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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
rara conspersis, margine cartilagineo revolutis, petiolo sub- 
brevi, canaliculato ; paniculis axillaribus et terminalibus, valde 
ramosis, creberrime lioribundis, antheris linearibus, profunde 
bifidis, crustaceis, glanduloso-ecbinatis, ovario flavide sericeo. 
— C. B. S. ad Krakakamma, Prov. Uitenhage (Zeyber, Drege, 
Harvey); Port Natal (Krauss, 95). 
The different specimens vary in the size and shape of the 
leaves, and in their more or less glaucous or pruinose hue ; they 
are generally from to 2^ inches long, f to 1 inch broad, on a 
petiole of 3 lines in length. 
Var. /3. capensis; — folds utrinque acutioribus, glauco-pruinosis, 
glaben’imis, crasso-coriaceis, margine cartilagineo revolutis, 
petiolo quam prsecedenti duplo longiore et tenuiori, subsca- 
bi’ido. — C. B. S. (Masson); Uitenhage (Drege). 
I can hardly affirm this to be a distinct species, although it is 
very different in its aspect, and remarkable for the much 
greater length of its petioles; the leaves are more glaucous, 
thicker, and more coriaceous, upon petioles twice as long, with 
longer, spreading, terminal panicles and very copious flowers : 
the leaves measure generally 2 inches in length, 1 inch in 
breadth, upon a petiole of 7 lines long. 
2. Apodytes Benthamiana, Wight, leones, tab. 1153; — ramulis 
teretibus, glabris ; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, utrinque obtusis, 
coriaceis, glaberrimis ; panicula terminali, rigida, folio breviori, 
alabastris oblongis, floribus albidis ; drupa ovata, appendice 
laterali scutiformi signata. — Neilgherries. 
Dr. Wight describes this to be a tree, with leaves from 3i to 
4 inches long, including the petiole, and 1|^ inch broad ; the 
flower-buds 3 lines long : the drupe is represented as 8 lines 
long, and 6 lines in diameter, semi-ovate, reniform, crowned with - 
the persistent style, and furnished with a lateral scutelliform 
appendage. The leaves and flowers of this and the following 
species become dark in diying, and appear to be charged with 
resinous matter. 
3. Apodytes Gardneriana, n. sp. ; — foliis sicco nigrescentibus, 
oblongis, utrinque acutis, acuminatis, apice barbato obtuse 
mucronatis, subcoriaceis, glaberrimis, supra lucidulis, nervis 
immersis, subtus ferrugineo-brunneis, nervis prominuhs ru- 
bentibus, margine valde revoluto ; panicula sublaxa, terminali, 
alabastris elongatis, minoribus. — Ceylon, ad Newer-Ellia, altit. 
6000 ped. (Gardner, n. 189). 
This species hardly accords with Dr. WighCs description of 
the Neilgherry plant, and the specimens from the two localities 
