ALABASTRA DIVERSA 151 
superne 0°5-0-7 cm. diam.; lobi obovati, 0:7 em. long. Antherarum 
loculi inter se ineequales, 0°75-0-9 cm. long., basi barbati. Discus 
precedentis. 
enus Afromendoncia is new to Madagascar. The two 
plants above described, though quite unlike their African congeners, 
bear a treacherous resemblance to each ot er, being as regards 
foliage virtually indistinguishable. The two chief points of differ- 
ence reside in the bracts, almost free in the one case and connate 
a long way up in the other, and the calyx, which is larger in 
A. madagascariensis, densely hairy and has distinct lobes. 
A plant distributed from Kew under the name of * Pyrenacantha 
sp.” (Baron, 4196) would seem to be a third species of this genus. 
In habit, drupe, and seed it is a typical Afromendoncia ; but flowers 
are unfortunately absent, and in these circumstances the matter 
must remain doubtful. 
majoribus oblongo-lanceolatis necno olatis, bracteis 
lanceolatis acuminatis quam i longioribus bre usye, 
bracteolis lineari-subulatis calyce brevioribus, floribus pedicellatis 
vel subsessilibus in panicula ra ora digestis, calycis 
puberulo, ovulis quove in loculo 8. 
orth Madagascar; Baron, 6269. 
Folia vetustiora 1-5-2-0 x 0°8 em. (horum petioli circa 0°5 cm.) 
long. ; folia modice 0:7-1-5 x 0°4-0°7 cm., horum petioli sammum 
0-2 cm. long. Bracteew + 0°5 x 0°38 cm. Bracteole 0-2 cm. long. 
vel magis. Pedicelli adusque 0°5 cm. vel etiam longiores. Calycis 
tub ‘1-0°2 cm., lobi 0-4 cm. long., posticus 0-65 cm. Corolla in 
toto 1-4 em. long.; tubus 0-9 cm. long., basi 0-2 em. faucibus 
0°35 cm. diam.; labii postici dentes 0-05 cm. long.; antici lobi 
ovato-oblongi, obtusissimi, 0-3 cm. long. Anthere 0-18 em. long. 
Ovarium 0°25 cm., stylus 1:0 cm. long. Capsula 1-0 cm. long. 
semina 0-08 em. ; ‘ 
A very distinct species, apparently nearest H. gracillima Burkill, 
but at once distinguished from it by the ovate leaves and much 
laxer inflorescence. 
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tantum). Through the kindness of M. Jules Poisson, I have been 
led examine a specimen of this plant. The genus is 
American ; the alleged occurrence of a species in Madagascar con- 
sequently invites challenge, although this extension of range rests 
on the authority of so capable a botanist as Baillon. The result of 
