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hairs, the teeth not more than a quarter as long as the tube. 
Corolla an inch long, reddish, densely pilose, the limb 1 in. long, 
the tube i in. in diam. at the throat. Stamens and style not 
protruded beyond the limb.—Between Tankay and the east coast, 
Baron 1416! Allied to V. Bojeri, Schauer. 
Virex MELLERI, n. sp. 
V. ramulis lignosis brunneo-puberulis, foliis longe petiolatis 5-foliolatis, 
foliolis obovato-oblongis obtusis coriaceis emarginatis glabris omnibus 
distincte petiolulatis, cymis paucifloris corymbosis axillaribus pedunculatis, 
pedicellis quara calyx longioribus, calyce puberulo campanulato truncato, 
corollz tubo subcylindrico villoso, limbo brevissimo, genitalibus exsertis. 
A shrub, with woody branchlets, clothed with short brown 
pubescence. Leaves opposite, with a petiole 21-3 in. long; 
leaflets 5, with petiolules 4-3 in. long ; blade 2-3 in. long, an inch 
broad, thick and rigid in texture, very obtuse, distinctly emargi- 
nate, deltoid at the base, green and glabrous on both surfaces, 
with 6-8-jugate arcuate ascending distinct main veins. Cymes 
10-12-flowered, much shorter than the petiole; branches clothed 
with short brown pubescence. Calyx lin. long and broad. Co- 
rolla i in. long, with a curved subcylindrical tube 4 in. in diam. at 
the throat, densely clothed with yellow-brown silky hairs; seg- 
ments very short, semiorbieular. Style and stamens protruded 
% in. beyond the corolla-limb ; anthers minute, orbicular.—Ando- 
vorant, between Tamatave and Antananarivo, Dr. Meller! A 
very near ally of V. Chrysomallum, Steud. 
VITEX PACHYCLADA, n. sp. 
Erecta, ramosissima, ramulis dense pilosis, foliis petiolatis trifoliolatis, 
foliolis obovatis obtusis crassis coriaceis petiolulatis facie glabris dorso 
dense pilosis, cymis paucifloris congestis axillaribus, pedicellis dense pilosis, 
calyce cyathiformi brunneo-piloso dentibus parvis Jate deltoideis, fructu 
nitido globoso brunneo pericarpio rugoso. 
A much-branched erect shrub, with thick woody branchlets, 
clothed with short dense brown hairs. Petiole 1-12 in. long ; end 
leaflet with a petiolule 1-3 in. long; those of the side leaflets 
shorter; blade 14-2 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, very obtuse, thick 
and coriaceous in texture, densely clothed on the underside with 
bright brown pubescence. Cymes 6-8-flowered, in the axils of 
the leaves, with very short densely silky peduncles and pedicels. 
Fruit-calyx } in. long, densely clothed with the same short bright 
brown silky hairs; teeth minute, much broader than long. Co- 
