122 LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). [ Tricalysia. 
1l. © gabonica, Hiern. A shrub with shortly pubescent 
branches. Leaves oblanceolate, shortly acuminate, subapiculate, 
wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, glabrescent except the midrib, 
1}-3 by 4-1 in.; lateral veins about 5 pairs, inconspicuous; petiole 
q5-4 in.; stipules very short, with an apiculus of ,-¢ in. Flowers 
small, subsessile, 3-6 together, axillary. Calyx hairy outside, sub- 
truncate, with 5 small teeth. Epicalyx single or nearly so. Corolla- 
tube glabrous outside; lobes 5, apiculate. Filaments short or long. 
Ovules 2 together. Style hairy. 
Upper Guinea. Gaboon River, 1° N. lat., Mann! 
12. ©. okelensis, Hiern. A shrub, 20 ft. high; branches 
glabrous, rather pale. Leaves narrowly elliptical or somewhat lanceo- 
late, scarcely acuminate, attenuate at the shortly petiolate base, thinly 
coriaceous, glabrous, 4-5 by 14-2 in.; lateral veins about 4-5, usually 
with little pits in the axils; tertiary veins oblique, not conspicuous ; 
stipules short, subtruncate, apiculate, persistent. Flowers 5—7-merous, 
rather larger than is usual in this genus, on very short pedicels, 
several together, in axillary clusters. Calyx shortly pubescent, sub- 
truncate, calyculate at the base; limb persistent. Corolla-lobes 
narrow, acute, 3-% in. long, longer than the tube; throat bearded. 
Anthers } in. long. Style 2-3-cleft, somewhat hairy above. Ovary 
apparently 2-3-celled with a few ovules together. Berry 3 in. diam. 
yellow, at length red, glabrate except the persistent calyx-limb which 
is about 2 in. long, 2-3-celled or, by the addition of spurious (?) di8- 
sepiments, with more cells. Seeds 1-9, angular; testa finely grand- 
lated ; albumen white.—Iasianthus okelensis, Schweinfurth in Herb. 
Wile Land. Djur-land, by Okel, Schweinfurth! 
13. TZ. biafrana, Hiern. A glabrous shrub of 12 ft. or a small 
tree of 20 ft. Branches smooth, black or ashy. Leaves oval-ovate 
acuminate, rather abruptly wedge-shaped at the base, thinly corl@ 
ceous, glossy,4-7 by 13-23 in.; lateral veins about 6-7 pairs; tertiary 
veins transverse; petiole 4 in.; stipules short, truncate, with a? 
apiculus of 4-} in. long. Flowers about } in. long, shortly pedicel- 
late, numerous, on dense abbreviated axillary and lateral panicles. 
Bracteoles cup-shaped, ciliolate, constituting an epicalyx. Calyx 
truncate, glabrous. Corolla glabrous except the bearded throat, lobes 
6-5, apiculate. Anthers versatile; filaments long, shortly apiculate. 
Style glabrous. Ovules 2 together. 
Upper Guinea. Ambas Bay, Mann! Cameroon Mountains, alt. 500 ft., Man" / 
Old Calabar River, Mann ! 
14. fT. micrantha, Hiern. A nearly glabrous shrub, with 
rather slender branches. Leaves oval, shortly and obtusely acuminate, 
obtuse at the base or nearly so, thinly coriaceons, glabrous, shining; 
shortly petiolate, 3-5 by 14-24 in.; lateral veins about 4-5 pairs; 
stipules subtruncate, (shortly) apiculate. Flowers } in. long, subses- 
sile, about 3-6 together, in abbreviated axillary panicles ; bracteoles 
