150 LXX, RUBIACER (HIERN). [ Vangueria. 
subulate. Corolla-tube cylindrical, glabrous except the throat; lobes 
ovate, sub-apiculate. Anthers half exserted, puberulous. Ovary 5-3- 
celled ; style rather exceeding the corolla; stigma globular, obscurely 
lobed. Fruit glabrate, globose, }—} in. diameter. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, G. Don! Afzelius! Wilford! Niger, Nupe, 
Barter! Bagroo River, Mann ! 
6. V. euonymoides, Schweinf. mss. in Herb. A nearly glabrous 
unarmed shrub, 10-20 feet high. Branches terete, glabrous, reddish 
or ashy brown; branchlets usually alternate. Leaves oval or somewhat 
ovate, obtusely acuminate, more or less obliquely narrowed at the base, 
chartaceous, glabrate above, paler with little hairy tufts in the (glan- 
dular) axils of the 4-6 pairs of lateral veins beneath, 1-3 by 3-1} in.; 
petiole }-1 in., glabrate; stipules subulate-apiculate from a broad 
subtruncate base, glabrous, 4 in. long. Flowers 4—} in. long, glabrous 
outside, on pedicels about equalling them in flower and exceeding them 
in fruit, 2-3 together; common peduncle ranging up to 4 in., glabrous, 
bibracteolate at the top. Calyx-limb truncate. Corolla campanulate, 
glabrous except the deflexedly bearded throat; lobes 5. Anthers 
subsessile, exserted, glabrous or very nearly so. Stigma shortly 
exserted, capitate, 5-lobed ; ovary 5-celled. Fruit 5-3-celled and -ribbed, 
4 in. long. 
Upper Guinea. Muni River, 1° N. Lat., Mann! Gambia, Purk! 
Wile Land. Djur-land, Ghattas, Schweinfurth ! 
Lower Guinea. Loango, Soyaux! 
A specimen from Delagoa Bay, collected by Forbes, resembles this species, but 
differs by rather smaller leaves and by a 3-celled ovary, 
7. VW. umbellulata, Hiern. Glabrous. Branches roundedly 
4-sided, pallid, rigid; shoots compressed, herbaceous, green, supTa- 
axillary, opposite, erect-patent. Leaves elliptical, acuminate at both 
ends or at least at the apex, chartaceous, 2-3 by 2-12 in., rather paler 
beneath ; lateral veins about 4-5 pairs, slender, not conspicuous ; Ppe- 
tiole } in.; stipules with a long erect linear cusp from a short broad 
base, $-} in. long, interpetiolar, having a ring of hairs inside the base. 
Flowers + in. long, on slender equalling or shorter pedicels, 5—7 together; 
umbellate ; bracteoles minute or wanting ; common peduncle # in. long 
or shorter, bracteate at the apex. Calyx truncate, glabrous ; limb 
very short, entire. Corolla-tube 4 in. long; throat very thinly bearded ; 
lobes 5, ovate, revolute, scarcely equalling the tube, not caudate. 
Anthers ovate, short, glabrous. Ovary 5-celled ; stigma capitate- 
globose, shortly exserted.. 
Upper Guinea. Cape Coast, Herb. Mus. Brit, 
8. vw. concolor, Hiern. From a small shrub to a small tree of 
10-15 feet, unarmed, nearly glabrous or somewhat shaggy on the 
young parts. Branches terete, ashy; branchlets usually alternate. 
Leaves oval, acuminate, obliquely rounded or somewhat narrowed at 
the base, membranous, of the same light green colour on both sides 
(when dry), glabrate or scattered with hispid hairs especially on the 
midrib beneath, usually with little hairy tufts in the (glandular) pits 
