VEPRECELLA , MELASTOMACEJE (AUCT. COGNIAUX). 481 
apice 3-8-florus. Calycis tubus 4 mm. OBERE dentes 1-1 */, mm. longi. 
Petala in albastrum acuta. 
In Madagascaria boreo-orientali (Humblot i in hb. Mus. Paris.). 
14. V. oblongifolia; foliis oblongis, breviuscule acuminatis, 
sub-7-nerviis, basi rotundatis vel leviter cordatis, integerrimis ; pani- 
culis congestis ; floribus pedicellatis ; calyce glabro. 
Frutex ut videtur scandens, ramis robustiusculis, radicantibus, 
obscure 4-gonis, superne furfuraceis. Petiolus gracilis, 3-12 em. lon- 
gus. Folia membranacea, subtus ad nervos furfuracea cæteris utrin- 
que glabra, 12-20 cm. longa, 3 '/,-7 cm. lata. Panicul: pauciflorz, 
angustze, 2-10 em. longie; pedicelli 3-5 mm. longi. Calycis tubus sub- 
5-alatus, 4 mm. longus; lobi 2-2'/, mm. longi. 
In Madagascaria ad ripas flum. Mahoumpo propre Tintingue (Ber- 
nier in hb. Mus. Paris.). 
2. Calyx truncatus, denticulis exterioribus tuberculiformibus. 
15. V. tetraptera; ramis tetragonis et distincte 4-alatis, glaber- 
rimis; foliis ovato-oblongis, 7-nerviis, basi cordatis, utrinque glaber- 
rimis; calyce crasse 10-costato, glabro. 
Rami robusti. Petiolus robustus, 4-10 em. longus. Folia submembra- 
nacea, subintegerrima, 1 */,-2 */, dm. longa, 6-12 em. lata. Paniculze 
terminales, satis eongestee, submultiflorze, 5-8 em. longs; pedicelli 
2-6 mm. longi. Calyx 4 mm. longus. Petala apiculata, 6-7 mm. longa. 
Antherz 3 '/, mm. longs, postice minute calcaratze. 
In Madagascaria boreo-orientali (Humblot in hb. Mus. Paris.). 
16. V. macrophylla (Naud.! l. c. 314, tab. 15, fig. VID) ; ramis 
obscure 4-gonis, leviter furfuraceis; foliis late oblongis, 5-7-nerviis, 
basi rotundatis vel subcordatis, utrinque vix furfuraceis; paniculis 
multifloris ; calyce tenuiter 10-costato, leviter furfuraceo. — Triana, 
l. e. tab. VI, fig. 68 b. 
Rami robustiusculi. Petiolus satis gracilis, 4-5 em. longus. Folia 
rigidiuscula, integerrima, 2 dm. longa, 8-8 '/, em. lata. Paniculæ ter- 
minales, subcorymbos:e, 1 !/, dm. longæ; pedicelli 2-4 mm. longi. Ca- 
lyx 4 mm. longus. Petala 1 em. longa. Antheræ 4 mm. longze, postice 
minutissime calcaratz. 
In Madagascaria secus rivulos circaque lacum Nossi-Bé (Chapelier). 
