Oojnjyhostigma.] lxxxvi. loganiace^ (baker). 511 



2. GOMPHOSTIGMA, Turcz. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen 

 Pi. ii. 702. 



Calyx-tube campanulate ; lobes 4, ovate. Corolla-tube subcam- 

 panute; lobes 4, obtuse, imbricate, spreading, as long as the tube. 

 Stamens 4, inserted in the corolla-tube ; filaments short, filiform ; 

 anthers oblong, with parallel cells. Ovary ovoid, 2-celled ; style subu- 

 late ; stigma of two spreading oblong lobes; ovules many in a cell, 

 attached to a narrow axile placenta. Capsule oblong, splitting down to 

 the base into two rigid bifid valves. Seeds obovoid or angled by 

 pressure ; testa lax ; albumen sparse ; embryo short. —Shrubs with 

 opposite or verticillate leaves ; stipules obscure. Flowers small, in a 

 terminal raceme which runs down into the axils of the upper leaves. 



One other species in South Africa. 



1. G. scoparioides, Ticrcz.; Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 4o4. A 

 much-branched erect shrub ; branches long, rigid, virgate, whitened by 

 thin tomentum. Leaves opposite, sessile, subrigid, linear, 1 -nerved, 

 ascending, lower 1-1 i in. long, upper gradually shorter. Racemes 

 terminal, many-flowered ; lower flowers produced from the axils of 

 reduced leaves ; pedicels oj^posite, ascending, bibracteolate. Calyx -^- 

 in. long. Corolla white, twice as long as the calyx. Capsule \-\ in? 

 long. — BudcUeia virgata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 12o. 



Iio^irer Guinea. Angola : Huilla to Humpatu, Johnston ! banks of llie Kivor 

 Oaculovar, Newton ! 



nCozamb. Dist. Matabeleland : banks of the Semokwe or I\riitenir\vc' River, 

 Baines ! 



Also in South Africa. 



NUXIA, Lam. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. 



112. 



Calyx-tube subcampanulate ; lobes 4, ovate, subvalvate. Corolla- 

 tube subcylindrical, circumscissile above the persistent base ; lobes 4, 

 imbricate, spreading, obtuse or acute. Stamens 4, inserted just below 

 the throat of the corolla-tube ; filaments filiform ; anther-cells divari- 

 cate, distinct or confluent at the apex. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform ; 

 stigma small, terminal ; ovules many in a cell, multiseriate. Capsule 

 ovoid or oblong, septicidally 2-valved ; valves bifid. Seeds numerous, 

 minute, oblong ; albumen fleshy ; embryo straight. — Trees or shrubs. 

 Leaves opposite or verticillate, entire or dentate; stipules reduced to a 

 mere line." Flow^ers small, copious, arranged in terminal panicles with 

 cymose branches. 



Species about 20, also in South Africa and the Mascarene Isles. 

 Cymes dense, branches approximate; pedicels or very 

 short. 

 Leaves 3 times as long as broad . . . . \. N. conqesta. 



Leaves about twice as long as broad. 



Branchlets glabrous . . • . • . 2. N. Mannii. 



Branchlets densely pubescent . . . . i. N. platyphylla. 



