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An erect shrub, with slender shortly pubescent branchlets. 

 Leaves 2-3 in. long, 1-1$ in. broad above the middle, narrowed 

 gradually from the middle to the base, firm in texture, green on 

 both surfaces, with 6-8 raised ascending main veins. Heads 5 in. 

 in diam., arranged in a terminal panicle about 3 in. long and broad, 

 the lower branches bracteated at the base by large leaves. Calyx 

 dark brown, coriaceous, pubescent, ^ in, long; teeth |— | as long 

 as the tube. Corolla-tube §in. long; segments ^ as long as the 

 tube,— Baron 3629 ! 



NUXIA PACHYPHXLLA, n. Sp. 



N, ramulis pubescentibusj foliis oppositis vel ternis breviter petiolatis 

 oblanceolato-oblongis obtusis integris subcoriaceis venis primariis 6-8- 

 jugis exsculptis, floribus in capitula globosa paniculata aggregatis, calyce 

 pilose coriaceo tube infundibulari deutibus ovatis, corollae tube eylindrico 

 segmentis oblongis obtusis, genitalibus exsertis. 



A shrub or small tree, with woody pubescent branchlets. 

 Leaves opposite or ternate, ascending, 2-4 in. long, 1-2 in. 

 broad above the middle, narrowed gradually from the middle to 

 the base, strongly ribbed beneath, at first pubescent, finally gla- 

 brous. Heads |-| in. in diam. exclusive of the style and stamens, 

 arranged in lax deltoid terminal panicles 3-4 in. long. Calyx 

 brown -black, very coriaceous, J. in. long. Corolla-lobes ^ in. long. 

 Stamens ^ in. longer than the calyx; anthers broadly reniform. 

 Style overtopping the anthers.— i?aro;i 1326! 3;i89! 4056! 4407! 



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Anthocleista amplexicaulis, n. sp. 



Glabra, foliis magnis obovatis amplexicaulibus, floribus copiose corym- 

 boso*paniculatis, bracteis late connatis, calycis segmentis orbicularibus 

 late imbricatis, corollae tubo eylindrico calyci aiquilongo segmentis 9-10 

 oblongis, antheris segmentis paulo brevioribus. 



Branchlets woody, robust. Leaves a foot long, 5 in. broad, 

 obtuse, narrowed gradually from the middle to the amplexicaul 

 base, subcoriaceous, green and glabrous on both surfaces, wath 

 8-9 pairs of distant erecto-patent parallel main veins. Panicle 

 dense, terminal, half a foot broad ; lower bracts with a long, upper 

 with a very short point. Calyx ^ in, in diam. ; inner segments 

 in. broad. Corolla-segments j in. long. Anthers lanceolate, ^ in. 

 long.—£aron 3795 1 Allied to A. Vogelii, Planch., in Hook. Ic. 

 t. 3795. Native name Landemy. 



AlfTHGCLEISTA BHIZOPHOEOIDES, n. Sp. 



Glabra, foliis petiolatis obovato-oblongis obtusis rigide coriaceis, cymis 



