482  DICOTYLEDONEJE. VEPRECELLA , 
LXXIV. VEPRECELLA, Naud. i» Ann. Sc. mat. ser. 3, XV, 312 
(1851) ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. I, 152; Triana, Mélast. 14 et 166. — 
Gravesiz sect. H. Baill. Hist. des Pl. VII, 45 in adnot. 
Flores 5-meri. Calycis glabri furfuracei rarius hirtelli tubus late 
campanulatus, teres costatus vel alatus; limbus membranaceus, trun- 
catus vel subsinuatus, denticulis externis 5 ornatus. Petala obovata 
vel cuneata. Stamina 10, æqualia; antherz erectæ, oblongæ vel 
lineari-oblongze, obtusze, minute l-porosæ, conneetivo infra loculos 
non producto, antice inappendieulato, postice szepissime brevissime 
et gracile calearato. Ovarium paulo ultra medium toto ambitu adhze- 
rens, 5-loculare, glabrum, vertice corona crassa 5-lobata auctum. 
Capsula subglobosa, polysperma, usque ad basim 5-valvis, vertice 
late exseulpta. Semina minuta, pyramidato-cuneata, recta vel ar- 
cuata. 
Frutices Madagascarienses, ssepius subsarmentosi scandentes, ra- 
mosi, glabri vel puberuli rarius pilosi vel hirsuti. Folia petiolata, 
ovata oblonga interdum suborbieularia rarius lanceolata, integerrima 
vel rarius denticulata, 3-13-nervia. Flores mediocres, pedicellati, 
purpurei rosei vel rarius lutei, in paniculas cymasve sepissime axil- 
lares et paucifloras dispositi rarissime solitarii. 
I. Folia 9-13-nervia. — Spec. 1-4. 
A. Folia subtus pilosa vel hirtella; calyx truncatus vel obscure denticulatus. 
l. V. vestita (Baker! in Journ. Lin. Soc. XX, 146); ramis 
4-gonis, dense $plumoso-villosis; foliis orbicularibus, obtusis, supra 
brevissime denseque puberulo-scabris, subtus breviter denseque plu- 
moso-pilosis ; ealyce 5-denticulato. 
Rami robusti. Petiolus '/,-1 dm. longus. Folia rigidiuscula, 9-ner- 
via, denticulata, basi cordata, subtus cinerea, 10-12 cm. longa lata- 
que, nervulis subtus satis prominentibus. Paniculæ laxæ, pauciflorze, 
1*/, dm. longz ; pedicelli 1-2 */, em. longi. Calyx 6 mm. longus. Petala 
intense purpurea, 12 mm. longa. Antherz; 4 mm. longse, basi pum 
pendieulatze. Capsula semiglobosa, 8 mm. lata. 
In Madagascaria centrali, prov. Imerina (Baron). 
2. V. pilosula; ramis teretiuseulis, brevissime denseque villo- 
