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1. N. diversifolia, Tenore ; Waljp. Ann. i. 531. A low shrub, 
with slender branehlets, clothed at first with thin ferruginous tomen- 
tum. Leaves distinctly petioled, oblong or roundish, cuneate at the 
base, obtuse or acute, entire or repand, membranous, at first ferrugineo- 
tomentose, but soon glabrescent. Flowers 2-6 in short-peduncled 
axillary clusters. Calyx ferruginous, £ hi. long ; teeth linear, shorter 
than the tube. Corolla under % inch long ; lobes nearly round. Drupe 
roundish, tomentose, ^ in. long. Seeds many, black. Buddleia diversi- 
folia, Vahl : Benth. in DC. JProd. x. 445. B. indica, Dam. 
Mauritius, plentiful near Moka, etc. Also Madagascar. Vigne Malgache. 
3. BUDDLEIA, Linn. 
Calyx small, campanulate, 4-toothed. Corolla hypocrateriform, with 
a cylindrical tube and 4 short obtuse lobes, imbricated in bud. Stamens 
4, inserted at the throat of the tube. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules many in 
a cell ; style entire, clavate. Fruit a septicidal capsule. — Trees or 
shrubs, often tomentose, with opposite entire leaves and cymose flowers 
in the axils of the leaves or terminal panicles. Distrib. Bound the 
world in the warmer zones. Species 60-70. 
1. B. madagascariensis, Lam. ; Benth. in DC. Brod. x. 447. 
Stems and leaves below clothed with persistent rusty or white tomen- 
tuml Leaves distinctly petioled, oblong, acute, 3-5 in. long, rounded 
or cordate at the base, subcoriaceous, glossy green and glabrous above. 
Cymes in a narrow terminal panicle \-l foot long, with tomentose 
branches. Flowers sessile, in two or threes at the end of the branch- 
lets ; bracts small, linear. Calyx y 1 ^ in. long, campanulate ; teeth 
deltoid. Corolla yellow, f in. long, tomentose on the outside ; lobes 
oblong, obtuse, horizontal. Bot. Mag. t. 2824. B. heterophylla, Lindl. 
Bot. Beg. t. 1259. 
Rodriguez, in the valley of the Riviere Acacie, Balfour ! Also Madagascar and 
Bourbon. Vigne Malgache. 
4. G-ENIOSTOMA, Forst. 
Calyx minute, with a funnel-shaped tube and 5 lanceolate teeth. 
Corolla broadly funnel-shaped, with a short tube and 5 lanceolate 
teeth, which are hairy down the face and contorted in aestivation. 
Stamens 5, inserted on the throat of the corolla; filaments short; anthers 
linear, with the connective produced beyond the cells. Ovary 2-celled ; 
ovules many in each cell ; style short, filiform ; stigma capitate. Fruit 
a fusiform firm capsule, splitting into two valves from top to bottom. 
Seeds many, ovoid, wingless. — Shrubs, with opposite leaves, small 
deltoid intrapetiolar stipules and flowers in copious axillary usually 
sessile fascicles or cymes. Distrib. Tropics of the Old World. 
Species about 10. 
Leaves 2-4 inches long 
1. G. BORBONICUM. 
