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2. GOMPHOSTIGMA, Turcz.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Pi a Woe. 
Calyx-tube campanulate; lobes 4, ovate. Corolla-tube subcam- 
panute; lobes 4, obtuse, imbricate, spreading, as long as the tube. 
Stamens 4, inserted in the corolla-tube; filaments short, filiform ; 
anthers oblong, with parallel cells. Ovary ovoid, 2-celled ; style subu- 
late; stigma of two spreading oblong lobes; ovules many in a cell, 
attached to a narrow axile placenta, Capsule oblong, splitting down to 
the base into two rigid bifid valves. Seeds obovoid or angled by 
pressure; testa lax; albumen sparse; embryo short.—Shrubs with 
opposite or verticillate leaves; stipules obscure. Flowers small, in a 
terminal raceme which runs down into the axils of the upper leaves. 
One other species in South Africa, 
1. G. scoparioides, TJurcz.; Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 484. A 
much-branched erect shrub; branches long, rigid, virgate, whitened by 
thin tomentum. Leaves opposite, sessile, subrigid, linear, 1-nerved, 
ascending, lower 1-1} in. long, upper gradually shorter. Racemes 
terminal, many-flowered; lower flowers produced from the axils of 
reduced leaves; pedicels opposite, ascending, bibracteolate. Calyx 5}, 
in. long. Corolla white, twice as long as the calyx. Capsule }-} in. 
long.—Buddleia virgata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 123. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla to Humpata, Johnston ! banks of the River 
Caculovar, Newton ! 
Mozamb. Dist. Matabeleland: banks of the Semokwe or Matengwe River, 
Baines ! 
Also in South Africa. 
3. NUXIA, Lam.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 1. 792. 
Calyx-tube subcampanulate ; lobes 4, ovate, subvalvate. Corolla- 
tube subcylindrical, cireumscissile above the persistent base ; lobes 4, 
imbricate, spreading, obtuse or acute. Stamens 4, inserted just below 
the throat of the corolla-tube; filaments filiform; anther-cells divari- 
cate, distinct or confluent at the apex. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform ; 
stigma small, terminal; ovules many in a cell, multiseriate. Capsule 
ovoid or oblong, septicidally 2-valved; valves bifid. Seeds numerous, 
minute, oblong ; albumen fleshy; embryo straight.—Trees or shrubs. 
Leaves opposite or verticillate, entire or dentate; stipules reduced to a 
mere line. Flowers small, copious, arranged in terminal panicles with 
eymose branches. 
Species about 20, also in South Africa and the Mascarene Isles. 
Cymes dense, branches approximate ; pedicels 0 or very 
short. 
Leaves 3 times aslong as broad. : - . 1. WV. congesta. 
Leaves about twice as long as broad. - 
Branchlets glabrous. ° : : : . 2. N. Mannii. 
Branchlets densely pubescent. : 5 . 3. N. platyphylla. 
