108 LXX. RUBIACEH (HIERN). [ Oxyanthus. 
at the base. Seeds compressed, 4+ in. long.—Bot. Mag. t. 4636. : 
Gardenia tubiflora, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 183, non A. Rich. ; Oxyanthus 
speciosus, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1992; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2,1. 371; 
Lindl. Collect. Bot. t. 13, non. DC.; O. hirsutus, DC. 1. c. n. 3; 
Ucriana racemosa, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. p. 107 ; 0. Thonningit, 
Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 388. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Wilford! Niger expedition, Barter! 
Accra, Th. Vogel! Bagroo River, Mann ! 
The fruit is beaten in a mortar and used for food (Hb. Afzelius). 
3. O. ? sulcatus, Hiern. Puberulous. Leaves oval-oblong, shortly 
acuminate, oblique and obtuse or subauriculate at the base, thinly cori- 
aceous, glabrate above, 83-6 by 14-22 in., lateral veins about 7-8 pairs ; 
petiole 1-1 in.; stipules ovate, acuminate or acute, }-# in. long, erect. 
Racemes axillary, about 1 in. long, several-flowered, puberulous ; fruit- 
ing pedicels ranging up to 2 in. ; bracteoles lanceolate, acuminate, con- 
cave. Calyx-teeth 5, subulate from a broad base. Fruit subglobose 
or pyriform-ellipsoidal, 3-3 in. diam., 10-sulcate, with longitudinal ribs, 
glabrate, green, 1-2-celled, crustaceous, tipped with the 5-cleft calyx- 
limb. Dissepiment membranous. Seeds oval, compressed, white. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! called by the natives ‘Makuta,’ 
? Smeathman ! Stormont! 
4. O. rubriflorus, Hiern. A puberulous shrub. Leaves ovate- 
oblong, acuminate, obliquely rounded at the base, glabrate above, 
puberulous on the veins beneath, coriaceous, 6—7 by 2-2} in., lateral 
veins about 9-10 pairs; petiole 4-4 in., puberulous; stipules ovate, 
erect, $ in. long, acutely acuminate. Flowers 2 in. long or rather 
longer, on short pedicels, red tipped with green, about 7 together, 12 
short racemes; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, subulate, puberulous, 
concave. Calyx puberulous, } in.; teeth subulate from an ovate base, 
$ in. long. Corolla puberulous outside; lobes § in. long. 
Upper Guinea. Abbeokuta, ‘growing on Melia Azedarach, Linn, Barter! 
5. O. speciosus, DC. in Ann. Mus. Par. ix. p. 218 (1807). 
A shrub of 12-20 feet or a tree, glabrous in most parts. Leaves ov@ 
or oval-oblong, shortly acuminate, obtuse or somewhat wedge-sha 
(rarely excavated) at the base, glossy, glabrous except the axils of the 
8-9 pairs of lateral veins beneath, firmly chartaceous, 4-9 by 13-4 in. 5 
petiole }-2 in.; stipules lanceolate, acute, +2 in. Flowers 14-23 1. 
long, on very short pedicels, 20 or more together in short dense simple 
or somewhat branched axillary racemes; bracts and bracteoles ovate, 
acuminate, concave, ciliolate or glabrous. Calyx 4 in. long, gree?) 
teeth 5, subulate, ciliolate or glabrous. Corolla glabrous, white ; lobes 
3 in. long. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit ovoid, 4-1 in. long, rounded 
somewhat narrowed at the base. Seeds } in. long.—DC. Prodr. iv. Pp 
376; neque Sims nec Ait. nec Lindl. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Smeathman! St. Thomas, G. Don! 
Welwitsch! Senegambia, Heudelot! Bonny River, Mann! Brass, Barter! old 
Calabar, Rev. W. C. Thomson ! 
