Lricalysia, | LXX. RUBIACEH (HIERN). 119 
Axils of the lateral veins of the leaves hairy. 
Flowers 3-10 together. 
Leaves more or less narrowed towards the base. 16. 7. niamniamensis. 
Leaves rounded or slightly hollowed at the base 17. 7. djurensis. 
Axils of the lateral veins of the leaves glabrous or 
nearly so. Flowers 1-3 or few together. 
Corolla-lobes obtuse. 
Leaves more or less pubescent, subchartaceous 18. 7. jasminiflora. 
Leaves nearly glabrous thinly and firmly 
coriaceous . . . . . se ee «19. TZ. crassifolia. 
Corolla-lobes subacute. Leaves glabrate . . 20. 7. Kirkii. 
(Imperfectly known species cee ee . 21. T. angolensis.) 
1. T. Sonderiana, Hiern. A small glabrous glossy shrub, with 
pale branches. Leaves elliptical, obtuse or minutely apiculate at the 
apex, wedge-shaped at the base, coriaceous, shortly petiolate, 14-34 
by 3-13 in. ; lateral veins about 4-5 pairs, inconspicuous, at an acute 
angle with the midrib; stipules shortly deltoid, apiculate. Flowers 
pentamerous, 4-2 in. long, on pedicels of }-4 in., about 4 together in 
sessile or subsessile corymbs. Calyx-limb deeply lobed, glabrous. 
Corolla.tube glabrous outside ; throat densely shaggy ; hairs exserted. 
Fruit } in. diam. Style glabrous. Connective produced beyond the 
anther-cells.—Kraussia coriacea, Sonder in Linnea, xxiii. p. 54 (1850) ; 
Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. p. 23. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesia, Luabo River, in fruit, Kirk / 
Occurs also in Natal. 
2. I. ovalifolia, Hiern. A dense bush, 2 metres high, glabrous, 
glossy. Branches pale, whitish. Leaves oval, obtuse, obtusely nar- 
rowed or nearly rounded at the base, thinly and firmly coriaceous, 
2-3) by 1-14 in.; lateral veins about 6-7 pairs, not conspicuous, 
at an angle of about 45° with the midrib ; petiole very short ; stipules 
shortly ovate with a long rigid apiculus. Flowers pentamerous, 4-3 in. 
long, on pedicels of 4-# in. long, subsolitary or about 4-6 together in 
Subsessile or sessile corymbs ; bracteoles ovate or lanceolate, small. 
Calyx-limb cleft, glabrous. Corolla-tube glabrous outside; throat 
densely hairy ; lobes obtuse. Anther-tips apiculate. Style glabrous. 
Fruit 3-4 in. diam. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Kirk! Hildebrandt ! 
_ 3. 'T. buxifolia, Hiern. A glabrescent shrub, 3-5 feet high, with 
cmereous branches. Leaves ovate-oval, subacute or subacuminate, 
rounded at the base, coriaceous, 1-24 by 4-11 in.; lateral veins rather 
Close, parallel, inconspicuous; petiole very short; stipules very short 
Mi ha long rigid apiculus. Flowers pentamerous, pure white, $ in. 
ong, on very short pedicels, about 4 together, in abbreviated corymbs. 
racts and bracteoles ciliolate. Calyx-limb deeply lobed; lobes ciliolate, 
roundly ovate. Corolla-throat densely bearded without, hairs: not 
€xserted. Anther-tips long, slender. Style glabrous. Fruit 4 in. diam. 
Perhaps immature). 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Ambriz, Monteiro ! 
