150 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
lat. cman hg loculi 0°6 cm. long., exemptis caudis 0-2 cm. 
Achenia fere 0:3 x 0-2 cm.; pappi sete 0-3-1-0 cm. long. 
Can be told at once from D. incana O. Hoffm. by the size, shape, 
and clothing of the leaves, and the smaller heads with smaller 
involucral leaves in more rows. 
oapiotan 
Afromendoncia madagascariensis, sp.nov. Ramis brunneo- 
pubescentibus deinde glabris, foliis. brevipeticlatis meres He ovatis 
acutis obtusisve nonnunquam obtusissimis basi rotundatis vel 
brevissime cordatis coriaceis costis Radbaacontivids sxbinbtis fere 
glabris fac. sup. leviter nitescentibus costis costulisque eleganter 
reticulatis fac. inf. maxime a iganeee t floribus in axillig 1-3, 
racilibus fulvo-hirtulis, bracteolis 
inter se fere omnino liberis ovatis apice subito acutatis extus fulvo- 
hirtulis, calycis dense orate ivi s lobis parvis pang corollz 
tubo bracteolas bene excedente sursum levite ampli ficato ere 
ovario dense hirsuto ab initio 1- See svat etai drupa angust 
obovoidea, pubescente, monosperm 
ab. Central Madagascar ; Sued 1448 (fruit), and 8810 
aorta and fruit 
Fol 5-0-7-0 cm. long., 3-0-3°'8 cm. lat.; coste serge 
atria 5-7, subopposite distantesve, angulis variis insert, m 
ginem versus valde arcuate; petioli 0-5-0°8 cm. long., brunneo- 
pubescentes. Pedicelli 2:5-3- ‘Ocm. long., sub flore incrassati necnon 
hicce dense pubescentes. Bracteole circa 2°0 x 10cm. Calyx 
totus 0-2 cm. Bes : pe oe lem. Corolle tubus 2°8 cm. long., 
basin versus 0:4 medium 0-22 cem., faucibus 0°6 cm. 
diam. ; lobi ica. —— 1,0°77 x 06cm. Antherarum 
loc uli inter se parum inequales, basi barbati, 0°4-0°6 cm. long 
Discus valde prominens, panos, ‘2 cm. alt. Ovarium sub- 
spheroideum, 0:2 cm. lon Bt = eas , Stylus glaber, sursum plane 
complanatus, 1-6 cm.long. Stig 
Drupa 1°5 x 0°8 cm., risen 
sp.nov. Ramis brunneo-birtulis, 
foliis brevipetiolatis ovatis “breve cuspidatis apice obtusis basi 
rotundatis coriaceis fac. sup. f re glabris scabriusculis leviter nitidis 
pedicellis bracteolas paullo 
excedentibus gracilibus sataaisibvos: piloso-hirtulis, bracteolis ultra 
ium connatis ovatis obtusis extus appresse fulvo-hirtulis, ealyce 
— undulato-lobulato = coroll tubo bracteolas superante 
superne im amplificato glabro, ovario ovoideo dense hirsuto 
ab initio 1-loculari 2-ovulato, drupa —— 
ab. Tan agascar ; Deans: Comune [Also in herb. 
—_ Central Madagascar ; Baron, 
dariz ut ex precedentis ; petioli O-7- 1-0 cm. Sind De dicelli fere 
30 cm. long., sub flore incrassati. Bracteole 2°0 x 10cm. Calyx 
0-15 cm. long. Corolle tubus 3-0 em. long., inferne 0-25-0-3 em., 
