Tarenna. | LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). 91 
when open exclusive of the style which is exserted as much, nearly 
+ in. in full bud, very shortly pedicellate, in much-branched terminal 
cymes. Calyx j), in. long, shortly pubescent, shortly cleft. Corolla 
glabrous outside; tube narrowly funnel-shaped ; limb spreading 
3-8 in. diam. Anthers 3+} in. long. Style shortly pubescent. Berry 
gin. diam.—Stylocoryne nitidula, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 390, n. 2. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Th. Vogel! Whitfield! Barter! Afzelius! 
Var. Afzelii. Calyx-lobes rounded, ciliolate, contorted in the same direction as 
the corolla-lobes. 
Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 
6. T. congensis, Hiern. A glabrous much branched shrub with 
smooth roundedly four-sided branches. Leaves elliptical, shortly acu- 
minate, subapiculate, narrowed at the base, glossy, brown in the dry 
state, 14 by 2-13 in.; margins narrowly reflexed; lateral veins 4-6 
on each side of midrib; petiole +4,-4 in.; stipules broadly ovate, 
apiculate, +1, in. long. Flower-buds pentamerous, ? in. long, pedicel- 
late, numerous, in terminal cymes. Calyx shortly and obtusely lobed ; 
ahs sarrowly contorted dextrorsely at base. Style glabrous. Ovules 
veral., 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 
?. T. pallidula, Hiern. A glabrous rather pallid shrub, 8 ft. high. 
Branches terete, smooth. Leaves oval, acuminate, somewhat narrowed 
at the base, suboblique, of a rather dull pallid green colour when dry, 
2-65 by 13-21 in. ; margins narrowly reflexed ; lateral veins 4-6, 
slender ; petiole 2-1 in.; stipules short, the breadth of the branch, 
mucronate, about # in. long. Flower-buds } in., very shortly pedicel- 
» &-6-merous, in terminal cymes. Calyx shortly tubular, with short 
emg teeth. Style glabrous. Ovary-cells many-ovuled. Fruit } in. 
Upper Guinea. River Kongui, Mann! 
te 8. T, tetramera, Hiern. A glabrous shrub, 1-3 ft. high. Stem 
vii Leaves obovate-elliptical, narrowly and obtusely acuminate, 
ternate at the base, firmly chartaceous, ranging up to 8 by 3 in.; 
“eral veins about 10 pairs, slender ; petiole to 1} in.; stipules broadly 
ite keeled above, apiculate, 1+ in. Flowers tetramerous, ~—} 10. 
*ng When expanded exclusive of the style, on short pedicels, in dense 
“minal and subterminal sessile or pedunculate corymbs of 1-2 in. 
tm. Calyx-limb 4-cleft ; lobes obtuse. Corolla glabrous except the 
escent throat ; lobes roundly oval, ;°; in. long, obtuse. Anthers 
sind. Shorter. Disk glabrous. Style exserted by $—$ Im., very 
vided glabrous except the minutely pnberulous clavate stigma, undi- 
ae Ovules 2 together, collateral, orbicular, impressed on the convex 
nee of the fleshy placentas. 
(Bow ePer Guinea. Gaboon River (flowers shorter), Mann! Sierra del Crystal 
8 larger), Mann! 
hi 4 T. grandifiora, Hiern. A glabrous arborescent shrub, 10 ft. 
wel * _ Leaves elliptical or obovate-oblong, abruptly acumi ate, 
8e-shape | at the base, membranous, rather glossy, 2-8 by 1-32 in. ; 
