48 LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). [ Virecta. 
Leaves linear-spathulate or oblanceolate. Flowers 
tetramerous . 2. . . 1 ee ee ee ee 8. Vi angustifolia. 
Stipules terminated by 3-4 setaceous tecth . . . . . 4. V. setigera. 
1. V. multiflora, Smith in Rees Cycl. xxxvii. n. 4. A tricho- 
tomously branched and divaricate rigid herb, 1-3 feet high, 
patently pilose and appressedly pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, acute, 
attenuate to a shortly petiolate base; 4-3 by }+l in.; stipules 2 
together, narrowly lanceolate. Cymes }+1 in. long; branches 
crowded, spiciform. Flowers unilateral, about 4 in. long, white or 
pink, very shortly pedicellate. Calyx-lobes 5, filiform, setose-pilose, 
unequal, the longest } in. long or more. Corolla-tube narrowly 
funnel-shaped ; lobes narrowly lanceolate, pilose outside. Filaments 
long, slender. Disk consisting of two diverging or erect narrow cones. 
Style much exserted.—Phyteumoides hirsuta, Smeathm. ex DC. Prodr. 
iv. p. 414 (1820). 
Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter!; Sierra Leone, Smeathman! Dr. Barry! 
Guest ! Afzelius ! (in Hb. Smith). 
Sipanea angustifolia, A. Rich. ex DC. Prodr. iv. p. 414 et in Mém. Soe. Hist. 
Nat. Par. v. p. 276 (1834), from the coast of Angola has been doubtfully referred to 
this species ; it is unknown to me, but the characters given do not agree. 
2.'V. procumbens, Smith in Rees Cycl. xxxvii. n. 2. 
Stem procumbent at least in some states, elongated, more or less 
hirsute. Leaves ovate, scarcely acute, narrowed at the base, appres- 
sedly- hairy especially beneath ; 4-14 by 3-2 in.; petiole pubescent, 
3-1 in. ; stipules solitary, entire, narrow. Flowers 4-4 in. long, fasci- 
culate in the uppermost axils, shortly pedunculate, pentamerous, 
apparently dimorphic. Calyx-lobes spathulate, pilose-ciliate at the 
apex. Corolla bristly ; lobes narrowly lanceolate, acute, } in. lung. 
Stamens 5-7, prominent ; anthers purplish. Disk consisting of a trun- 
cate pone Fruit subglobose 51, in. diameter.—Virecta(sp.), Afzel. ex 
m. lc. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! G. Don! ; Bagroo River, Mann! 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! ? Angola ex A. Richard. 
Sipanea elatior, A. Rich. ex DC. Prodr. iv. p. 415 et in Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. 
v. p. 276 (1834), i.e., Virecta? elatior, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 415, i.e. Pentas elatior, Benth. 
in Hook. Niger Fi. p. 402 ex Walp. Repert. vi. p. 57 (1846-7), has been doubtfully 
referred to this species, but the characters given do not agree. 
3. V. angustifolia, Hiern. Erect herb, 2-4 in. high, with fibrous 
apparently annual root, simple or with few spreading pilose-hispid 
branches. Leaves linear-spathulate or oblanceolate, obtuse, glabrous 
or nearly so above, sparingly pilose-hispid beneath, attenuate at the 
base ; 4-2 by j-} in.; petiole ranging up to } in.; stipules solitary, 
entire, small. Flowers few together, shortly pedunculate in the upper 
axils, } in. long, tetramerous. Calyx-lobes linear or narrowly lanceo- 
late, falling far short of the glabrous corolla. Corolla-lobes lanceolate. 
Disk consisting of a truncated cone. Fruit subglobose, 75-3 i: 
diameter. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, on rocks in rivers, 19 N. Lat., Mann! 
4. V. setigera, Hiern. Creeping or prostrate herb; branches often 
rooting below, shortly pubescent above, ranging up to a foot in height. 
