Cuviera. ] LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). 157 
lateral veins about 6-10 pairs, not conspicuous; petiole 4-} in. 
stipules ovate, apiculate, + in. long, connate and sheathing below, 
keeled, hairy within. Flowers greenish, 3-2 in. long in bud, on short 
slender pedicels, very numerous, in ample divaricately branched rather 
lax axillary and terminal shortly pedunculate dichotomous panicles of 
2-6 in. diameter; bracteoles elliptic-linear, 3-1 in. long, accrescent. 
Calyx green; segments $—} in. long, linear-oblong, spreading, persist- 
ent. Corolla green and orange; segments lanceolate, caudate-acute, 
# in. long, spreading. Ovary 5-celled; style glabrous. Fruit obliquely 
egg-shaped, 3-5 in. long, obtusely 5-sided ; pyrenes 5 or fewer.—DC. 
Prodr. iv. 468 ; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 407; 0. africana, Spreng. 
Syst. Veg. i. 760. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Simeathman! and others; Grand Bassa, Th. 
Vogel! Ambas Bay, Mann! 
2. C. subuliflora, Benth. in Hovl:. Niger Fl. 407. An arbores- 
cent shrub or a small tree of 15 feet, glabrous. Branches subterete, 
smooth, opposite. Leaves oblong, shortly acuminate, oblique and 
hollowed or rounded or somewhat narrowed at the base, chartaceous, 
rather paler beneath, 6-15 by 2-42 in. ; lateral veins about 12-14 pairs, 
slender ; petiole } in. long ; stipules deltoid, connate at the base, keeled 
near the apiculate apex, 1-4 in. long, hairy within. Flowers numerous, 
on short pedicels, in divaricately branched axillary and lateral sub- 
Sessile dichotomous panicles of 2-3 in. diameter; bracteoles linear, 
narrowed at both ends, 4-11 in. long, accrescent as well as the calyx- 
Segments. Calyx whitish; segments narrowly or at length broadly 
near, ranging up to 1 in. long. Corolla green; segments about 4 in. 
long, lanceolate, caudate-acuminate. Style glabrous. Ovary 5-celled. 
Fruit 1 in. long, obliquely egg-shaped. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, on the sea-shore, Th. Vogel! Mann! Aboh, 
sowing in the water, Th. Vogel ! 
3. CG. longiflora, Hiern. A glossy shrub of 25 feet or a small tree 
of 20-25 feet, glabrous or nearly so. Branches subterete, smooth. 
Leaves oval-oblong, cuspidate, oblique and hollowed at the base, 
Spreading, thinly coriaceous, paler beneath, 6-12 by 2-4 in. ; lateral 
veins about 10-12 pairs, inconspicuous ; petiole 3-2 in. ; stipules del- 
toid, keeled at the apex, hairy inside, } in. long. Flowers 1} in. dia- 
meter when expanded, on short pedicels, several together, in axillary 
Panicles of 2-3 in. diameter; bracteoles narrowly elliptical, $-14 in. 
ong; peduncle about 1 in. Calyx-segments lanceolate, $—} 1n. long. 
Corolla-segments 3 in. long, lanceolate, acute. Anthers drooping. 
vary 5-celled ; style pilose-hirsute below ; stigma cernuous. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, 2-3,000 fect alt., Mann / 
4. C. trilocularis, Hiern. A small glabrous tree. Branches sub- 
terete, smooth, Leaves ovate-oval, acuminate, rounded and subobli- 
que at the base, thinly coriaceous, glossy, of nearly the same colour on 
th sides, 4-5 by 13-2 in.; lateral veins about 8-10 pairs; petiole 
.; stipules apiculate, ovate, keeled, } in. Flowers on short 
