabri, 6-7 mm. longi. Petala rosea, late obovata, apice subtrun- 
cata, 1 '/, em. longa. Staminum filamenta inferne dilatata, compressa. 
Ovarium superne alte 4-costatum ; stylus superne attenuatus, 1l- 
12 mm. longus. Capsula ovoidea, 9 mm. longa. 
In sylvis arenosis Madagascariz austro-orientalis ad Lahoholok 
(Lantz in hb. Mus. Paris.). 
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