﻿**** Folia obovato-oblonga acuminata. 



6. S. acuminata Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 322. 



Hab. Madagascar, Barm, Nos. 2890! 2921! Between Tama- 

 tave and capital, Baron, 6003 (1891) ! Ft. Dauphin, Scott r,lU«t, 



Allied to S. urophylla and S. (jlobuUfera. 



***** Folia obovata vel oblanceolata apice obtusa rarissime 



Folia parva, £-f poll, longa. 



7. S. micbophylla Benth. et Hook. f. ; Vesque, Epb 



t. cviii. ; Monograph. 281. < lirysopia microphylla Cambess. Mem. 

 Terns, et Guttif. 55, t. iv. 



Hab. Prov. Imerina, Hils. et Boj. Deless. in Herb. Camb< ss. 

 Herb. Delile. Central Madagascar, Baron, Nos. 378 ! 1021 (1881 ) ! 

 Herb. Mus. Brit. 1 Herb. Kew ! 



8. S. lepidocarpa Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 91. 

 Hab. Prov. Imeriua, Baron, No. 317. Herb. Kew ! 

 Near preceding species. 



X- Folia majora, f-l£ poll, longa. 



9. S. clusioides Baker in Journ. Bot. 1882, 19. 

 Central Madagascar, Baron, 506 ! 1943 ! Betsileo Country, 



M:.u.i: 



10. S. Hildebrandtii, n. sp. Arbuscula, cortice griseo-cinereo, 



- 



alabastris globosis, floribus solltariis vel subsolitariis "purpureis" 

 longe pedunculatis, pedunculis sa3pe contortis, staminibus 15 inferne 



bilocularibus parallelis, disco infrastamineo cupuliformi, stylo crasso 

 ad apicem in stigmata 5 diviso, stigmatibus stellatim divergentibus, 

 ovario 5-loculari ampullaeformi. 



Hab. Central Madagascar, Betsileo Country, J. M. ILibh bnnvlt, 

 No. 3896 ! Herb. Mus. Brit. Herb. Kew. 



A small tree ("3 m. alt.") with furrowed, grey, cinereous bark. 

 Leaves rigidly coriaceous, obovate, elliptical obovate, or more rarely 

 oblanceolate, smooth on both surfaces; lamina rather over 1 in. 

 long and 5-7 lines broad; petiole lf-2 lines long; the lateral 

 veins not at all prominent below ; apex obtuse or subacute. 

 Flowers solitary or subsolitary. Peduncles often twisted, f-1 in. 

 long-, rather stout. Sepals suborbicular, coriaceous, about 2 lines 

 long. Stamens monadelphous, connected for a length of about 

 4 lines. Anthers in 5 bundles of 3 each, the connective protruding 

 beyond the cells. Pistil about \ in. long. Stigmas 5, divaricately 

 radiate. Ovary ampullseform, 5-celled. 



The leaves of this plant are rigidly coriaceous, obovate or 

 elliptical obovate, rarely oblanceolate, with a blunt or subacute 



