TllOPICAL AilEllIGAX 11UBIACE.E 28-5 



subpyriformis j^arva angula to- sulcata, pedicellum subaequans v. ex- 

 cedens. 



Colombia : Choio, Barbacoas, 3200 ft. Triana 1689 ! 



Allied to G. axillaris, from which it is easily distinguished by the 

 corolla and fruit-characters. Leaves 8-16 cm. x 8*5-5-5 cm. ; with 

 petiole rarely over 1*5 cm. long ; stipules to 1 cm. long. Heads, 

 1"5 cm. wide and rather more than 1 cm. long. Gjrolla 5-6 mm. 

 long, limb about 4-5 mm. wide. Berry 5 mm. long and about 3 mm. 

 wide in the upj)er part. 



PLANTS OF SEYCHELLES AND ALDABRA. 



Br W. B. HE^iisLEY, F.R.S., and W. B. Tuiuiill, B.Sc. 



Last 3'ear a beginning was made in this Journal (Supplement ii. 

 pp. 24 and pp. 361 to 363) with the publication of the botanical 

 results of the Percy Sladen Expedition to the Indian Ocean, together 

 with a few additional new plants collected by the Hon. H. P. Thom- 

 asset and Mr. P. K. Dupont, Curator of the Botanic Station at Mahe. 

 A combination of adverse circumstances prevented the continuation of 

 the work, which will have to remain in abeyance at least until the war 

 is over. It is ho2)ed, however, that the publication of the Flora of 

 Aldabm may be proceeded with separately before the end of the 

 present year. In connection with this a few additional descriptions 

 have come to light, and these it seems desirable to publish, as some 

 of the names have already got into circulation. 



' Vitex Hornei Hemsl. {VerhenacecB) ; species ex aifinitate V. leiico- 

 xyloiiis L. 



Arbor magna (fide Hornei) ramulis florigeris crassiusculis rigidis 

 rectis compressis, petiolis petiolulisque primum glauco-pulverulentis. 

 Folia digitato-quinquefoliolata, ramorum sterilium ampla, fiorigero- 

 rum minora, omnia longe petiolata, glabra vel cito glabrescentia ; 

 foliola longiuscule petiolulata, coriacea, oblanceolata, obot'ata vel fere 

 oblonga, cum petiolulis 5-30 cm. longa, deorsum attenuata, apice 

 rotundata, nonnunquam abrupte obtuseque acuminata, margine cris- 

 pato-crenulata ; venie primariai laterales utrinque circiter 9, sat con- 

 spicuse ; costa valida, supra impressa, subtus elevata ; petioluli canali- 

 eulati ; petioli usque ad 15-20 cm. longi, in ramis florigeris 6-10 cm. 

 longi. Cymse feniigineo-puberula?, compositae, circiter 5 cm. dia- 

 metro, densae, in axillis folionun sujjremorum pedunculata?, quam 

 folia breviores ; bractete hneares vel filiformes, 2-5 nun. longa^. 

 Flores parvi, numerosi, brevissime pedicellati. Calyx pubescens, cam- 

 panulatus, 3-4 mm. long-us, brevissime 5-dentatus. Corolla ventri- 

 cosa, extus dense tomentosa, circiter 1 cm. 'longa, oblique bilabiata, 

 labii inferioris lobo intermedio multo majore orbiculari-crispato, intus 

 antice hirsuto. Stamina vix exserta, filamentis basi fimbriatis. 

 Stylus glaber, inclusus, breviter bifidus. Diiipa oblonga vel ellip- 

 soidea, 2-2*5 cm. longa, calyce brevi subtenda, endocar2)io osseo 

 obscure 4-sulcato.- FiVe.r species unnamed? Baker, Flora of Mauri- 

 tius, 256. 



