142 LXX. RUBIACER (HIERN). [ Canthium. 
hispid. Corolla-tube glabrous outside (glabrous: also inside when 
young); lobes 5, subobtuse. Disk hispidulous. Style glabrous, far 
exserted ; stigma calyptriform. 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 
24, ©. rubens, Hiern. A nearly glabrous unarmed climbing 
shrub. Branches obtusely angular, erect, patent. Leaves oval, shortly 
and acutely acuminate, with a broad rather hollowed base, or those at 
the base of the branchlets subreniform, coriaceous, glabrous except 
the appressedly puberulous midrib and 7-8 pairs of lateral veins and 
their axils, turning reddish in the dry state, 21-5 by 24-3 in. ; petioles 
3-5 in., puberulous or glabrescent; stipules ovate, acute, 4 in. long, 
glabrous outside, hairy inside. Flowers } in. long, on rather shorter 
pubescent pedicels, in dichotomous corymbose bracteate panicles of 
1-1} in. diameter ; common peduncle shortly pubescent, 3-4 in. long. 
Calyx glabrous or nearly so, except the 5 teeth which are covered with 
short golden-coloured hairs. Corolla glabrous outside ; throat bearded ; 
lobes 5, glabrous, subacute, ovate. Disk hairy. Stigma calyptriform, 
exserted. 
Upper Guinea. Bagroo River, Mann! 
25. ©. foetidum, Hiern. A glabrous unarmed shrub, much 
resembling OC. zanzibaricum, Kl. Branches terete, rather compress 
towards the extremities. Leaves oval, scarcely acuminate, apiculate, 
coriaceous, turning rather red when dry, rather paler beneath, round 
or nearly so at the base, 4-6 by 1}-21 in.; lateral veins about 7-8 
pairs, not prominent; petiole 34 in.; stipules lanceolate-subulate from 
a broad ovate base, 4-8 in. long, deciduous. Flowers } in. long; 
5-merous, on glabrous pedicels of about } in., many together, in dense 
dichotomous panicles of about 1 in. diameter; common peduncle 
glabrous, 4-3 in. long, with a small ovate glabrous bracteole at apex 
Calyx glabrous, campanulate-turbinate; limb 5-toothed ; teeth small, 
acute. Corolla-tube hairy inside ; throat not densely bearded. Disk 
shortly hairy. Style much exserted, glabrous at least above; stigmé 
mitriform. 
South Central? Muata Manja, ‘flowers with most abominable smell,’ Kirk! 
26. G. Afzelianum, Hiern. A much branched glossy shrub of 
moderate size. Branches opposite, spreading, angular, somew 
dilated at the nodes, glabrous. Leaves oval, obtusely acuminate, 
usually wedge-shaped at the base, glabrous, thinly coriaceous, of nearly 
the same colour on both surfaces, not turning red, 3-5 by 1}-23 m5 
lateral veins about 6-7 pairs, slender ; tertiary veins not conspicuous ; 
petiole }-4 in.; stipules deltoid, subapiculate, y2—} in. long. Flowers 
tetramerous, 4-4 in. long, about equalling the arching puberulous 
pedicels, many together, in dense dichotomous pedunculate axillary 
panicles of 1-2 in. diameter; common peduncle ranging up tO ara 
puberulous. Calyx puberulous; limb subtruncate or obscurely * 
toothed. Corolla yellowish white, glabrous outside, pubescent ins! 
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