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SCROPHULARINE^E. LXXXVII. BUDDLEA. 



connected by an elevated line running across the branch. Ra- 

 cemes short and stout, the lowermost ones from the terminal 

 axils, about 2-3 inches long, the others shorter and more sim- 

 ple, until they become a terminal, elongated raceme ; the whole 

 forming an elegant, crowded, attenuated, sessile panicle or thyrse. 

 Flowers fragrant, white, each glomerule furnished with a pair of 

 elongated, subulate bracteas, besides some smaller ones under the 

 exterior calyxes. Tube of corolla 3 times longer than the calyx. 

 Panicled- flowered Buddlea. Fl. Feb. April. Shrub or Tree. 



39 B. ACUMINA'TA (Poir. suppl. 1. p. 745.) branches sub- 

 quadrangular, downy ; leaves ovate, acuminated, loosely tooth- 

 ed, downy beneath ; racemes terminal, very short, tomentose, 

 panicled. fy G. Native of India, ex herb. Juss. Leaves 

 sub-petiolate : lower ones dilated at the base, glabrous above, 

 almost quite entire. Racemes panicled, clothed with rusty 

 tomentum. Corolla downy, with an elongated tube, and short 

 segments. Capsule small, ovate. 



Acuminated-leaved Buddlea. Shrub. 



4. Racemes or spikes simple, or a little branched at the 

 base, interrupted, 



40 B. THYRSOI'DEA (Lam. ill. 1. p. 291. no. 1489. encyc. bot. 

 9. p. 744.) branches terete, yellowish, downy at top ; leaves 

 lanceolate-linear, acuminated, serrated, sessile, attenuated at the 

 base, woolly beneath and shining above ; raceme thyrsoid, spi- 

 cate, terminal, tomentose. f? . G. Native of the South of 

 Brazil ; Rio Grande do Sul ; Monte Video plentiful. Cham, et 

 Schlecht, in Linnaea, 2. p. 594. B. salicifolia, Vahl, symb. 3. 

 p. 14. A very elegant shrub. Leaves 4-5 inches long. Cap- 

 sules ovate, pedicellate. Floral leaves quite entire. Corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx. Flowers glomerate, nutant. 



Thyrsoid-Qowered Buddlea. Fl.? Clt. 1823. Shrub 5 to 

 6 feet. 



41 B. SPICA'TA (Ruiz. et. Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 53. t. 81. f. A.) 

 leaves ovate, acute at both ends, serrated ; spikes very long, 

 simple. ^7 . G. Native of Peru, in arid places of Munna. 

 Branches bluntly tetragonal, clothed with white tomentum. 

 Leaves petiolate. Flowers verticillate. Bracteas subulate. 

 Corolla yellow, tomentose outside ; throat hispid. 



iSpicatfe-flowered Buddlea. Shrub. 



42 B. GRANDIFLORA (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 2. p. 

 59C.) branches bluntly tetragonal, tomentose ; leaves narrow- 

 lanceolate, bluntly toothed, wrinkled and tomentose on both sur- 

 faces ; raceme terminal, leafy ; peduncles 3-flowered. Tj . G. 

 Native of the South of Brazil, in the provinces of Monte Video 

 and Rio Grande do Sul, in many places, Sello. Habit of B, 

 elegans. Leaves 5| inches long, and 9 lines broad. Peduncles 

 rising from the axils of the leaves of the raceme ; flowers sessile 

 on the tops of the peduncles. Corolla tomentose, with lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, erect segments ; tube length of calyx. 



Great-flowered Buddlea. Shrub. 



43 B. STACHYOI'DES (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 2. p. 597.) 

 branches tetragonal : angles a little winged, tomentose ; leaves 

 sessile, cuneated at the base, quite entire, coarsely toothed, to- 

 mentose beneath, downy above ; raceme terminal ; floral leaves 

 reflexed. fj . G. Native of the South of Brazil, Sello. Leaves 

 6 inches long, and 2| inches broad, clothed with stellate down 

 above, sessile, and rather connate at the base. Inflorescence 

 exactly of Slachys Germdnica, 2-3 inches long, reflexed. Lower 

 flowers subverticillate. Corolla twice as long as the calyx ; 

 with oval-obtuse segments. Capsule elliptic. 



Stachys-like-racemed Buddlea. Shrub erect. 



44 B. BRACHIA V TA (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 2. p. 599.) 

 scandent ; branches brachiate, almost terete, smoothish ; leaves 

 ovate, obsoletely and unequally toothed, glabrous above, but 

 clothed with fine tomentum beneath ; racemes or spikes slender, 



terminal and axillary ; glomerules distinct. I? . w . G. Native 

 of tropical Brazil, Sello. Branches compressed at the nodi. 

 Leaves 3 inches long, and 1 to 1| broad, tapering into the peti- 

 oles at base, acute or subacuminated. Spikes slender, 6 inches 

 long, falsely verticillate, sessile ; peduncles 3-flowered, oppo- 

 site, propped by reflexed bracteas. Corolla a little longer than 

 the calyx, with ovate-acute segments. Tomentum rusty. Ova- 

 rium glabrous. 



Armed Buddlea. Shrub climbing. 



45 B. MACROSTA'CHYA (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 6407. scroph. 

 ind. p. 42.) branches acutely tetragonal, or winged, hardly to- 

 mentose ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, ser- 

 rated at apex, glabrous above, but clothed with hoary tomentum 

 beneath ; spikes interrupted, simple, tomentose; flowers sessile: 

 lower ones glomerate : superior ones scattered. Jj . G. Na- 

 tive of Silhet. 



Long-spiked Buddlea. Shrub. 



46 B. CUNEA'TA (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnsea, 8. p. 17.) 

 branches obsoletely angular, tomentose, densely leafy, strict ; 

 leaves opposite, rarely 3 in a whorl, erect, sessile, cuneate-obo- 

 vate, acutely acuminated, coarsely toothed or crenated in front, 

 rather wrinkled, glabrous and shining above, but clothed with 

 white tomentum beneath ; heads of flowers disposed in a spicate 

 raceme, which is terminal, continuous, and simple or branched 

 at the base ; bracteas equal in length to the heads ; limb of co- 

 rolla glabrous. f? . G. Native of Brazil, Sello. Largest 

 leaves 2 inches long, and 1 broad. Heads 4-12-flowered, on 

 short peduncles, or nearly sessile. Flowers usually tetrandrous, 

 but in luxuriant plants pentandrous and hexandrous. 



Cuncate-\ea\ed Buddlea. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



47 B. VE'TULA (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 8. p. 18.) 

 branches bluntly tetragonal, loose, densely leafy, tomentose up- 

 wards ; leaves sessile, loose, lanceolate, acute or obtuse, 

 narrowed at the base : lower ones of the branches cuneate- 

 obovate, very blunt, finely and obsoletely serrated, wrinkled, 

 glabrous and shining above, and tomentose beneath ; heads of 

 flowers racemose ; raceme leafy, terminal ; limb of corolla to- 

 mentose outside. \i . G. Native of Brazil, Sello. Heads 

 dense-flowered, nearly globose. Tube of corolla hardly ex- 

 ceeding the calycine teeth. 



Old Buddlea. Shrub. 



48 B. CESTRIFLORA (Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea, 8. p. 20.) 

 branches tetragonal, tomentose ; leaves dilated into a connately 

 funnel-shaped base, lanceolate-acute, crenated, membranous, 

 obsoletely wrinkled, tomentose beneath, at length naked above ; 

 heads racemose ; flowers loose, pedicellate ; racemes terminal, 

 leafy ; teeth of calyx acuminated, elongated ; corolla exceeding 

 the calyx, tomentose outside and glabrous inside, t; . G. Na- 

 tive of Brazil, Sello. Leaves 7 inches long. Raceme simple or 

 branched at the base; heads 6-10-flowered, pedunculate. 



Cestrum-flowered Buddlea. Shrub. 



49 B. DI'SCOLOR (Roth, nov. spec. 83.) arboreous ; branches 

 almost terete, compressed at the nodi, tomentose ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, subserrated, glabrous above, pale beneath, 

 or clothed with white tomentum ; spikes interrupted, slender, 

 simple or panicled ; bracteas lanceolate-linear ; flowers nearly 

 sessile, subglomerate ; capsules reflexed. ^ G. Native of 

 Nipaul ; Oude; Rungpur, &c. Wall. cat. no. 1491. B. salicina, 

 Lam. ill. 1. p. 291.? Blum, bijdr. p. 742. B. Neemda, /3, 

 Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 6401. H. O. Leaves green above. 

 Capsule glabrous. ? 



Trvo-coloured-\eaved Buddlea. Shrub. 



50 B. NEE'MDA (Hamilt. in Roxb. fl. ind. ed. car. 1. p. 41 1.) 

 arboreous ; branches almost terete, compressed at the axils, to- 

 mentose ; leaves lanceolate, subserrated, clothed with fine down 

 above and white tomentum beneath ; spikes interrupted, simple; 



