SCROPHULARINEJE. LXXXVII. BUDDLEA. 



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being 3 times shorter, and in the spikes being approximate and 

 subfastigiate. 



Caliicarpa-Iike Buddlea. Shrub. 



;7 B. AMERICANA (Lin. spec. 162. amoen. 5. p. 394.) branch- 

 lets rather compressed, clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves 

 ovate, acuminated, narrowed at the base, serrately crenated, 

 rather pilose above, but clothed with yellowish tomentum be- 

 neath ; spikes panicled ; flowers glomerate. J? . G. Native 

 of Peru, on the mountains, Humb. et Bonpl. ; West Indies, 

 Houston and P. Browne. Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 53. t. 82. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 2. p. 351. Sloane, jam. 139. hist. 

 2. p. 29. t. 173. f. 1. Browne, jam. p. 144. Branches sub- 

 tetragonal. Leaves green above, 4-8 inches long, and nearly 

 2-4 broad ; petioles an inch long. Spikes disposed in a termi- 

 nal panicle, nearly a foot long ; glomerules nearly globose, 

 size of a sloe, on short peduncles. Corollas yellow. Browne 

 says, that in Jamaica it is used in emollient baths and fomenta- 

 tions, and is thought to have all the properties of Muttien. 



American Buddlea. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1826. Shrub 8 to 12 

 feet. 



CS B. YEKBASCIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 351.) branches 

 tetragonal, compressed at the nodi, and are, as well as the under 

 sides of the leaves, clothed with vellow tomentum ; leaves 

 glabrous above, ovate-elliptic, acute at both ends, doubly ser- 

 rated ; spikes panicled ; flowers glomerate, dense. ^ . G. Na- 

 tive at the foot of Mount Quindiu, near Ibaque, at the altitude 

 of 750 hexapods. Leaves 7-8 inches long, and 4-5 broad, on 

 short petioles. Spikes about 3 inches long, thickness of the 

 little finger, disposed in a terminal panicle, which is a span long, 

 and diffuse. Corolla yellow, twice as long as the calyx ; seg- 

 ments ovate, acute. Capsule ovate, obtuse. Very nearly allied 

 to the preceding, but differs in the form of the leaves. 



MuUien-leared Buddlea. Shrub. 



29 B. FLORIBC'NDA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 352.) branches 

 tetragonal, smoothish ; branchlets and under sides of leaves 

 clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves smoothish above, ovate, 

 acuminated, narrowed at the base, serrated ; panicles terminal, 

 branched, divaricate ; flowers densely glomerate. ^ . G. Na- 

 tive of Mexico, near Tasco and Tehuilotepec, at the altitude of 

 920 hexapods. Leaves green above, 3 inches long ; petioles 

 1-2 lines long. Nearly allied to B. callicarpoides and B. Ame- 

 ricana. 



Bundle-fonered Buddlea. Shrub. 



30 B. DENTA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) branches terete; 

 branchlets and under sides of leaves clothed with rusty tomen- 

 tum ; leaves glabrous above, ovate-oblong, acuminated, very 

 narrow at the base, sharply toothed ; spikes panicled ; flowers 

 glomerate. Tj . G. Native of humid places, on the banks of 

 the Guayre, near the town of Caraccas, at the altitude of 416 

 hexapods, where it is called Oja de Quesco by the natives. 

 Leaves 6-7 inches long ; petioles half an inch long. Spikes 

 2-3 inches long, disposed in a terminal, sessile panicle ; glome- 

 rules opposite, sessile. Corolla longer than the calyx. Capsule 

 ovate. This species differs from all others in the toothed leaves. 



Toor&erf-leaved Buddlea. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



31 B. PARVIFLORA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 353.) branches 

 obsoletely tetragonal, striated, glabrous ; branchlets pubescent ; 

 leaves ovate-oblong, acute, narrow at the base, crenately ser- 

 rated, smoothish above, but clothed with fuscescent tomentum 

 beneath ; panicle terminal, trichotomously much branched, diva- 

 ricate ; flowers usually solitary, on short pedicels. Ij . G. 

 Native of Mexico, on mountains near the town of Guernavaca. 

 Leaves 2 inches long, on very short petioles, pubescent above 

 in the young state. Panicle sessile, 6-8 inches long, with oppo- 

 site branches and branchlets. Flowers small. Corolla white, 

 longer than the calyx. 



Small-Jlottered Bnddlea. Shrub or Tree. 



32 B. HETEROPHY'LLA (Lindl. bot. res- 1259.) branches te- 

 rete, woolly : leaves woolly beneath : lower ones cordate-ob- 

 long, acuminated, denticulated : superior ones ovate-lanceolate, 

 almost quite entire ; racemes terminal, panicled, thyrsoid, com- 

 posed of few-flowered peduncles. ^ . G. Native of South 

 America. Flowers yellow. Flowering shoots pendulous. 



J'ariablt-leared Buddlea. Fl. May. Clt. ? Shrub 10 to 

 12 feet. 



33 B. HICROPHY'LLA (H. B. et Kuntb, 1. c.) branches terete, 

 glabrous ; branchlets and under sides of leaves clothed with 

 rusty tomentum ; leaves rather scabrous above, ovate-oblong, 

 acute at both ends, serrated towards the apex ; panicles termi- 

 nal, coarctate ; flowers glomerate. T; . G. Native of Mexico, 

 in arid places on the burning mount Jorullo, at the altitude of 

 430 hexapods. B. parvifolia, Willd. herb. no. 2918. Leaves 

 hardly an inch long, on very short petioles. Glomerules size of 

 peas. Corollas white. 



Small-leared Buddlea. Shrub. 



34 B. ABBREVIA'TA (H. B. et Kuntb, 1. c.) branches terete, 

 glabrous ; branchlets tomentose : floriferous ones short ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute at both ends, serrated, rather scab- 

 rous above, and clothed with rusty tomentum beneath ; panicles 

 terminal, spreading ; flowers crowded. Tj . G. Native of 

 Mexico, in grassy places between Pachuca and Real del Moran, 

 at the altitude of 1340 hexapods ; and between San Miguel del 

 Soldado, and La Joya. Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 8. p. 

 246. B. brevifolia, Willd. herb. no. 2918. Branchlets downy, 

 or clothed with rusty tomentum. Leaves green above, 1 to Is 

 inch long ; petioles 2-3 lines long. Panicle sessile, sub-trichoto- 

 mously branched, oblong, \\ inch long. Flowers on short pe- 

 dicels, sweet-scented. Corolla white, twice as long as the calyx. 

 Very nearly allied to the preceding. 



Short-paneled Buddlea. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



35 B. SCNDA'ICA (Blum, bijdr. p. 743.) leaves petiolate, lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated at both ends, serrulated : upper ones quite 

 entire, clothed with white tomentum beneath ; spikes panicled, 

 interrupted, terminal, elongated ; flowers on short pedicels ; 

 glomerules generally 3-flowered. fj . G. Native of Java, in 

 woods, on the mountains in the province of Tjanjor. Said to 

 be allied to B. occidentalii. 



Sunda Buddlea. Shrub'. 



36 B. AcciHNATissiMA (Blum, bijdr. p. 743.) leaves on short 

 petioles, lanceolate, acuminated, acute at the base, finely denti- 

 culated, clothed with white tomentum beneath : upper ones 

 quite entire ; spikes terminal, interruptedly glomerate ; glo- 

 merules approximate, usually 3-flowered ; flowers on short 

 pedicels. I; . S. Native of Java, on the mountains. Allied 

 to B. Sundaica, and only differs from it in the leaves being 

 more acuminated, and in the pedicels being shorter. 



Fery-acuminated-leaved Buddlea, Shrub. 



37 B. MISSIOVIS (Wall. cat. no. 6405. Benth. scroph.) 

 branches pubescent ; leaves oblong, narrowed at both ends, 

 quite entire, coriaceous, glabrous and smooth above, and pubes- 

 cent beneath ; panicle ovate-pyramidal, many-flowered ; race- 

 mules opposite ; glomerules nearly sessile ; corollas slender, 

 glabrous. ^ . G. Native of the Peninsula of India, at 

 Wynad. 



Mission Buddlea. Shrub. 



38 B. PAMCULA'TA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. ed. Car. 1. p. 

 412.) arboreous ; branches terete, divaricate, densely tomentose ; 

 leaves lanceolate-oblong, quite entire, rounded or cuneated at 

 the base, thick, wrinkled, clothed with rusty tomentum beneath, 

 or on both surfaces while young ; racemes short, dense, a little 

 branched ; flowers sessile ; glomerules dense, sub-pedicellate. 

 Jj . G. Native of Nipaul. Leaves 4-5 inches long. Petioles 



