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but principally by its corolla, the funnel-shaped tube of which is \ in. 
long, with 5 lanceolate spreading lobes a third as long as the tube. 
From P. obtusifolia it differs by its pointed leaves and flowers twice as 
large. 
Seychelles, in the damp shady forests of Mahe and Silhouette, Horne , 298 ! 
507 ! A shrub 6-8 feet high, with white flowers. 
3. P. lanceolata, Half.fil. A much-branched shrub, with glabrous 
stems and leaves. Internodes very short. Leaves lanceolate, subcori- 
aceous, 3-4 in. long, f-1 in. broad at the middle, acute, narrowed very 
gradually into a short petiole ; stipules minute, deltoid. IJmbels 
from the axils of the upper leaves on f-1 in. peduncles, ebracteate ; 
pedicels very short. Calyx broadly campanulate, under in. broad, 
not so deep, obscurely 5-toothed. Corolla f in. long ; lobes lanceolate, 
longer than the tube ; throat densely pilose. Fruit not seen. 
Rodriguez, Dr, Balfour ! Endemic. 
4. P. Wrightii, Baker. A glabrous shrub, with moderately stout 
terete branches swollen at the nodes. Leaves subsessile, oblong, 
obtuse, very coriaceous, 5-6 in. long, cuneate at the base ; stipules 
soon falling. Flowers 2-3 together in the axils of the leaves on a very 
short stout terete common peduncle ; pedicel as long as the calyx, with 
deltoid bracts at the base. Calyx f in. long ; limb very narrow, 
broadly campanulate, with 4 obscure cusps. Corolla } in. long ; lobes 
lanceolate, rather shorter than the narrowly funnel-shaped tube. 
Ovary 2-celled. Fruit not seen. 
Seychelles, Wright , 45 ! Endemic. 
5. P. ferruginea, Baker. A much- branched shrub, with slender 
terete branches, clothed with short brown pubescence. Leaves lanceo- 
late, nearly sessile, membranous, narrowed gradually from the middle 
to both ends, 2-3 in. long, glabrous above, ciliated on the ribs, especially 
the midrib below ; stipules membranous, brown, deltoid, persistent, 
each with 1-3 awns. Flowers solitary, nearly sessile in the axils of the 
leaves. Corolla not seen. Drupe the size of a small pea, crowned by 
the minute lanceolate ciliated calyx-teeth. Pyrenes two. 
Seychelles, in woods of Mahe. Horne , 253 ! Endemic. 
I have no means of identifying P. psathuroides, DC. Prod. iv. 518, described from 
imperfect specimens gathered in Mauritius by Bory de Saint Vincent. 
23. PSATHURA, Comm. 
Calyx-tube broadly funnel-shaped ; teeth 5, small, deltoid, persistent. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, pilose at the throat ; lobes 5, lanceolate, as loDg 
as the tube ; anthers 5, small, oblong, nearly sessile at the throat of 
the corolla-tube. Ovary 5-6-celled ; style filiform, with 5-6 short lobes 
at the tip. Fruit a small globose drupe, with 4-6 dry triquetrous 
pyrenes. — Shrubs, with small whitish flowers in axillary cymes or 
