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obtusa, interdum retusa, raro acutiuscula, basi cuneato-angustata, dimidio usque 3-plo 

 longiora quam latiora, margine parum recurvato subintegra v. plus minus manifeste 

 serrata v. crenata, crenis apice glanduloso-impressis, inferioribus obsoletioribus v. ad 

 glandulas reductis. Flores monomorpbi; peduneuli 1 — 2 mm lopgi; prophylla opposita 

 v. subopposita, 0,8—1,5 mm longa, lanceolata v. triangulari-lanceolata, 0,3 — 0,5 mm lata, 

 intus lanato-pubescentia, margine denticulis 1 — paucis serrata v. incisa; pedicelli 2 — 3 cm 

 longi supra basin v. raro ad medium articulati. Calyx extrinsecus pilis parcis brevibus 

 curvato-erectis obsitus, intus glaber, sepalis ima basi brevissime coalescentibus, oblongis 

 v. lanceolato-linearibus acutiusculis v. apiculatis. Petala calycem parte ejus tertia 

 superantia, ovato-oblonga, basi cuneata, er. 15 mm longa, glaberrima, Corona tenui er. 

 1,5mm longa, margine supero fimbriato-lacera. Filamenta ex imo calyce nascentia, 

 6,5 — 7 m?» longa; antherae anguste lineari-subulatae, in mucronem 6-plo breviorem ex- 

 currentes, 5,5 mm longae 0,4 — 0,5 mm latae, in l / 7 alt. affixae, basi emarginatae, de- 

 floratae subreetae. Styli 10— 11 mm longi, apice 1,3 mm longe multipartiti, ramulis 

 numerosis filiformibus apicem antherarum aequantibus. Ovarium ovatum. 



Crescit in litoribus arenosis Madagascariae borealis, circa Lingvaton, neenon in 

 insulis adjacentibus ; Bernier II n. 268, Boivin n. 2560 b. 



18. Piriqueta Madagascariensis Urb., arbor ramis glabris; foliis 

 breviter stipulatis, 5 — 9 cm longis, 2,5 — 5 cm latis, subglabris, basin 

 versus loco crenarum glandulas marginales gerentibus; bracteolis parvis 

 supra basin peduneuli obviis; calyce 20 — 27 mm longo; filamentis stylis- 

 que glabris; ovario glaberrimo, ovulis numerosis. 



JErblichia Madagascariensis O. Hoffm.l Sert. Plant. Madag. (Berolini 

 1881) p. 19. 



Rami inferne plerumque aphylli, ad apicem dense foliigeri, vetustiores brunnes- 

 centes irregulariter plicato-striati, superne cicatrieibus foliorum delapsorum asperati, 

 hornotini subteretes striati. Stipulae juxta ipsam petioli basin triangulari-subulatae 

 0,5— 1 mm longae. Folia 3 — 10 mm longe petiolata, obovata, rarius elliptica, apice 

 obtusa v. brevissime acuminata, basi cuneato-angustata, er. duplo longiora quam latiora, 

 margine crenata, crenis truncatis vix prominentibus, saepius remotiusculis v. remotis, 

 nunc obsoletis, apice (antice) glanduloso-incrassatis, glandulis basi affinibus majoribus 

 interdum rotundatis, supra glabra nitida, subtus ad nervum medium parce pilosa v. 

 plane glabrescentia. Flores ad apicem rainorum pauci; peduneuli 1,5— 5 mm longi; 

 propbylla opposita suboppositave, 0,5 — 1 mm longa e basi lata fere semiamplexicauli 

 triangularia, dorso pilosula, margine saepius parce serrata, pedicelli 14 — 23 mm longi, 

 basi v. paullo supra basin articulati. (Jalyx extrinsecus parcissime et brevissime pilo- 

 sulus v. glabrescens, intus glaber, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis apiculatis v. corniculatis, 

 3-nervibus. Petala calycem parte , / i ~ l / s ejus long, superantia, sepalis supra com- 

 missuram 1,5—2 mm longe adnata, 22 — 28 mm longa, 13 — 17 mm lata, rhombeo-obovata, 

 obtusa, acuta v. apiculata, ad basin cuneata, plane glabra, corona 2 mm longa margine 

 supero obsolete fimbriata. Filamenta sepalis 1,5 mm longe adnata, 11 — 14 mm longa; 

 antherae juniores 7 mm longae, 0,8 — 1 mm latae, lineari-subulatae 0,5 mm longe apiculatae, 

 basi breviter emarginatae, dorso 0,8 mm supra basin in coneavitate affixae, effloratae 

 plus minus arcuato - recurvatae. Styli 15 — 20 mm longi divergentes apice 1 — 1,5 mm 

 longe multipartiti, antheras paullum superantes. Ovarium ellipticum. 



Habitat in Madagascariae septentrionalis montibus Amber (Ambohitsi) m. Mart. 

 florif.: Hildebrandt n. 3376. 



Obs. Species praecedenti valde affinis. 



