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densely bearded at the throat; limb 5-partite; lobes ovate-lanceolate, 
reflexed, as long as the tube, dextrorsely contorted in bud (as seen from 
inside). Stamens 5, inserted at the mouth of the corolla; anthers 
linear, glabrous, subsessile, exserted, reflexed with the corolla-limb ; 
connective produced beyond the anther-cells into a linear-spathulate 
tip. Disk annular, inconspicuous. Ovary 2-celled; style filiform, 
exserted, with two short divaricate branches, glabrous; ovules in 
pairs, in one cell sometimes solitary, impressed on the surface of the 
fleshy placentas, peltately attached. Fruit unknown.—A small hoary- 
velvety shrub with leafy branches, small opposite leaves, ovate cuspi- 
date stipules, and small axillary pedunculate nodding flowers. 
A monotypic genus. 
1. B. Kirkii, Hook. f. in Hook. Ic. t. 1091. Shoots dark-ashy, 
rather thickened at the crowded nodes. Leaves oval, subacute, obtuse 
at the base, very shortly petiolate, chartaceous, hoary-velvety, without 
conspicuous lateral veins, 3-13 by 3-4 in.; stipules 4d in. Peduncles 
4-3 in. long, 1-3 together, 1-flowered; bracts rounded scarious ; 
bracteoles lanceolate, small, occasionally present on the midrib of the 
peduncle. Flowers }-1 in. long. Calyx 4/5 in. long. Corolla-limb 
3 in. diameter. Anthers } in. long. 
Mozamb. Distr. Lake Nyassa, at Cape Maclear, Kirk! 
38. FERETIA, Del.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 95. 
Calyx-tube narrowly campanulate; limb rather unequally 5—4-partite 
(or dentate) ; segments (at least in fruit) lanceolate or oblong, apiculate, 
glabrous. Corolla funnel-shaped, nearly glabrous ; tube rather slender 
exceeding the calyx; limb deeply 5-4-lobed; throat puberulous (or 
glabrous) ; lobes oval or oblong, obtuse or subapiculate, dextrorsely 
contorted in bud as seen from inside. Stamens 5-4, inserted at the 
mouth of the corolla; anthers narrowly linear, glabrous, sessile, fixed 
by the back, spreading or recurved. Disk inconspicuous (or fleshy), 
glabrous, Ovary 2-celled ; style slender, exserted, shortly pubescent, 
entire or bifid (at least) at the apex; ovules about 4 (2-4) together, 
not immersed in nor impressed on the placentas. Fruit baccate, small, 
globose, 2- celled, few-seeded. Seeds pendulous, somewhat compressed ; 
testa thin, adhering to the horny albumen, punctulate-ragulose. 
Shrubs, puberulous at the extremities with numerous opposite 
ranches, opposite small leaves, ovate stipules, and (often) precocious 
shortly pedunculate or subsessile (solitary or) subfasciculate flowers, 
axillary, usually on short lateral shoots. 
An endemic genus; if the second species really belongs to it, the character of the 
genus must be enlarged accordingly, as indicated within brackets. 
eduncles very short in flower . . . . 1. F. apodanthera. 
unce}-2in,. 2... kg wk ee ee we Oe HP canthioides. 
l. F. apodanthera, Del. in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 2, xx. p. 92, t. 1, 
f. 4. Shrub, 4-10 feet high or more. Leaves oval, more or less narrowed 
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