FLORA OF MADAGASCAll. 505 



acutis triplinerviis, cymis axillaribns paucifloris, bracteis ovatis, pedicellis 

 brevibus, calyce tubo brevi segmentis ovatis obtusis ciliatis, corollas tubo 

 brevi cylindrico intus dense ))iIoso, segmentis oblongis tubo sequilongis, 

 anthcris oblongis ad tubi faucem subsessilibus. 



An erect tree, with glabrous branclilets. Leaves opposite, 

 2-3 in. long, l-l:j in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to 

 toth ends, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both 

 surfaces, triplinerved from a little above the base. Cymes shortly 

 peduncled, mucli shorter than the leaves ; pedicels ^-^ in. long. 

 Calyx -^ in. long ; segments imbricated, densely ciliated. Corolla 

 ■J- in. long. Anthers shorter than the perianth-segments. Style 

 reaching to the top of the anthers. Fruit not seen. — Baron 

 4648! 



BrnOLEIA SPH^ROCALTX^ n. sp. 



B. ramis robustis dense pubescentibus, foliis magnis oblongis acutis 

 crenatis basi late conuatis, racemis axillaribns brevlter pedunculatis, calyce 

 globoso ventricoso pnbescente dentibus parvis, corolla? tubo cylindrico 

 calyci sequilongo, limbi segmentis parvis orbicularibus, fructu nigro 

 glabro calyce rumpcnte. 



Stems stout, erect, woody, densely pubescent. Leaves 4-6 in, 

 long, 1^-2 in. broad, moderately firm in texture, finely crenate, 

 pubescent on both surfaces, connate at the base for half an inch 

 on each side of the stem. Racemes dense, 1^-2 in. long ; peduncle 

 short, densely pubescent ; pedicels ^ in. long ; bracts lanceolate. 

 Calyx bladder-like, densely pubescent, ^ in. long and broad ; teeth 

 minute, lanceolate-deltoid. Corolla hypocrateriform ; limb g in. 

 in diam. ; segments 4, orbicular. Fruit -^ in. in diam. — Baron 

 4401 ! A very curious and distinct species. 



NuxiA SPH^ROCEPIIALA, Baker, 



More mature specimens in the present parcel (Baron 3738 !) 

 of the plant which I described in Journ, Linn. Soc, Bot. vol. xxi. 

 p. 425, as Buddleia s^pltcerocepTiala show it to have divaricate 

 anther-lobes, and a corolla falling off by circumscissile dehiscence, 



so that it must be transferred to the genus ^uxia^ to the neigh- 

 bourhood of N. cajpitata, N, terminalioides, and N, pacJiyphylla, 



NUXIA TEKMIXALTOTDES, n. sp. 



N. ramulis teuuiter pubescentibus, foliis oppositis petiolatia oblanceolato- 

 oblongis subcoriaceis subacutis serratis dorso obscure pubescentibus, flori- 

 bus in capitula globosa laxe panieulata aggregatis, calyce coriaceo tubo 

 companulato, dentibus deltoideis, coroUai tubo cylindrico segmentis ob- 

 longis, geuitalibus exsertis, 



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