FKULLANIAE MADAGASCARIENSES. 



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short, lateral branches. Bracts larger than the leaves, lobes 

 deltoid, rotuudate, entire; lobules subulate, entire, recurved; 

 bracteole free from the bracts, oblong, bifid to below the 

 middle, segments subulate, entire, with two subulate teeth on 

 each side of the contracted base. Perianth half covered by 

 the bracts, oval to ovate, trigonous, unicarinate beneath, 

 minutely verruculose. J plants smaller, more slender. An- 

 droecia on short branches, globose. 



Measurements. Stem .15 to .2 mm. diam.; leaves 1.4 

 longX 1 1 mm. broad, 1.2 X 9 mm.; cells .02 mm.; lobule 

 .3 X 25 mm lobule explanate .1 mm. broad; style .75 long 

 X .06 mm.. broad at the base; underleaves .8 high X 1.1 

 mm. broad, .8X1. mm., .7 X 1.1 mm., sinus .15 mm. deep; 

 sub-bract, lobe 1.2 long X .7 mm. broad, lobule 1. long X 

 .2 mm. broad at the base; sub-bracteole .8 high X .5 mm. 

 broad; sinus .4 mm. deep; bract, lobe 1.8 long X 1. mm. 

 broad, lobule 1.1 long X .4 mm. broad at the base; bracteole 

 1.5 mm. high X. 7 mm. broad, segments .9 mm. long; peri- 

 anth 2.4 long X 1.2 mm broad. 



Hab. Ankaratra, 5 — 1877, legit Borgen, (Hb. Kiær no. 



107). 



Description of Plate I. Fig. 1. Stem nat. size. 2. 

 Portion of stem X 24. 3. Leaf X 24. 4. Portion of leaf 

 X 290. 5. Lobule X 85. 6. Lobule explanate with style 

 X 85. 7, 8. Underleaves X 24. 9. Sub-bract and sub- 

 bracteole X 24. 10. Bract X 24. 11. Bracteole X 24. 

 12. Perianth X 17. 13. Cross-section of perianth X 17. 

 14. Androecia x 85. 



Homotropantha, Spruce. 

 4. Fndlania stricta, Lindenb. 



Monoicous; bracts, lobe ovate-lanceolate, acute, laciniate- 

 dentate or serrate, lobule similar but smaller; bracteole bifid 

 to about the middle, segments laciniate-dentate or serrate; 

 perianth on short lateral branches, obovate-oblong, trigo- 

 nous, smooth. 



