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Buzxanthus Hildebrandtii, Van Tieghem in Ann. Sci. Nat. Sér. 
VIII. v. 
Tropica Arrica. MHarar: Diredana, Rosen! Somaliland : 
Ahl Mountains, Maid, 800-2000 m., Hildebrandt, 1547! 891! 
Golis Range, Mrs. E. Lort Phillips ! Drake-Brockman, 289 ! 
Mrs. Lort Phillips states that this species occurs all over the 
Golis Range, attaining a considerable height in places where the 
undergrowth is thick and otherwise bushy. 
Pax (l.c.) was or eeney under the impression that Baillon’s type 
came from Socotra 
2. B. pedicellata, Piicicltecson (comb. nov.). 
Buzxanthus pedicellatus, Van Niegieard in Ann. Sci. Nat. Sér. vii. 
v. 320. 
Buxus Hildebrandtii, snore Bot. Soc. 269, non Baill. 
As Van Tieghem’s description is in note form I take the ene 
opportunity of drawing one up from the complete material at 
Frutex 3 m. altus; rami subteretes vel angulares, glabri wel 
minute puberuli. Folia eee rotundato-obovata vel sub- 
orbicularia, apice rotundata vel leviter retusa, basi attenuata vel 
cuneata, 2-4 cm. longa, 0°5-2°5 cm. lata, integra, rigide coriacea, 
supra subnitida, subtus pallida, utrinque glabra, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque 4-6 plerumque indistinctis. Inflorescentia e cymulis 3 vel 
4 constituta, cea pedunculata ; cymulae 3-5-florae, flore 
terminali Q vel omnes ¢ ; pedunculi ad 7 mm. longi, angulares, 
glabri; bracteae lanceolatae, subacutae, 2-3 mm. longae, inferne 
breviter ciliolatae ; ; 6 pedicelli ad 2 mm. longi, angulares. Flores 
. Sepala lanceolata, vel ovato-lanceolata, subacuta, 2 mm. longa, 
1-1°5 mm. lata, margine membranacea, breviter ciliolata. Stamina 
4; filamenta carnosa, 2°5-3 mm longa ; antherae ovatae, obtusae, 
15 mm. longae. Ovarii rudimentum globosum, verrucosum, 
1°25 mm. dininets®l glabrum. Flores Q. Sepala truncata, mem- 
branacea, eciliata. Ovarium glabrum ; styli crassi, recurvi, circiter 
Capsula 1-1-2 cm. longa, tricornuta. Semina 7 mm. 
longa, nitida, brunnea. 
Socotra. Balfour, 637! Schweinfurth 415! Bent ! Hunter. 
Balfour states that this tree is very abundant in the island; the 
wood is extremely hard. 
3. B. benguellensis, Gily in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxviii. 115. 
Tropica Arrica. Angola: Huilla, Antunes, A. 46! 248! 
Var. hirta, Hutchinson, var. nov.; a typo ramulis et foliis subtus 
breviter sare gy og rec 
