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TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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BUDDLEIA. 



ScrophularisG, /w^^. — Scrophularinac. Brown. 



oeciden- B. foliis lanceolatis. Wllld. Sp. PL 1. 

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Ophyoxylon americanum. Pluck, aim, 

 270. P%i5. /,210./. 1. 



Spear-leaved Buddleia. Miller. 



the genus Mancttia is ^' Calyx octophyllus 



rus/' Browne, 



however, describes the calyx of Lygistutts as " monophyllus 

 conico-campanulatjis ore quadricrenato/' and the seed vessel as 

 " calyci imposita ;" and the " twigs or boughs" as '' furnished 

 with moderate bunches of flowers towards the top." It is, there- 

 fore, quite evident that the Lygistum of Browne cannot be the 

 Manettia of Willdenow and Swartz: nor is it less certain that 

 it should be assumed as a synonym to ^giphila data to the 

 exclusion of Knoxia scandens. The want of accordance between 

 Browne's description and the plate referred to did not escape 

 Swartz, but he did not trace the error to its source, and could not 

 correct it. Speaking of ^^giphila elata, he says, '' Folia ovato- 

 cordata descripit Browne, elliptico-lanceolata lamcn ilia deli- 



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