146 ENUMERATION OF \_Buhiacece. 



Folia 2-3 poll, longa, i-1 poll, lata, peiiolo 1-2 lin. longo. 

 The specimens I have are not sufficiently perfect to enable me to complete the 

 description of this species. 



5- M. protracta, Thw. ; fruticosa ; ramulis compressis jjetiolisque 

 strigosulis ; foliis elongato-lanceolatis, a prope basin gradatim angus- 

 tatis, acuminatis, mucronatis, superne glabris, subtus ad nerves strigo- 

 sulis, basi subacutis, brevi-petiolatis ; venis primariis 7-8, folii versus 

 apicem porrectis; secundariis numerosis, transverse parallelis ; stipulis 

 minutis, triangularibus, strigosis ; cajpitulis paucifloris, sessilibus ; calyce 

 minute 4-dentato. — c.p. 354. 



Hab. Central Province, Gardner* 



Folia 4-8 poll. Tonga, li-S-^- poll. \ciii\, petiolo 1-2 lin. longo. ' 

 1 have not seen this species in a fresh stale, and my specimens are too imperfect 

 to enable me to describe the flowers and fruit. * 



6. M. strigosa, "Wiglit, I.e. p. 512; Walp. I.e. p. 762.— c.r. 1725. 



Hab. Common in the Central Pi-ovince and the Saffragam District, 

 at an elevation of 2000 to 5000 feet. 



Folia 2^-5 poll, longa, 1-2 poll, lata, jpeliolo 2-4 lin. longo, venis secundariis 

 transverse parallelis. Corolla albida, externe pilosula ; tulo 3 lin. longo ; Umbo cir- 

 eiter 4 lin. ia exp., interne villoso. Bacc^e subsphaericse, opacse, nigrie, circiter ^ 

 poll, in diam. , 



7. M- Walkeriana, Wiglit, I.e. p. 513; Walp. I. c.— C.P. 289 (340, 



1728). 



Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 5000 feet. 



Folia glabra vel subtus ad Hervos parce strigosa, oblongo- vel lineari-lanceolata, 

 basi acuta, 2-5 poll, louga, 4-14 lin. lata, jjetiolo 1^-3 liu. longo. Corolla externe 

 pilosula, ttibo brevi, limbo interne villoso. Bacc(^ nigrte, pisi magnitudine. 



The narrower, more acuminated, less pilose leaves and shorter flowers, principally 

 distinguish this from the last species. In ]\L strigosa too the calyx-tube is much 

 longer than in the present plant. I suspect, however, that they will prove to^ be 

 only forms of on6 species ; and 31. froirada, Thwr., will probably have to be uaited 

 with them as a more rare variety. 



8. M. oligantha, Thw. ; fruticosa; ramulis compressis, scabridis; 

 foliis oblongis, rostrato-acuminatis, basi rotundatis, utrinque venosis, 



glabris vel subtus ad nervos pilosulia, brevi-petiolatis ; stipidis^ parvis, 

 oblongis, pilosis ; capitidis paucifloris, sessilibus ; florihus parvis ; deri" 

 tibus calycinis brevibus, acutis.— C.P. 357 (1726, 1727). 



Var. ^. ohliqua; foliis subsessilibus, basi cordatis, obliquis. — C.P. 

 3418. — An species distincta? 



Hab. Var. a. Hantani District. Var. ^3. Saffragam District, up to 

 an elevation of 3000 feet. 



Yar. a closely approaches some states of 31, strigosa, Wight, and is not impro- 

 bably a form of it growing in poor or dry soil. The whole genus 3[ephitidia re- 

 quires much investigation before the extent of variation to which the species are 

 liable can be satisfactorily determined. 



9. M. yarians, Thw.; fruticosa, glabra; ramulis striatis, parum 

 compressis ; foliis coriaceis, ovatis vel oblongis, acutis retusisve, mucro- 

 natis, basi angustatis, petiolatis, utrinque reticulatim x euo^i^ ; stipuhs 

 parvis, subacutis, apice pilosis; capitulis pedunculatis subsessilibusve, 

 paucifloris ; deniihus calycinis brevibus, triangularibus, acutis ; corolla 

 albida; titho brevi; Umho interne villoso.— c.r. 57 (SO, 290, 422, 423). 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 50*X) to 8000 feet. 



Tolla \-2\ poll, longa, 4 lin. ad 1^ poll, lata, pefiolo 2-4 lin. longo. Corolla al- 

 bida. Baccfp nigrpe, pisi magiuiiulinc. 



