268 STIRPES EXOTIC/E NOVjE. 



cl. Balansa (exs., n. 3613), in rïpïs il. Dotio, propè Ourouê, 

 décembre floriferam (Herb. Mus. par.). 



128. BUUIS HlLDEKItANDTII. 



Arbuscula (6-metralis) ramosissima glaberriraa ; corlice gri- 

 sco ; ramulis (pallide vireseenlibus) angulatis. Folia opposita vix 

 petiolata obovata (ad 2 - cent, longa, \ § cent, lata), apice rotun- 

 data, basi in petiolum spurium attenuata, integerrima coriacea 

 (in sicco glaucescentia) utrinque v. subtus tenuissime nigrescenti- 

 punctulata ; nervis primariis oblique parallelis subtus vix conspi- 

 cuis. Flores monœci terminales, solitarii v. pauci ; masculi in 

 ramulo axillari eodem sœpe 2,3,bracteis sepalis consimilibus c 2 v. 

 paucis stipatis. Galyx /i-pbyllus ; foliolis obtusis, margine mem- 

 branaceis. Stamina Zi, opposita; filamentis compressis crassius- 

 culis inter lobos germinis rudimentarii cruciatim Zi-lobi insertis; 

 antheris oblongis ex parte exsertis subsagittatis recurvis. Floris 

 fœminci sepala intequalia, imbricata. Fructus ovoideus (1 ~ cent, 

 longus, 1 cent, latus) glaberrimus haud sulcatus, stylis 3 circa 

 apicem torulosum insertis coronatum ; singulis cornuformibus 

 crassis 3-gonis, apice acutato leviter recurvis, intus sulco longi- 

 tudinali marginibus stigmatosis revoluto notafis. Semina (imma- 

 tura) oblonga nigrescentia (iis, ut videtur, B. sernpervirentishmdi 

 absirailia). — Stirps, ob palriam conspicua, nuperrimein Africa 

 orientaliabindefesso viatore Hildebrandt reperta est, in montibus 

 regionis Somali, cire, altit. 1500-2000 metr. 



Specieb. asiaticis europseisquej adspéçtu haud absimilis, a B. mada- 



gascariensi loto cœlo differt. 



129. Ventil.vgo buxoides. 



Frutex, ut videtur, scandens; ramis teretibus ramulisque graci- 

 libus divarieatis v. recurvis tenuissime pruinoso-villosulis. Folia 

 in summis ramulis (basi nudatis) conferta subimbricata alterna, 

 brevissime (1-3 millim.) petiolata, ovata v. subelliptica (ea Buxi 



