Vangueria. | LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). 151 
at the axils of the 4-5 pairs of lateral veins beneath, 14-8 by 3-14 in.; 
petiole 4-4 in., hispid or glabrate ; stipules apiculate from a broad sub- 
truncate base, 3} in. long, covering a ring of pilose hairs. Flowers 
¢-$ in. long, glabrous outside ; pedicels z5-4 1m. long, glabrous, 3-8 
together, on a short common peduncle which is bibracteolate at the 
top. Calyx-limb truncate. Corolla-tube barrel-shaped, glabrous except 
the throat; lobes 5, ovate, subapiculate. Anthers exserted, rugulose. 
Ovary 5-celled ; style rather exceeding the corolla; stigma capitate, 
5-lobed. 
Upper Guinea. Prince's Island, Mann! Niger, Barter! 
The following specimens are doubtful :— . 
Upper Guinea. Prince’s Island, Barter! Leaves ranging wp to 44 by 2 in. 
Fruit } in. long diameter, 5-celled, 5-costate. 
Lower Guinea. Annobon Island, Burton! a poor specimen, with anthers 
apparently included. 
9. V. membranacea, Hiern. A small glabrous unarmed shining 
tree. Branches terete, reddish brown, those of the year green. 
Leaves oval, obtusely acuminate or cuspidate, more or less ob- 
liquely narrowed at the base, membranous, of the same light green 
colour on both sides (when dry), 3-4 by 14-24 in.; lateral veins 6-8 
pairs, slender ; petiole 1-1 in.; stipules apiculate from a broad tran- 
cate base, glabrous, 4-1 in. long, deciduous, covering a ring of shagg 
caducous hairs. Flowers about 1 in. long (when expanded), glabrous 
outside ; pedicels slender, glabrous, 8-12 together, 4-} in. long, sub- 
umbellately arranged on an abbreviated glabrous bracteolate common 
peduncle, " Calyx-limb truncate. Corolla-tube barrel-shaped, wider 
the calyx-limb, glabrous except the throat; lobes 5, ovate, mu- 
cronulate, whitish inside. Anthers exserted, brown. Ovary 3-4- 
celled ; style glabrous ; stigma subcapitate, shortly exserted, green. 
Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Rev. W. C. Thomson ! 
10. V. velutina, Hiern. An unarmed bush with young parts 
and leaves covered with a pale-tawny tomentum. Branches terete, 
patent, mostly alternate. Leaves oval, mostly rounded at both ends, 
subsessile, subcoriaceous, 1-3 by 3-14 in. ; lateral veins about 5-0 pairs, 
meonspicuous ; stipules ovate, apiculate, short. Flowers } in. long, 
Pentamerous, in very condensed panicles, tomentose outside, crowded 
' lateral clusters, several together, below the new shoots. Calyx-lobes 
anceolate, silky inside, } in. long, persistent. Corolla-lobes lanceolate, 
candate-acuminate, shining and glabrous or nearly so inside ; tube 
Saggy inside. Anthers small, glabrous. Disk glabrous. Ovary 
»-Celled. Style glabrous, equalling the corolla; stigma capitate, sub- 
calyptriform,” 5-suleate ; 5-lobuled at the tip. Fruit fleshy, globose. 
South Central. Batoka country, Kirk? —F 
zamb. Distr. Moramballa from the base to 1900 ft. alt., Kirk: 
ll.y . . A spinous shrub 
* Paucifiora, Schweinf. mss. in herb. spin ; , 
15 feet high. Branches erect patent opposite or alternate, terete ; 
5 Supra-axillary, opposite, erect-patent, 7,—4 in. long; branchlets 
Pubescent. Leaves ovate or oval, obtusely acuminate, rounded or 
