378' 



Gen. Chae. Calyx tubnlar-cauipanulate, ajigled, equal, 5-cleft ; 

 corolla subcampanulate, limb 6-cleft, segments uppermost and 

 lowest larger : stamens fertile^ included, cells of the anthers di- 

 varicate, confluent, no vestige of sterile ones . style short, dilated 

 at the apex, somewhat capitately stigmatose : capsule ovoid, in- 

 cluded in the calyx, locnlicidally 2-valved, valves concave, expos- 

 ing the dissepiment : seeds oblong, with a membrauaceoos testa. 



(1) M. MUscosA. {R. Br.) 



Ident. R. Br. prod. p. 435.-^Dec. prod. X. p. 433. 



&yn. Paederota minima, Koen. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous, much branched, glabrous : leaves 

 subsessilej opposite, oblong or lanceolate-linear, quite entire; 1- 

 nerv^d : flowers solitary in the axils, sessile, small, sterile in the 

 other axil : calycine teeth spreading, ciliated with few hairs : co^ 

 roUa shorter than the calyx. 



Peninsula. 



GENUS XXI. BUDDLEIA. 

 Tetrandrta Dlonosyinia. Sex: Systi 



Deriv. In memory of Adam Buddie, an English Botanist. 



Gen. Qbab,. Calyx 4-toothe J or half 4-cleft : tube of the co- 

 rolla short, subcampanulate or elongated, limb spreading or 

 rarely slightly erect, segments short : stamens inserted at the 

 throat witii subsessile anthers, or in the middle of the tube with 

 the anthers nearly equalling the throat or included : style entire, 

 clavate at the apex, the stigmatose portion thick, capitate : cap- 

 sule septicidally 2-valved, valves 2-clefb or somewhat entire, mstr* 

 gins in flexed, exposing the placentiferous column : seeds numer-; 

 ous, small, compressedly fusiform or discoid, testa rather loose, 

 often slightly expanded into a membranaceous wing, reticulated. 

 -^Trees, shrubs or herbs, often clothed with down or wool : leaves 

 opposite : peduncles oymosely many-flowered, axillary or usually 

 arranged in a thyrse or terminal panicle. 



(1) ?. CRisPA. ( Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. Scroph. Ind. p. 43. — Dec. prod. X. p. 444. 



Spec Char. Small tree : tomentum densely ferruginous or 

 hoary : leaves usually petioled, crenated at the margin, lower ones 

 cordate at the base, often cut and crenated or crisp, upper ones 

 rounded at the base, more entire, all thick, wrinkled, tomentose on 

 both sides : heads of flowers dense, many-flowered, peduncled ; pa« 

 uicle oblong or somewhat racemose. 



Silhet. 



