VEPREGELLA . MELASTOMACEÆ (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 483 
sulis ; foliis late ovatis, breviter acuminatis, supra subsparse subtus 
densiuscule brevissimeque pilosulis; calyce truncato. 
Rami robusti, sordide fusci. Petiolus 10-14 em. longus. Folia mem- - 
branacea, 9-11-nervia, vix dentieulata, basi leviter cordata, 14-18 em. 
longa, 10-15 em. lata, nervulis subtus paulo prominentibus. Paniculæ - 
pyramidatz, pauciflorze, 6-8 cm. longs; pedicelli 3-6 mm. longi. 
Calyx 6 mm. longus. Petala 1 em. longa. Antherze 3 '/,-4 mm. longse, : 
basi inappendiculatze. 
In Madagascaria boreo-orientali (Humblot in hb. Mus. Paris.). 
B. Folia supra glabra, subtus vix furfuracea ; calycis dentes exteriores 
longiusculi, subulati. 
3. V. bullosa; ramis obtuse 4-gonis; foliis breviter petiolatis, 
 0vato-orbicularibus, acutis, basi profunde cordatis, 11-13-nerviis,. 
supra valde bullosis, subtus creberrime profundeque foveolatis ; calyce 
densissime longeque hirsuto. 
Rami robustiusculi, juniores densiuscule longeque hirsuti. Petiolus 
supra longe kick 2-6 cm. longus. Folia rigidiuscula, obscure cre- 
nulata, siccitate nigricantia, 11-16 cm. longa lataque, nervulis subtus 
valde prominentibus et reticulatis. Paniculæ congestze, subeapitatze, 
2-4 em. longz; flores sessiles vel subsessiles. Calycis tubus 4 mm. 
longus ; dentes 3-4 mm. longi. Petala in alabastrum acuta. Antherz 
2 mm. longe, postice breviter calcaratze. 
In Madagascaria boreo-orientali (Humblot in hb. Mus. Paris. ). 
4. V. apiculata; ramis teretiusculis, radicantibus; foliis longe 
petiolatis, late ovatis, abrupte breviter angusteque acuminatis, basi 
leviter cordatis, 9-nerviis, planis ; calyce 10-costato, glabro. 
Frutex ut videtur repens, ramis gracilibus, densiuscule longeque 
pilosis. Petiolus glabratus, 10-12 cm. longus. Folia membranacea, 
undulato-erenulata, 1-1 '/, dm. longa, 6-10 em. lata, nervulis subtus 
leviter prominentibus. Cymæ laterales, pauciflorz, 3-4 cm. longæ ; 
pedicelli graciles, glabri, 2*/,-3 cm. longi. Calyx fructifer urceola- 
tus, tubo 6 mm. crasso, dentibus 2 mm. longis. Antherze 4 mm. longze, 
postice brevissime calcaratze. 
In Madagascaria ad Ambanivoules, in rupibus et ad truncos arbo- 
res (Goudot in hb. Deless.). 
