Bertiera. } LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). 83 
Leaves much acuminate, subsessile 2. B. subsessilis. 
Fruit quite glabrous soe ee 3. B. montana. 
Leaves mostly subcordate at the base. 
Pilose-hispid . 4. B. africana. 
Nearly glabrous Loe ee ee 5. B. macrocarpa. 
Bracteoles filiform, nearly equalling the fruit 6. B. bracteolata, 
Branches of the ample eyme of moderate length 7. B. laxa. 
Cymes with elongate divaricate branches. Corolla-tube 
campanulate, short. Calyx deeply lobed . . . . . 8. B. breviflora. 
1. B. wethiopica, Hiern. A pubescent shrub, with terete rather 
slender branchlets. Leaves elliptical or elliptic-oblong, subacuminate, 
subobtusely narrowed at the base, appressedly puberulous or glabrate 
above, shortly and appressedly pubescent especially on the veins be- 
neath, ciliolate, 3-6 by 14-12 in.; petiole J-} in.; lateral veins 7-8 
on each side of the midrib; stipules lanceolate, acute, appressedly and 
shortly pubescent, scarcely connate at the base, about # in. long. 
Owers . . . . Bracteoles filiform, j, in. Berry subglobose, 
+t in. diameter, shortly pubescent, crowned by the short 5-toothed 
calyx-limb, bluish grey, sessile, in clusters along the drooping pubes- 
_ iPicate shortly pedunculate cymes which measure 4-6 in. Seeds 
gular, 
Nile Lana. Niamniam-land, Schweinfurth ! 
, 2. BL subsessilis, Hiern. A shrub with appressedly pubescent 
panchlets, Leaves elliptic-oblong, much acuminate, wedge-shaped at 
vend base, glabrate above, shortly pubescent at least on the veins 
ee 3-51 by 1-14 in., subsessile; lateral veins about 8 on each 
Side of the midrib ; stipules shortly tubular, 1-4 in. long, erect, gla- 
amg free portions lanceolate. Flowers white, pale-silky, about 4 in. 
nerd in bud, sessile, in clusters along the terminal spikes. Bracteoles 
Ge — or ovate, caducous, small. Calyx } in. long; limb 5-dentate. 
i og i tubular ; limb 5-cleft, hairy inside below ; lobes ovate-lanceo- 
Kee extrorsely contorted in the bud (as seen inside). Anthers 
“ar, apiculate, subsessile, inserted at the throat of the corolla. Style 
mops lavate ; branches linear, obtuse, compressed, sulcate. Berry 
ea or less hairy, subglobose, 3-1 in. diameter, tipped by the persis- 
calyx-limb. © Seeds (immature ?) compressed, angular. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Expedition, at Brass, Barter! 
high a montana, Hiern. A smooth glabrescent shrub, 20 feet 
acumi cots appressedly pubescent. Leaves oval-oblong shortly 
obsoletel obtusely narrowed at the base, 5-9 by 14-32 in. ; margins 
tiole ©, Ciliate ; lateral veins 6-8 on each side of the midrib; pe- 
+-# in. ; stipules half sheathing, 3 in. long, puberulous outside ; 
hs Portion ovate-lanceolate. Flowers 1-2 in. long, subsessile, pendu- 
Bracteo] clusters on the oblong crowded pedunculate (erect) cymes. 
broad “ minute. Calyx green, glabrate; limb hemispherical, 
Corolla, than the lower part, very shortly 5-toothed, } in. diameter. 
hairy j White, appressedly hairy outside ; tube slender; limb 5-lobed, 
nside ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous. 
* Guinea. Fernando Po Island, Mann/, altitude 7000 feet. > 
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