486 i DICOTYLEDONEÆ. VEPRECELLA, 
B. Folia acuta, breviuscule petiolata. 
ll. V. nigrescens '(Naud.! l. c. 313, tab. 15, fig. VIII); ramis 
obtuse 4-gonis; foliis late ovatis, basi subcordatis, nervulis subtus 
valde prominentibus; calyce leviter furfuraceo, 5-costato. — Triana, 
]. e. tab. VI, fig. 68 a. 
Frutex scandens, ramis satis gracilibus. Petiolus 1 '/,-2 em. longus. 
Folia rigida, glabrata, integerrima, supra siccitate nigricantia , 
5-1 em. longa, 3-5 em. lata. Paniculze terminales, pauciflorze, 3-4 cm. 
longze; pedicelli graciles, 2-4 mm. longi. Calyx minute 5-denticulatus, 
3 mm. longus. Petala acuta, 7-8 mm. longa. Antheræ postice minute 
ealcaratze. 
In ins. Madagasearia (Chapelier). 
12. V. foliosa; ramis teretiusculis; foliis anguste ovatis vel 
ovato-oblongis, basi rotundatis vel leviter cordatis, nervulis subfus 
paulo prominentibus; calyce glabro, breviter 5-alato. 
Frutex ut videtur scandens, ramis gracilibus, elongatis, glabris, 
dense foliosis. Petiolus '/,-1'/, em. longus. Folia submembranacea, 
glabra, vix denticeulato-ciliata, 4-6 cm. longa, 1 '/,-3 cm. lata. Pani- 
culæ terminales, pauciflorz, congeste, 3-6 cm. longæ; pedicelli 
1-3 mm. longi. Calyx brevissime 5-lobatus, 4 mm. longus. Petala alba 
vel rosea, acuta. Antherz 2 ';,-3 mm. longze, postice minute calcaratae. 
In Madagasearia austro-orientali ad Farafangane (Lantz in hb. 
Mus. Paris.) in sylvis ad Ste-Marie de Madagascar (Boivin in hb. 
Mus. Paris.). 
&, hirtella. — Rami juniores paniculæ calyeesque breviuscule spar- 
seque hirtelli. 
Ad Ste-Marie de Madagascar (Boivin in hb. Mus. Paris.). 
€. Folia distincte acuminata, longe petiolata. 
1. Calycis dentes longiuseuli, dorso late cristati. 
13. V. acuminata; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, longe angusteque 
acuminatis, 5-nerviis, basi acutis vel obtusiusculis, undulato-denticu- 
latis ; floribus capitellatis, sessilibus ; ealyce leviter furfuraceo. 
Ramisatis graciles, glabri, teretiusculi. Petiolus gracilis, 1 */,-4 em. 
longus. Folia submembranacea, utrinque glabra, 6-11 cm. longa. 
2-4 cm. lata. Peduneulus communis satis compressus, 1-3 em. longus, 
