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A much-brauclied small slirub, with very slender branclilets, 

 densely clothed with stiff brown hairs. Leaves 5-5 in. long 

 and broad, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on 

 both surfaces, closely dotted with black. Peduncle very short, 

 pilose ; pedicels erect, glabrous, | in. long. Calyx spreading hori- 

 zontally, -^j in. in diam. Corolla -^j in. in diam. ; bud globose ; 

 segments much imbricated. Stamens included. — JBaron 4462 ! 



OXCOSTEMTJM YACCINIIFQLIUM, n. sp. 



Fruticosum, erectura, ramulls gracilibus pilosis, foliis brevissime petio- 

 latis oblanceolato-obloTigis acutis subcoriaceis prreter costam glabris, 

 floribus tetrameris, cymis axillaribus saepissime bifloris, pedunculis pedi- 

 cellisque elongatis, calycis segmentis ovatis obtusis, corollae segmentis 

 ovatis, antheris coalitis, filamentis brevissimis. 



A much-branched erect shrub, with erecto-patent or spreading 

 slender pubescent branchlets. Leaves 1-1| in. long, ^-^ in. 

 broad, firm in texture, green on both sides, hairy only on the 

 midrib beneath. Cymes copiously produced from the axils of the 

 leaves; peduncle about ^ in. long; pedicels 5-5 in. long, curved, 

 glandular-pubescent. Expanded calyx flat, ^in. in diam. Corolla 

 -^ in. in diam. Stamens inserted low down in the corolla; fila- 

 ments very &hovL— Baron 3858 ! 3773 ! 



Oncostemum elexxjosum, n. sp. 



Fruticosum, sarmentosum, ramulis flexuosis sursum obscure glanduloso- 

 pubescentibus, fohis breviter petiolatisoblongis acutis subcoriaceis glabris, 

 floribus pentameris, cymis axillaribus paucifloris; calycis segmentis orbi- 

 cularibus, corollae segmentis ovatis obtusis, filamentis perfecte connatis, 

 fructu globoso magiiitudine pisi 



A climber, with slender terete branchlets. Leaves 1-2 in, long, 

 narrowed to the base, moderately firm in texture, green and 

 glabrous on both sides, petiole ^-| in, long. Cymes 3-5-flowered 

 from the axils of the leaves; peduncle i-|in. long; pedicels 

 very slender, 3-4 times as long as the flowers. Corolla ^ in. 

 in diam. Anthers placed inside a ring a little shorter than the 

 corolla. — Baron 4134 ! 



Okcgstemitm: botetoides, n. sp. 



Fruticosum, glabrum, foliis magnis petiolatis oblanceolato-oofongis ob- 

 tusis coriaceis, floribus pentameris laxe copiose racemosis, pedicellis arcuatis 

 flora longioribus, calycis segmentis orbicularibus ciUatis late imbricatis, 

 corolla; segmentis orbicularibus, staminibus conuatis. 



Branches moderately robust, terete. Leaves 3-4 in. long, 



