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acuteque dentatis, terminali majore, acuminato, ad basim valde con- 
stricto, lateralibus acutis, ad basim leviter constrictis; nervi satis 
graciles, subtus valde prominentes et retieulati; sinus inter lobos la- 
tissimi, rotundati, basilaris rotundatus, 1'/,-2*/, cent. profundus. 
Cirrhi satis graciles, elongati, suleati, glabri, simplices vel rarissime 
inæqualiter bifidi. Pedunculus communis masculus robustus, striatus, 
brevissime sparseque pilosus, 3-7-florus, 5-8 cent. longus; pedicelli 
patuli, brevissime villosi, 3-6 mill. longi, ad basim bracteati; bracteæ 
ovato-oblonge, acute, glabræ, ad basim attenuatæ, 5-8 mill. longæ. 
Calycis tubus 16-17 mill. longus, 5 mill. latus; dentes 4 mill. longi: 
*/, mill. lati. Petala extus brevissime denseque villosa. Staminum fila- 
menta gracilia, ad basim villosa, 4 mill. longa ; capitulum antherarum 
8 mill. longum, 2 */, mill. crassum. 
In insul. Nossi- Bé (Boivin in herb. Mus. Par.). 
5. P. Cienkowskii (Hook. f.! in Oliv. Fl. trop. Afr., 2, p. 527); 
foliis ambitu late cordato-suborbieularibus, basi sinu lato et parum 
profundo emarginatis, supra seabro-hirsutis, subtus ad nervos dense 
villoso-hirsutis ceterum glabris, ultra medium 5-7-lobatis; lobis sese 
tegentibus; nervis lateralibus basilaribus imum sinum marginan- 
tibus: calycis tubo brevi, ab apice ad basim attenuato, brevissime 
sparseque piloso, dentibus subulatis, recurvatis, tubo triplo breviori- 
bus. — Adehopus? Cienkowskii Schweinf. Reliq. Kotsch., p. 45. 
tab. 30. 
Caulis gracilis, suleatus, pilis crassiusculis sparsis subscaber. Pe- 
tiolus robustus, striatus, dense scabro-hirsutus presertim subtus. 
? cent. longus. Folia 5-6 cent. longa, 7-8 cent. lata; lobis obovatis, 
*qualibus, ad basim leviter constrictis, apice acutiusculis, margine 
srosse irregulariterque sinuato-dentatis, dentibus acutis mucronula- 
tisque; nervi robusti, subtus valde prominentes, laterales 3-4-furcati; 
Sinus inter lobos angustissimi, subobtusi, basilaris late subrectangu- 
laris, 1 cent. profundus. Cirrhi graciles, elongati, subglabri, bifidi. 
Pedunculus communis masculus satis robustus, teres, puberulus, 
3 cent. longus, apice 5-6-florus; pedicelli patuli, 2-4 mill. longi, ad 
basim bracteati; bracteæ reflexæ, oblongo-spathulatæ, puberulz, 
irregulariter denticulatæ, 6-7 mill. longæ. Calyeis tubus (imperfecte 
evolutus) 6-8 mill. longus, 2-3 mill. crassus; dentes 2 mill. longi. 
Petala extus puberula. Staminum filamenta glabra, brevia; capi- 
enin antherarum oblongo-cylindrieum. Flores feminei et fructus 
ou. 
