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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 monomorphi; pedunculi 1 — 2 mm longi; prophylla opposita 

 v. subopposita, 0,8—1,5 www 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 articulafi. 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 www longa, glaberrima, Corona tenui er. 

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

 6,5—7 nun longa; antherae anguste lineari-subulatae, in mucronem 6-plo breviorern ex- 

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

 floratae subrectae. 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 

 bre viter stipulatis, 5— 9 cm longis, 2,5 — 5 cm latis, subglabris, basin 

 versus loco crenarum glandulas marginales gerentibus; bracteolis parvis 

 supra basin pedunculi obviis; calyce 20 — 21 mm longo; filamentis stylis- 

 que glabris; ovario glaberrimo, ovulis numerosis. 



Erblichia Madagascariensis 0. Hojfm.! 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— 1mm longae. Folia 3— 10 mm longe petiolata, obovata, rarius elliptica, apice 

 obtusa v. brevissime acuminata, basi cuneato-angustata, er. dnplo 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 ramorum pauci; pedunculi 1,5— 5 mm longi; 

 prophylla opposita siiboppositave, 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. Calyx extrinsecus parcissime et brevissime pilo- 

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

 3-nervibus. Petala calycem parte > / 6 — l / i 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 — 14mm longa; 

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

 basi breviter emarginatae, dorso 0,8 nun 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 sepientrionalis montibus Amber (Ambohitsi) m. Marl, 

 florif. ■. Hildebrandt n. 3S76. 



Obs. Species praecedenti valde affinis. 



