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Calyx as long as inner bracts. Corolla 3 cm. long, pink, curved, 

 with a very short upper lip (not more than 1 cm.) and obtuse 



lobes. 



Woods (white sand), Tort Dauphin, June, 2938 ! 



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VlTEX TBISTIS, Sp. n. 



Frutex, ramis nigris striatis junioribus villosis, foliis simpli- 

 cibus oblongis obtusis vel emarginatis coriaceis glabris margine 

 revoluto, cymis axillaribus brevi-pedunculatis 5-floris, bracteis 

 ellipticis oblongis, calyce campanulato 5-dentato, corolla eurvato- 

 tubulosa externe villosa, antheris reniformibus, drupa pallide 

 viridi rugosa glabra. 



An erect shrub, with the younger branches slightly flattened 

 and covered with a few scattered golden-brown hairs. Leaves 

 almost glabrous, veius prominent on both surfaces ; blade G-9 

 cm. long and 3-4 - 5 cm. broad, with petioles 1-2 cm. long. 

 Flowers in axillary and terminal shortly pedicellate cymes ; 

 bracts 1 cm. long and 6 mm. broad. Calyx about l - 8 cm. long 

 and 1 cm, broad at the throat, with short rounded teeth. Corolla 

 slightly longer than the calyx, with acute hairy segments. An- 

 thers rolling forward by pairs to dehisce. Style exserted, with 

 obtuse lips. 



Woods near Fort Dauphin, 2612 ! 



VlTEX BRACT EATA, sp. n. 



Frutex, ramis pubescentibus, foliis oblongis vel ovatis obtusis- 

 simis vel emarginatis supra glabratis subtus dense tomentosis, 

 pedunculis elongatis pubescentibus 2-3-floris, bracteis ovatis 

 reticulato-venosis, calyce campanulato 10-nervio externe villoso, 

 corolla elongata curvata villosa, antherarum loculis parallelis, 

 drupa obovoidea rugosa pallide viridi calyce inclusa. 



An erect branching shrub with white wrinkled bark ; younger 

 branches covered with golden-brown velvety pubescence. 

 Leaves densely hairy on the nerves below, coriaceous, subrevo- 



5 cm, long and 3-5 cm. broad ; petiole 2 cm. 

 Bracts 1 cm. long and 5 mm. broad. Calyx about 1-3 cm. long, 

 campanulate-infundibular, externally pubescent. Corolla red, 

 1*7 cm. long and 6 mm. broad, externally very shaggy, contracted 

 above the ovary ; lobes short. Fruit 6-7 mm. long aud 4 mm. 

 broad. 



* Woods (on sandy soil), Fort Dauphin, 2467! 



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