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3269. EXOSTEMM A L. C. Rich. 



(DC. Prodr. IV. 358. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst, II. 508.) 

 1. E. (Pseudosiemma) OCCIDENTALE Bth. Bot. of Belch. voy. of Ihe Sulphur. 104. f — 

 Glabrum: foliis amplis obovato-oblongis Cuspidatis, basi longe angustatis; paniculis bre- 

 vibus laxe pyramidatis; calycis Iimbo subintegerrimo ; corollae intus extusque glaberri- 

 mae, laciniis tubo paullo longioribus, stigmate bilobo. 3 — Frutex elatus. Ramuli teretes. 

 Folia longiuscule petiolata, 8—10 poll. longa, supra medium 3— 3'/; poll. lata, acumine 

 longo angusto supcrata, punctis sparsis pellucidis notata. Stipulae a specimine jam de- 

 lapsae. Panicula terminalis, breviter pedunculala subquadripollicaris, laxe trichotoma, 

 pauciflora. — Crescit in Gorgona insula. 



f Icon addcnda. 

 E. LONGIFLORUM Roem. et Schult. - Hook. Bol, Magaz. t. 4186. 



3270. HYMEXODYCTIOX Wall. 



(DC. Prodr. IV. 358. — Wlprs. llepert. bot. syst. II. 509.) 



1. *H. TIMORIENSE Kltzsch. mss. — Cinchona Timoriana Spanoghe, Linnaea XV. 315. 

 — Wlprs. I. c. 509. no. 1. 



2. II. KURRIA Hochstett. Flora (B. Z.) XXVI. 70. — Arborescens : ramis exlremis foliorum 

 cicatricibus articulato-nodulosis glabris fragillimis (crassitie calami cygnei) versus apiccm 

 dense foliosis; foliis obovatis amplis (5— 7-polIicaribus) oppositis glaberrimis venosis, in 

 petiolum attenuatis, petiolis tomentellis; stipulis interpctiolaribus ferrugineis obtusis (4—5 

 lin. longis) ; racemo spicalo 4 — 6-pollicari denso terminali, rhachi tomentella (pennae cor- 

 vinae crassilie), undique floribus brevissime pedicellatis tecla; floribus exsiccatis cinna- 

 momeis, cum stylo longe exserto 4 — 5 lin. Iongis. — Kurria floribunda Steudel et 

 Hochstett. Flora (B. Z.) XXV. I. 234. — Crescit in Abyssinia in regione superiori montis 

 Scholada (in provincia Tigre). 



3271. HJCLLIA Siveel. 

 (DC. Prodr. IV. 358. — Wlprs. Repert, bot, syst. II. 509.) 



1. L. GRATISSIMA Sweet. - DC. I. c. — Wlprs. I. c. - (Maund et Henslow, The Bota- 

 nist I. t. 41. — Hook. Bot. Magaz. t. 3946. f) — Corollae limbo etuberculato. 6 — Ar- 

 buscula parva sedecim pedes alla, cortice fuscescente tenui tecta, rami oppositi, juniores 

 rubicundi puberuli, folia opposita palenlia ovali-oblonga basi acuta, apice acuminata, 

 4— 6-pollicaria subcoriacea glabra, infra in costis villosa, petioli breves teretes, stipulae 

 lanceolalae longe acuminalae semipollicares caducissimae. Paniculae magnae terminales 

 ramosissimae, ramificationes dccussatae, bracteae numerosae lineares deciduae. Flores 

 plurimi magni fragrantissimi pulcherrime rosei vel carnei, ovarium obovatum pubescens, 

 segmenla calycina ovario longiora erecta lanceolala viridia, apicc rubescentia. Corollae 

 tubus gracilis calyce longior, limbi rolati laciniac rotuiulatae. — Cinchona gralissima 

 Wall. Tenl. flor. Nepal. t. 31. — Mussaenda Luculia D. Don, Prodr. flor. Nepal. 139. — 

 Crescit in India orientali. 



2. L. PINCIANA Hook. Bot. Magaz. t, 4132. — Van Houlte, Flora der Gewachshauser L 

 t. 63. — Corollae tubo luberculis quinque didymis instructo. 5 — Frutex pluripedalis 

 ramosissimus, rami oppositi, folia ovalia, ovata mullinervia, nervis palentissimis, inte- 



, gerrima saturate viridia vel subglaucescentia, cum pctiolo crasso 6— 8-pollicaria, 2—3 

 poll. lata, superiora multo minora, cymae ad apicem ramulorum terminales compositae 

 in paniculam ultra pedalem, flores fragrantissimi candidi eburnei, tubo rubescente. A 

 L. r/ralissima diffcrt tuberculis geminis inter laciniarum corollae sinus omnes. — Cres- 

 cit in Nepalia. 



3272. LASIOXE1IA Don. 

 (D. Don, Transact. of the Linn. soc XVII. 142.) 



1. L. "GLABRESCENS Bth. Bot, of Belch. voy. of the Sulphur 105. f — Ramulis subcom- 

 pressis glabriusculis; foliis petiolatis ovali-oblongis acuminatis, supra glabris, subtus ad 

 axillas vcnarum barbalis, junioribus ad venas sericcis, demum glabris; paniculis pedun- 

 culatis compactis; corollae extus glabrae tubo obscure pentagono limbi laciniis supra 

 tomentellis. 6 — Frulex, ramulis junioribus pube minuta mox evanida rufesccntibus. 



