128 LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). [ Polyspheria. 
base. thinly coriaceous, 14-4 by 1-14 in.; lateral veins about 6-7 pairs; 
petiole }-# in. Flowers } in. long, sessile, many together, in dense 
sessile axillary clusters. Calyx truncate, glabrous outside. Corolla- 
lobes obtuse; throat densely bearded. 
Mozamb. Distr. About 26 miles up River Rovuma, Kirk and Meller! Monfia, 
Zanguebar Coast, Sir B. Frere! 
2. P. lanceolata, Hiern. A small glabrous shrub, with subterete 
branches. Leaves lanceolate or narrowly elliptical, acute, apiculate, 
mostly wedge-shaped at the base, thinly coriaceous, glossy, 13-35 by 
3-11 in.; lateral veins about 8 pairs; petiole 1-3 in. ; stipules short, 
very caducous, from a broad base. Flowers }—} in. long, sessile or 
subsessile, crowded, about 6 together on shortly pedunculate axillary 
clusters ; peduncles j,-} in. Calyx with 4 short teeth, puberulous. 
Corolla glabrate outside; throat densely bearded; lobes rounded, 
shorter than the tube. Berries 1-2 together, globose, glabrous, }-3 ™. 
diam. Albumen much ruminated. 
Mozamb. Distr. Shupanga, Kirk! 
Var.? obtusior, Leaves ranging up to 4 by 11 in., rather obtuse at both ends, 
not or scarcely apiculate. Peduncles ranging up to} in. Differs from P. Schwein- 
furthit by the presence of common peduncles. 
Mozamb. Distr. Right bank of Luabo, Dr. Kirk! 
3. PB. parvifolia, Hiern. A shrub, about 6 or 7 feet high, with 
glabrescent obscurely 4-sided branches and puberulous supra-axillary 
branchlets. Leaves oval or ovate, obtuse or acute, sometimes subacu- 
minate, rounded or subcordate at the base, or those below the branch- 
lets suborbicular and cordate, thinly coriaceous, glabrate above, 
pubescent or glabrescent on the midrib beneath, 3-24 by 4-1 in; 
lateral veins 4-6 pairs; petiole ,1,—4 in., pubescent ; stipules apiculate 
from a depresso-deltoid base, short, pubescent outside. Flowers }-} i1- 
long, subsessile, 3-5 together, in sessile axillary clusters. Calyx 
pubescent outside; limb shortly 4-dentate. Corolla pubescent out- 
side ; lobes 4, obtuse, short ; throat densely bearded. Berry }in. diam. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Kirk! Hildebrandt! in barren places. 
Var.? glabra. Glabrous. Leaves narrowly elliptical or ovate-oblong. Berty 
glabrous, } in. diam. 
Mozamb. Distr. Bagamoyo, Zanguebar, Kirk! 
4, P. Schweinfurthii, Hiern. A shrub, 20 feet high, mach 
branched, glabrous in most parts. Branchlets subterete. Leaves 
oblong-ovate, narrowed to the usually obtuse apex, rounded or subcor- 
date at the base, thinly coriaceous, glossy, 24-4 by 3-18 in.; lateral 
veins about 7-9 pairs, patent; petiole glabrous, y4,—4 in. ; stipules 
fagacious. Berries 1-2 together, glabrous, } in. diam., sessile or subses- 
sile, 2-celled; endocarp thin papery, whitish; seeds hemispherical ; 
albumen of the genus. Fruiting calyx persistent, puberulous, 4-toothet, 
Wile Land. Bongo-land, Schweinfurth ! 
A specimen from Mozamb. Distr., Zanzibar, glabrous, with a fruit 3 in. diam 
and leaves obtuse-based ranging up to 5 by 2 in., somewhat resembles this specle* 
but is not sufficient for determination. . 
