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BlGNONIA BOSEO-ALBA, n. sp. 



Frutex altus, 15-pedalis vel ultra, caulis diaraetro ad 6-unciali, 

 ramis strictis nee scandens, cortice brunneo verrucoso alabastris 

 nigris. Folia trifoliolata, foliola ovata acuta vel ovata lanceolata 

 Buperne glabra obscure viridia, subtus griseo-pubescentia, 5 

 uncias longa,2| uncias lata, petiolus |* uncial is angulatus. Flores 

 terminates pauci fugaces, pulchri. Calyx bilabiatus, ^-uncialis, 

 lobus iuferior bilobus, omnes oblongi obtusi, marginibus pubes- 

 centibus brunneis. Corolla tenuis sub-bilabiata 2 uncias longa, 

 tubo dilato, lobi 5, lati rotundati, rosea et alba, siguis flavis 

 in labio inferiore, marginibus minutissime ciliatis. Stamina 5, 

 filament is gracilibus, basi hispidis. Antherae versatiles arcuat© 

 angustaD brunneaa ; appendice minima. Pollen albescens. Stylus 

 gracilis albus. Stigma truncatum emarginatum. Ovarium teres 

 purpurascens, discus parvus annularis viridis. Fructus imma- 

 turus gracilis teres. 



This shrub, almost attaining the dimensions of a tree, is very 

 abundant in the Sapate ; also on Look-out Hill ; but is very much 

 sought for firewood, so that large plants of it are not very 

 common. Its flowers are borne in the axils of the upper leaves, 

 and are very thin and fugacious. The corolla is rose-colour and 

 white, irregularly mingled with some yellow markings in the lower 

 lip and throat. The buds are black, like those of an ash-tree. 

 The fruit we could only procure immature, inasmuch as the plant 

 flowered only towards the end of our stay in the island. It 

 seemed to be slender, cylindrical and curved. 



VBEBENACE^E. 



lilacina, Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. ed. 3, p. 392 ; Schau. 



L. fucata, Lindl. 

 JBot. Beg. t. 798. 



•> In and about the gardens of the convicts. I never saw it 

 wild. 



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L. amcena, n. sp. 



Frutex mediocris, ramis tetragonis hispidis prsesertim versus 

 apices gracilibus. Folia ovata acuta denticulata, in petiolo de- 

 curxentia undique cinereo-pubescentia aromatica, lamina 2 uncias 





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