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LOGANIACEvE. 
\Genio stoma. 
Leaves under an inch long. 
Pedicels long. Leaves cuneate at the base .... 2. G. pedunculatum. 
Pedicels short. Leaves cordate or broadly rounded at 
the base 3. G. cordifolium. 
1. G. borbonicum, Spreng. Syst. i. 588. A mucli-branched glabrous 
shrub, 10-12 feet high, with slender terete branchlets. Leaves con- 
fined to the end of the branches, distinctly petioled, obovate-oblong, 
obtuse or subacute, subcoriaceous, 3-4 in. long, cuneate at the base, 
turning black in drying. Flowers up to a dozen in copious axillary 
fascicles or short peduncled cymes with spreading branches ; pedicels 
•i—J in. long, with a pair of small persistent lanceolate bracts remote 
from the calyx. Calyx T x ¥ in. long ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla i~i in - 
long ; tube very short ; teeth spreading, yellowish-white. Capsule 
f in. long, the valves recurving and leaving the placenta in the axis. 
Gr. obovatum, Bojer ; Benth. in Journ. Linn . Soc. i. 96. 
Mauritius, frequent in woods through the island. Also Bourbon and Madagas- 
car. G. ovaturn , Bojer ; DC. Prod. ix. 26. is a variety with thinner more acute leaves, 
and smaller flowers and fruit ; and G. lanceolatum , Bojer ; DC. loc. cit., a similar 
form with lanceolate leaves [narrowed to point and base. G. angustifolium, Bojer ; 
DC. loc. cit. of which I have not seen authentic examples, is probably another 
variety. Bois Piment. 
2. G. pedunculatum, ifo/er ; A. DC. Prod. ix. 28. A much-branched 
low shrub, with very slender shortly pilose branchlets. Leaves distinctly 
petioled, obovate-cuneate, membranous, obtuse, glabrous, f-f in. long. 
Flowers up to six in axillary fascicles, rarely with a common peduncle, 
on drooping thread-like pedicels \ in. long, with a pair of minute 
bracts at the middle. Calyx in. long ; teeth deltoid ; tube narrowed 
gradually into the pedicel. Corolla y 1 ^ in. long and as broad when 
expanded. Capsule fusiform, y— g in. long, tipped with the persistent 
style. Gh parvifolium, Bojer ; DC. Prod. loc. cit. 
Mauritius, in woods of Nouvelle Decouverte, Quartier Militaire, etc. Endemic. 
3. G. cordifolium, Bojer; A. DC. Prod. ix. 28. A low much-branched 
shrub, with slender shortly pilose branchlets. Leaves roundish, obtuse, 
with a broadly rounded or cordate base, subcoriaceous, y-f in. long 
and broad ; petiole distinct, very short. Flowers 3-6 in the axils of 
the leaves, on pedicels y in. long, rarely with a common peduncle. 
Calyx yV in. long ; teeth lanceolate. Corolla T X T in. long, and as broad 
when expanded. Capsule not seen. 
Mauritius, in woods of Grand Bassin and La Savanne. Endemic. 
5. NUXIA, Lam. 
Calyx small, campanulate, with 4 lanceolate teeth. Corolla hypo- 
crateriform, with a campanulate tube and 4 minute lobes imbricated in 
aestivation. Stamens 4, inserted at the throat of the corolla ; filaments 
as long as the lobes ; anther-cells divaricating. Ovary globose, 2- 
celled ; ovules many in a cell ; style cylindrical ; stigma capitate. 
