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8. V. laxiflora (Naud.! l. c. 314); ramis glabratis, ad nodos late 
membranaceo-manieatis ; foliis breviuscule petiolatis, oblongis, obtu- 
sis, crenulato-dentatis ; paniculis elongatis, laxis; calyce vix furfura- 
ceo, limbo extus tenuiter 5-cristato; antheris inappendieulatis. 
Caulis scandens. Rami satis graciles. Petiolus furfuraceus, 1-2 em. 
longus. Folia rigidiuscula, intense viridia, utrinque vix furfuracea, 
5-7 em. longa, 2'/, em. lata, nervulis subtus leviter prominentibus. 
Paniculæ terminales, paucifloræ, 2 '/, dm. longae ; pedicelli 5-8 mm. 
longi. Calyx 4-5 mm. longus. Petala 10-12 mm. longa. Antheræ 
4-4 */, mm. longe. 
In sylvis vastis dieti Bé-Fouroun prov. Bé-Zong-Zong in ins. Mada- 
gascaria (Bojer). 
9. V. latea (Naud.! l. c. 313); ramis leviter furfuraceis; foliis 
breviuseule petiolatis, anguste ovatis, acutis, vix denticulatis ; floribus 
sqjitariis ; calyce leviter furfuraceo, minutissime 5-denticulato; anthe- 
ris inappendieulatis. 
Frutex scandens, ramis gracillimis. Petiolus filiformis, vix furfura- 
ceus, '/,-] '/, em. longus. Folia membranacea, pallida, vix furfuracea, 
2-4 ^, em. longa, 1 */,-2 '/, cm. lata, nervulis tenuissimis. Flores ter- 
mjnales, brevissime pedicellati. Calyx 5 '/, mm. longus. Petala pallide 
lutea, 10-12 mm. longa. Antherz 1 '/, mm. longæ. 
In oris meridionalibus Madagascarize (Chapelier). 
III. Folia 5-7-nervia. Calycis tubus costatus. — Spec. 10-17. 
A. Folia parva, apice obtusa vel rotundata. 
10. V. microphylla; ramis acute 4-gonis, leviter furfuraceis; 
foliis subsessilibus, ovato-suborbicularibus, basi leviter cordatis; 
calyce glabro, truncato. 
Frutex scandens, ramis gracillimis, satis ramulosis. Petiolus vix 
1 mm. longus. Folia submembranacea, supra glabra, subtus vix fur- 
furacea, 7-12 mm. longa et fere totidem lata, nervulis vix distinetis. 
Cyms terminales, 2-5-florz, 1-2 cm. longa. Calyx 4 mm. longus. 
Petala rosea, 9-12 mm. longa. Anthere 2 '/, mm. longze, dorso minu- 
tissime calcaratæ. 
In Madagascaria centrali ad Ankafina (Hildebrandt n. 3925 in hb. 
Mus. Paris. et Kew.). 
