84 LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). [ Bertiera. 
4. B. africana, A. Rich. in Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. p. 255 
(1834). Ashrub of 5 or 6 feet. Branches pilose-bispid, at length 
glabrate. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, more or less acuminate, rounded 
or subcordate at the base, pubescent or glabrescent above, paler and 
more pubescent at least on the veins beneath, 6-9 by 13-34 in.; lateral 
veins 8-12 on each side of the midrib, pubescent; petiole }-$ in.; 
stipules about 1-12 in. long or rather more, long-sheathing, free parts 
lanceolate. Flowers 3 in. long or more, slender, subsessile, several 
together, in fascicles along elongated terminal spikes 4-8 in. long. 
Bracteoles small. Calyx very small in flower, 5-toothed ; teeth shorter 
than the disk, obtuse. Corolla-limb 5-fid, hairy inside ; lobes ovate, 
pointed, dextrorsely contorted. Anthers inserted at the top of the 
corolla-throat. Style filiform-clavate, glabrous; branches 2, com- 
pressed, lanceolate-oblong. Berry subglobose, } in. diameter, marked 
with two shallow longitudinal furrows.—Pomatium spicatum, Geortn. f. 
Carp. iii. p. 252, t. 225, f. 10; B. Pomatium, Benth. in Hook. Niger 
Fl. p. 394; Genipa labiata, Smeathm. in Hb. Mus. Brit., and ex DC. 
Prodr. iv. p. 391; Wendlandia pilosa, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iii. p. 519. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Smeathman! Th. Vogel! G. Don! Senegambia, 
Perrottet and Leprieur, Heudelot ! 
5. B. macrocarpa, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p, 394. A nearly 
glabrous shrub or appressedly pubescent on the branchlets veins of leaves 
and infloresence. Leaves oval-oblong, acuminate, usually subcordate at 
the base, 4-13 by 14-43 in.; lateral veins 8-11 on each side of the 
midrib ; petiole wat in.; stipules #-1 in. long, connate at the base, 
ovate-lanceolate. Flowers greenish or white, 4-8 in. long, shortly 
edicellate in thyrsoid oblong pedunculate at length drooping cymes. 
racteoles ovate, small. Calyx-limb hemispherical, wider than the 
lower part, 5-toothed, glabrescent, J-4 in. diameter. Corolla-tube 
puberulous, rather thick; limb 4—5-lobed, pubescent inside ; lobes 
ovate-acuminate, dextrorsely contorted in the bud. Anthers subsessile, 
obtusely sagittate at the base. Berry globose or ellipsoidal, }-3 ™ 
diameter, crowned by the persistent calyx-limb. Seeds angular, 
compressed.— Wendlandia racemosa, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iii. p. 519. 
Upper Guinea. Prince's Island, Barter! Mann! Welwitsch! Niger Expedi- 
tion, at Brass, Barter’; Old Calabar, Rev. W. C. Thomson! Sierra Leone, leaves 
not cordate, G. Don ! 
6. B. bracteolata, Hiern. Puberulous, shrubby. Branches 
patent, reddish brown, terete. Leaves oval, subacuminate, cuspidate, 
rounded at the base, 3-5 by 14-24 in., shortly pubescent on the petiole 
and veins beneath; lateral veins about 5-6 on each side of the midrib ; 
petiole 3-} in.; stipules connate and shortly sheathing, appressé ly 
pubescent or puberulous, about } in. long, ovate-lanceolate. Flowers 
sessile or shortly pedicellate on the short patent lateral branches of the 
oblong thyrsoid pedunculate cymes which measure about 3-5 in. longi 
bracteoles lanceolate and filiform, at the base of the calyx, exceeding 1 
in flower, about equalling the fruit ; bracts at the base of the primary 
branches of the cyme filiform, 3-3 in. long. Calyx small, shortly 
