90 LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). [ Tarenna. 
somewhat hairy. Corolla salver-shaped, pubescent outside, glabrous 
inside; limb } in. diam.; lobesrounded. Anthers sublinear, glabrous, 
inserted at the throat, filaments short. Ovary pubescent, 2-celled; 
ovules 4 together, impressed on the fleshy placentas ; style bilobed. 
Mozamb. Distr. At Tettc, local name “ Goocoo,” Peters! 
3. T. nilotica, Hiern. A shrub, 20 ft. high. Branches dull- 
reddish, glabrate, terete, somewhat compressed and shortly pubescent 
towards the extremities. Leaves oval or somewhat obovate, acuminate, 
wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, glabrous above, shortly pubes- 
cent beneath, 3-9 by 14-4 in.; lateral veins about 10 pairs; petiole 
4-1} in., shortly pubescent; stipules broadly ovate, connate at the 
base, subapiculate, keeled above, } in long, caducous. Flowers penta- 
merous, + in. long when expanded exclusive of the style which 1s 
exserted as far, without smell, on very short hirsute pedicels, in dense 
hemispherical sessile (orsubsessile and pedunculate) corymbs of 2-3 1n. 
diam. Calyx 5-cleft, hirsute, 33; in. long; teeth ovate. Corolla salver- 
shaped, glabrous outside, pubescent within the throat; lobes oval- 
oblong, } in. long, glabrous on both sides, spreading. Anthers } in. 
long, acute, exserted ; filaments 4, in. long. Style pubescent below. 
Ovules about 4 together. 
Wile Land. Niamniam-land, at Nabambisso and Beddo, Schweinfurth ! 
4. T. conferta, Hiern. A puberulous shrub, 5-15 ft. high. 
Leaves oval or somewhat obovate, cuspidate-acuminate, wedge-shape 
at the base, chartaceous, glossy and glabrescent above, 3-7 by 1-3 in, 
or sometimes smaller; lateral veins 6-10 on each side of the midrib, 
slender, narrowly depressed on the upper surface; margins sub- 
reflexed ; petioles ranging up to 1 in., shortly and appressedly pubes- 
cent; stipules deltoid, caudate-apiculate, +4 in., erect. Flowers 
pentamerous, shortly pedicellate, in dense closely branched terminal 
cymes, fragrant, about 4 in. long exclusive of the style which 1s 
exserted as much. Calyx 3 in. long, shortly pubescent, green, acutely 
cleft. Corolla white or cream-coloured or greenish-white, glabrous out- 
side pubescent inside; tube narrowly funnel-shaped ; limb spreading, 
3-4 in. diam., glabrous; lobes elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Anthers } in. long. 
Style pubescent below. Berry glabrate, + in. diam. or rather larger, 
pale green.—Stylocuryne conferta, Benth. in Hook. Niger FI. p. 389. 
Upper Guinea. Niger, by the Nun River, 7h. Vogel! Barter! Brass, Barter! 
Fernando Po, Mann! 
A specimen in young fruit from Onitsha, Niger (Barter /), with rather smaller 
obtuse-based leaves which do not turn so dark a colour in the dry state and with less 
dense cymes, apparently belongs to a new species nearly allied to this one. 
5. ©. nitidula, Hiern. A shrub, glabrate except the inflores- 
sence. Leaves narrowly elliptical, acuminate into a long narrow acute 
apex, wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, glossy, 8-6 by 1-2 in., OF 
the uppermost smaller; margins nearly flat ; lateral veins 6-10 on each 
side of the midrib; petioles ranging up to 4 in.; stipules deltoid, 
apiculate, hairy inside, 3-3 in. long. Flowers pentamerous, } in. long 
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