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OLEACEiE. 



Jasminum Buchananii, sp. nov. Suffrutex ramulis foliosis 

 griseo-pubescentibus, foliis simplicibus parvis oppositis brevi- 

 petiolatis ovatis vel ov^ato-oblongis obtuse mucronatis vel 

 obtusissimis basi obtusis rotunclatisve chartaceis supra puberulis 

 subtus pubescentibus, cymis ad apicem ramulorum sessilibus vel 

 breviter pedunculatis 2-3-floris, pedicellis calyce plane brevioribus, 

 calycis (ut pedicelli) pubescentis tubo lobos 5-8 lineari-subulatos 

 palillulum excedente, corolloc tubo quam calyx circa 4-plo longiore 

 lobis 5-8 oblongis obtusis tubum semia^quantibus, antherarum 

 connectivo mucronulato, stigmate oblongo acuto apice exserto. 



Hab. British East Africa, Bura ; Lieut. A. Bitckanan. 



Folia saepius l'5-2-5 cm. long., rarius 3 cm. vel paullulum 

 ultra attingentia, 10-15 (rarius 18) mm. lat., in sicco virentia; 

 costae laterales utrinque 2-3, nequaquam perspicusB ; petioli 2-3 

 mm. long. Pedunculi dum adsint nee ultra 5 mm. long., 

 pubescentes. Pedicelli 1-2 mm. long. Galyx 5-7 mm. long. ; 

 tubus 3-4 X 2-2-5 mm.; lobi 2-3*5 mm. long. Corolla alba; 

 tubus circa 20 x 1*5 mm. ; lobi 10 mm. long. Antherae 2*5 mm. 

 stigma 3-5 mm. long. 



To be inserted next J. Kirkii Baker, differing from it chiefly 

 in the small more hairy leaves, the sessile or but shortly stalked 

 cymes, and the narrow lobes of the calyx. 



BOEAGINACEZE. 



Cordia ugandensis, sp. nov. Arbor ramis validis eximie 

 sulcatis pubescentibus novellis arete tomentosis, foliis alternis 

 longipetiolatis late ovatis obtusissimis basi aliquanto cordatis 

 margine dentatis vel dentato-undulatis trinervibus supra scabrius-~ 

 culis subtus molliter griseo-pubescentibus, inflorescentiis ter- 

 minalibus sat longis e cymis pluribus pedunculatis pubescentibus 

 sistentibus, floribus parvis pedicellis brevissimis pubescentibus 

 suffultis, calyce anguste campanulato subtihter tomentoso in lobos 

 3 breves irregulariter rupto, corollae tubo infundibulari calycem 

 vix sequante segre usque medium diviso limbo 5-7-lobo, staminibus 

 subinclusis faucibus insertis, ovario sparsissime glanduloso apice 

 pilis paucis erectis albis munito. 



Hab. Uganda, grassy hillside at Kijude, 4000 ft, ; Dilmmer, 

 2727. 



Arbor circa 25 ped. alt. Eami sub inflorescentia fere 1 cm. 

 diam., fohorum delapsorum cicatricibus prominentibus notati. 

 Folia usque ad 35 x 25 cm., juniora 13-17 x 9-12 cm., 

 membranacea, supra in sicco olivaceo-fusca subtus griseo-viridia ; 

 costal laterales utrinque 4-5, ut costa centrahs supra fere planse 

 subtus eminentes ; petioH foliorum majorum saltern 16 cm. long., 

 juniorum modo 4 cm., omnes piloso-pubescentes. Inflorescentiae 

 saltern 20 cm. long., totidem circiter lat. ; cymarum ramuli 

 patentes, usque ad 10 cm. long., plerumque revera breviores. 

 Flores albi. Calyx 7-10 mm. long., lobis 2-3 mm. long, baud 

 exemptis. CoroUae tubus 8 mm. long.; lobi ovato-oblongi, 



