Fadogia. | LXX. RUBIACE® (HIERN). 155 
5. EF. glaberrima, Schweinf. in Herb. A quite glabrous under- 
shrub. Branches ternate. Leaves ternate, oval, obtuse, subsessile, 
wedge-shaped at the base, thinly coriaceous, paler beneath when dry, 
-24 by }-1} in. ; lateral veins about 6-7 pairs, very slender ; stipules 
apiculate from a broad truncate base, qs-¢ in. Flowers ? in. long, 3 
together, with pedicels of ;4,—4 in., on an axillary common peduncle of 
$3 in. Calyx truncate, ys in. long, with 5 minute teeth. Corolla- 
lobes 5-6, greenish-white, ovate, apiculate, yo-¢ In. long, nearly 
equalling the tube. Disk glabrous. Ovary (2-) 3-4-celled ; stigma 
shortly exserted. Seeds 4 in. long. 
Wile Land. Djur-land, Schwein furth! 
6. F. stenophylla, Welw. ex Hook. f. mss. in Herb. Kew. Gla- 
brous, scarcely a foot high. Stems several, herbaceous from a woody 
base, erect. Leaves 3-4 ina whorl, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, ob- 
tuse or apiculate, 14-4 by 4-3 in., sessile or subsessile ; stipules subu- 
late from a broad base, 3-2 in. long. Flowers }—} in. long, occasionally 
Precocious, in short drooping shortly pedunculate 2~4-fold racemose 
cymes ; bracteoles filiform. Calyx-teeth minute, subulate. Corolla 
greenish violet, 1 in. long ; tube broad ; lobes broad, witha short dorsal 
horn. Unripe drupe oblique, } in, diam. 
wit sower Guinea. Huilla, in meadows between Lopollo and Catumba, Wel- 
sch ! 
Near Fadogia Zeyheri, Sond., but calyx-teeth much shorter. 
we fuchsioides, Welw. ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxix. 
85,250. A glabrous shrub. Stems erect, 3-sided. Leaves shortly 
oval or obovate, rounded or acutely cuspidate at the apex, wedge- 
shaped at the subsessile base, thinly coriaceous, 13-23 by 1-1} in., 
Tnate or occasionally the upper ones opposite; lateral veins about 
5 pairs; stipules 2 in. long. Flowers glabrous outside, erect, 1 in. 
long, solitary or two together, with pedicels of }-} in., on an axillary 
peduncle of 8-2 in. Calyx truncate, entire, turbinate, }-} in. long. 
Crolla straight; lobes 6-7, oval-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 in. long. 
st glabrous. Ovary 6-celled; stigma crown-shaped, exserted. 
Tut subglobose, black, erect or drooping, 3-3 in. diam., at length 
J 3 pyrenes 6 or fewer.—Rubiacea (481), T. Thoms. in Speke, 
ourn. App. p. 636 (1863). 
Nile Land. Karagué, Speke and Grant! March, in fruit. 
Lower Guinea. Huilla, Welwitsch ! Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch! 
8. OF ancylantha, Schweinf. mss. in Herb. A puberulous 
tndershrub, 5 feet high. Teaver termate shortly oval, obtuse, sub- 
Sessile, ronnded and emarginate at the base, chartaceous, glabrate, 
~Y SY 2-2 in. ; lateral veins about 4—5 pairs; stipules apiculate from 
. broad truncate base, covering a ring of caducous white hairs, 
= in. Flowers 3—4 in. long, 4-1 together with rather slender pedi- 
- eof 3-$ in., on a short common peduncle. Calyx truncate, entire, 
vd in. long, glabrous ; tube campanulate. Corolla-tube yellowish green 
T whitish, oblong-funnel-shaped, arching, glabrous outside ; lobes 5, 
