484 i DICOTYLEDONEÆ. VEPRECELLA . 
IL. Folia ó-uervia. Calycis tubus teres. — Spec. 5-9. 
A. Calycis dentes exteriores longiusculi, 
5. V. hispida (Baker! in Journ. Lin. Soc. XXI, 342); ramis hir- 
sutis ; foliis breviter petiolatis, basi rotundatis, vix dentieulatis, supra 
breviter sparseque setulosis, subtus sparse longeque hirsutis przeci- 
pue ad nervos; calyce sparse longeque hirsuto. 
Petiolus longiuscule hirsutus, 1-1 '/, cm. longus. Folia membrana- 
cea, anguste ovata, acuta, 5-7 em. longa, 3-3 '/, em. lata, nervulis 
subtus paulo distinctis. Flores paniculati ; pedicelli hirsuti, 4 6 mm. 
longi. Calycis tubus 4 mm. longus; lobi subulati, 2 mm. longi. An- 
therze 3 mm. longæ, postice minutissime calcaratae., 
In Madagascaria (Baron, Parker). 
6. V. ovalifolia; ramis junioribus dense furfuraceo-puberulis ; 
foliis longiuseule petiolatis, basi leviter cordatis, integerrimis, supra 
glabris, subtus leviter furfuraceis; calyce densiuseule furfuraceo. 
Rami graciles, cinereo-fusci. Petiolus dense furfuraceo-puberulus, 
2-4 em. longus. Folia membranacea, ovata, acuta, 6-10 em. longa, 
314-6 em. lata, nervulis subtus paulo prominentibus. Paniculæ ter- 
minales, pauciflorze, 5-8 cm. longze ; pedicelli puberuli, 5-7 mm. longi. 
Calycis tubus 5 mm. longus; dentes extus late cristati, 1 '/, mm. longi. 
Petala 6-7 mm. longa. Antherz 4 mm. longe, postice vix calcaratz. 
In Madagascaria (Lance in hb. Mus. Paris.). 
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B. Calyx truncatus vel vix denticulatus. 
7. V. rosea; ramis junioribus dense furfuraceo-puberulis ; foliis 
longe petiolatis, ovato-oblongis, acutis, margine leviter undulatis: 
panieulis subcongestis; calyce dense furfuraceo-puberulo, limbo 
leviter undulato, extus minute 5-tuberculato; antheris basi minute 
ealearatis. ; 
Rami satis graciles, atro-fusci. Petiolus dense furfuraceo-puberu- 
lus, 2-6 em. longus. Folia membranacea, supra intense viridia, utrin- 
que leviter furfuracea, 1-1 '/, dm. longa, 4-7 '/, cm. lata, nervulis 
subtus paulo prominentibus. Panieu!z pauciflorz:,, 4-5 cm. longs: 
pedicelli 2-4 mm. longi. Calyx 5 mm. longus. Petala intense rosea, 
8 mm. longa. Antherz 4-4 '/, mm. longæ. 
In Madagascaria (Goudot in hb. Deless.). 
