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squamis 8 — 10 mm. longis ^alternis ovatis obtusis integris ooriaceis 
praeditus. Flores pauci, 3—4 ut videtur, racemose dispositi, usque ad 3 cm. 
pedicellati, bracteis 15 — 1*8 cm. longis squamifomiibus coriaceis ovatis 
acutis basi vaginantibus suffulti. Calyx tubuloso-spathaceus, 2—2*5 cm. 
longus, circiter 1 cm. latus, irregularis, paulo obliquus, coriaceus, glaber, 
minute verruculosus, antice ad mediam partem postice ad tertiam partem 
in lobos quat-uor inaequales acutos fissus ; (vel rarius in lobos tres, duos 
min ores acutos et unum multo majorem obtusum). Corolla usque ad 6 cm. 
longa, circiter 1*5 cpi. infra lobos lata, e basi angustata, ventricose ampli- 
ata, bilabiata, labio superiore rotundato*bilobo, labio inferiore multo minore, 
obscure trilobo. Stamina 4, inclusa, didynama, filamentis crassis antheris 
brevioribus ; anther® lato-oblong®, circiter 3 mm. long®, basi subsaccat® ; 
in staminibus longioribus ut videtur anther® lociuli ambo perfecti, in brevi- 
oribus unus perfectus, alter cassus, angustus, basi mucronatus. Ovarium 
superius, globosum, uniloculare stylo apice inflexo superne minute glandu- 
loso stigmate magno globoso transverse bifido minute glanduloso pr®di- 
tum ; placent® du®, magn®, sub-2-partit®, undique ovulifer®. Fructus 
deest. 
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Bubma :—Ruby Mines Division, Mogok, at an altitude of 2,000 ft.; 
flowers in July; Rodger No. 159 in Herb. Calc. ! 
The dissections were made from the dried material and observations in the field are 
necessary for more complete description. A species which in its somewhat spathiform 
calyx and in the character of its stamens apparently comes as near to the genus 
Aeginetia as to Christisonia. 
Vitex carbunculoruiu Smith et Ramas., sp. nov. 
Species affinis V. canescenti Kurz sed iuflorescentia, calycis dentibus, 
fructu recedit. 
Arhor vel frutex ; altitude non nota. Famuli graciles, terctes, striatuli, 
cinerei, glabrescentes, juniores minute dense fulvo-crispo-tottientelli ; in- 
ternodia 1 — 7 cm. longa ; nodi mcrassati. Folia opposita, trifoliate, peti- 
olata ; petiolus 2 — 4 cm. longus, fulvo-tomentellus, tandem glabrescens ; 
petioluli laterales circiter 3 mm. longi, median us 3 — 15 mm. longus ; foliola 
ovata vel eiliptica, 2 — 9 cm. longa, 1 *5 — 4 cm. lata, mediana plerumque 
maxima, apice acuta vel obtusa vel breviter acuminata, basi cuneate vel 
rotundata, margine integra vel undulata vel remote et grosse serrate, (in 
eodem specimin6), supra primo puberula, infra dense fulvo-tomentella, 
deinde utrinque glahrescentia, nervis 5—7, paribus, supra obscuris, infra dis- 
tinctis emmentibus. lnflorescentiat numeros®, cymoso-paniculat®, ram u! os 
terminantes, 6—8 cm. long®, longe pedunculate, dense tomentell® ; ped- 
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