114 LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). [ Zygoon. 
odorous, subprecocious, small, sessile, hermaphrodite flowers, crowded 
in dense lateral clusters. 
A new monotypic genus, with much the habit of Hmpogona, Hook. f., but differing 
from it by the absence of style-branches and by the arrangement of the ovules. 
1. Z. graveolens, Hiern. Branches patent or erect-patent, gla- 
brescent ; young parts rather velvety. Leaves not fully developed at 
the time of flowering, somewhat narrowed at both ends, about 14 by 
3 in. or smaller, turning blackish green in the dry state. Flowers 
when expanded 3-2 in. long, }-4 in. long just before expansion, of @ 
heavy odour (Dr. Kirk); bracteoles whitish, like the calyx-lobes, 
small. Calyx ?, in. long. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped ; lobes }~4 in. 
long. Style exserted by 4-4 in. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi-land, Tette, Shiramba, and at the Shire Cataracts, 
alt. 500 feet, Kirk! 
36. GALINIERA, Del.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 91. 
Calyx small; tube campanulate; limb short, wider, with 5 small 
teeth, persistent. Corolla subrotate; tube very short; throat pubes- 
cent ; lobes 5, oval, obtuse, dextrorsely contorted in sstivation as 
regarded from inside. Stamens 5, inserted at the top of the corolla- 
tube ; filaments very short, flat; anthers linear, glabrous, dorsifixed, 
acuminate, exserted. Disk inconspicuous. Ovary 2-celled ; style 
deeply bilobed, shortly pilose; lobes compressed, rather dilated; 
ovules 2, collateral, pendulous from the apex of each cell. Fruit 
baccate, 2-celled; cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds pendulous, with a small 
aril; testa plicate adhering to the ruminated albumen; embry? 
transverse, rather elongated——A shrub or small tree, with opposite 
petiolate leaves, deltoid stipules, and rather small flowers in short 
axillary cymes. 
A monotypic genus. 
1. G. coffeoides, Del. in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 2, xx. p. 92, t.1, f 6. 
Puberulous or nearly glabrous, about 10 feet high. Leaves elliptic- 
oblong, acuminate at both ends, chartaceous, 4-8 by 14-23 in. ; lateral 
veins about 11-14 pairs ; petiole 8-4 in.; stipules }4 in., acuminate. 
Flowers }-% in. diameter. Bracteoles small. Calyx puberulous, $ 1 
diameter. Stamens and style (including stigmas) about } in. long: 
Fruit 4 in. diameter.—Ferret et Galinier, Voyage en Abyssinie, in. 
p. 188, t. 6 (1847) ; Pouchetia sazifraga, Hochst. in. Hb. Schimp. 
Abyss. ii. n. 863 (“ forsan genus distinctum ‘ Ptychostigma’. - - ”) 
(1842); A. Rich. Fl, Abyss. i. p. 355; Ptychostigma saaifragu™ 
Hochst. in. Hb. Schimp. Abyss. iii. n. 1586 (1844). 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Roth!, Ferret and Galinier. 
37. EMPOGONA, Hook. f.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. it 
p. 94. 
Calyx-tube subglobose, densely pubescent; limb deeply lobed 
lobes 5 ovate small. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube rather sho 
