Hymenodictyon. | LXX. RUBIACEH (HIERN). 45 
with 6-7 slender lateral veins on each side of the midrib; 2-6 by 
1-3 in.; petiole 1-2 in.; upper internode rather short ; stipules short, 
rounded. Bracts opposite elliptical 2-3 by ?-1, pure white, on stalks 
ofabout 1 in. Inflorescence 3-6 in., dense ; pale purple. Calyx-lobes 
narrowly linear, 7, in. long. Corolla } in. long. Capsule }—3 by 
+4 in., on stalks of 4-2 in. Wings of the seeds much elongated. 
Upper Guinea. Princes Island, Barter! (rocky islets) ; Cameroons Mountains, 
alt. 4500 ft., Mann ! 
Fruits in February. 
6. CORYNANTHE, Welw.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
PL. ii. p. 36. 
Calyx-tube ovoid or sub-globose ; lobes 5, lanceolate-subulate, per- 
sistent. Corolla funnel-shaped; lobes 5, flat, widely ovate, subacute, 
furnished at the back near the apex with an elongated club-shaped 
appendix, induplicate-valvate in westivation. Stamens 5, inserted at the 
throat of the corolla; anthers sessile, glabrous, exserted, linear-oblong 3 
cells elongated at the base. Ovary 2-celled; style filiform ; stigma 
just exserted, clavate ; ovules numerous, ascending. Capsule oblong, 
coriaceous, loculicidally bivalved. Seeds numerous, compressed 5 testa 
Produced into elongated repand-dentate membranous wings, undivided 
at the apex, bipartite at the base.—Monotypic. A tree or large shrub, 
glabrous in most parts, with opposite petiolate, coriaceous, evergreen 
leaves, elongated caducous stipules, and small whitish flowers arranged 
ma terminal trichotomous panicle, the lowest branches of which 
however are verticillate. 
1.6. paniculata, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxvii. p. 37, t. 
14 (1869). A tree of 25-40 ft. or a shrub of 12-15 ft. Leaves 
oblong somewhat obovate or ovate-lanceloate, obtusely acuminate, 
narrowed at the base, with 7-8 lateral veins on each side of the 
Clearly marked midrib, 2-5 by 2-24 in.; petiole 44 in.; stipules 
ovate-lanceolate, rather obtuse. Inflorescence ovoid, about 3-4 in. long 
and wide, Capsule }-3 by yo-4 in. Seeds } in. long. 
ier Guinea. Golungo Alto, Cazengo and Dembos, Welwitsch ! (a magnificent 
» with the habit of Olea latifolia; Congo, Chr. Smith ! (a shrub of 12-16 feet). 
sus ny Mi lwitsch, Apontamentos, p. 568 (1859). Cfr. Rubiacea, Welw. 1. c. p. 590, 
The timber is good for building. 
’. CROSSOPTERYX, Fenzl; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 41. 
1 Calyx short, broadly oblong, with 4—6 short obtuse erect deciduous 
t *- Corolla salver-shaped, hairy outside, glabrous inside; tube 
Sender, straight ; limb spreading 4—6 lobed, dextrorsely contorted in 
“stivation (as seen from inside). Stamens 4-6, subsessile, glabrous, 
inserted at the throat of the corolla; anthers lanceolate, oblong, 
“Piculate ; cells apiculate at base. Disk annular. Ovary 2-celled; 
viyle filiform, exserted; stigma clavate, bilobed; cells with several 
manos Peltately attached. Capsule crustaceous, globose, 2-celled, 
