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BUDDLEIA SPHiEBOCEPHALA, H. Sp. 



Fruticosa, ramulis albido-tomentosis, foliis verticillatis breviter petiolatis 

 oblanceolato-oblongis dentatis subcoriaceis dorso tenuiter tomentosis, 

 floribus in capitulos globosos racemosos aggregatis, calycis segmentis 

 brevissimis, corollae tubo infundibulari segmentis parvis deltoideis,bracteis 

 rigidis obtusis, fructu oblongo-clavato apice piloso. 



An erect shrub, 6 or 7 feet high, with the branchlets coated 

 with whitish tomentum towards the tips. Leaves crowded, 

 ascending, mostly three in a whorl, 3-4 in. long, 1-1| in. broad 

 above the middle, obtuse or subacute, narrowed gradually from 

 the middle to the base, rigid in texture, glabrescent above, thinly 

 coated with whitish tomentum beneath; veins 5-6-jugate, raised, 

 arcuate-ascending. Heads globose, |-| in. in diain., few or many 

 in a short terminal raceme. Bracts oblanceolato, oblong, obtuse, 

 rigidly coriaceous, navicular, pilose inside and out. Capsule 

 clavate, yV" a * a# ^ 0D g> splitting into two emargiuate rigid valves. 

 — Baron 2239 ! 3111 ! Also on clay soil, at Maromanga, at 4000 

 ft., between Tamatave and Antananarivo, Dr. Metier I Allied 

 to the well-known B.globosa, Lam. 



CrAEBTNEBA PHANEBOPHLEBIA, 11. Sp. 



Fruticosa, ramulis fusco-pilosis, stipulis membranaceis vaginantibus, 

 foliis breviter petiolatis oblongis aeutis ciliatis venis erecto-patentibus 

 pilosis, floribus in cymas congestas terminaks dispositis, calycis segmeutis 

 magnis lanceolatis, corolla? tubo subcylindrico piloso, segmentis brevibus 

 oblongis, fructu parvo globoso glabro. 



An erect shrub, with slender branchlets, densely clothed up- 

 wards with soft brown spreading hairs. Stipules \ in. long. 

 Leaves 3-4 in. long, about an inch broad, rounded at the base, 

 moderately firm in texture, with 8-12 pairs of raised parallel 

 erecto - patent veins, clothed with adpressed brown hairs. 

 Flowers in small globose sessile terminal heads. Calyx finally 

 \-\ in. long, with a small campanulate tube and 5 large pilose 

 lanceolate segments. Corolla \ in. long, the oblong spreading 

 segments not more than \~\ as long as the subcylindrical pilose 

 tube. Fruit small, globose, glabrous. — Baron 2372 ! 2982 ! 



Gaebtneba phyllostacrya, n. sp. 



Fruticosa, glabra, stipulis magnis vaginantibus, foliis breviter petiolatis 

 oblanceolato-oblongis aeutis subcoriaceis glabris, floribus in panieulam 

 amplam ramulis corymbosis dispositis, bracteis multis magnis foliaceis 

 persistentibus, calyce subtruncato, corollae tubo subcylindrico, segmentis 

 oblongis tubo brevioribus, fructu parvo globoso glabro. 



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