160 LXX. RUBIACED (HIERN). [ Ancylanthos. 
5. &. Bainesii, Hiern. Stems and branches terete, glabrate 
below, rufous hispid-velutinous above. ‘Leaves opposite, oval, some- 
what narrowed at both ends, at first tawny-velvety on both sides, at 
length asperous and deep green above, subcoriaceous, 3-4 by 14-2 in. ; 
lateral veins about 5-6 pairs; petiole }-} in., hairy ; stipules lanceo- 
late, acuminate, }-}in. Flowers pentamerous, tomentose outside, 
3 in. long, precocious, 3-5 together, on tomentose pedicels of +3 in, 
raised on a short lateral common peduncle. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, 
acute, }-# in. long, persistent, erect. Corolla rufous-tomentose out- 
side, not bearded; tube 3 in. long; lobes lanceolate, 4 in., reflexed, 
acute. Ovary 5-celled. Fruit fleshy, globose, 3—-? in. diameter, 
1-2-seeded. Seed 4 in. long; albumen uniform; embryo somewhat 
curved, 2 in. long, cotyledons linear, radicle very short. 
South Central? 7. Baines! 23°S. Lat., Chapman and Baines! 
54. CRATERISPERMUM, Benth.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Pl. ii. p. 112. 
Calyx-tube turbinate; limb coriaceous, hemispherical, subentire or 
5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped or shortly salver-shaped ; tube 
rather short; throat hairy ; limb 5-partite, lobes ovate, more or less 
pubescent towards the base inside, spreading, valvate (narrowly indu- 
plicate) in the bud. Stamens 5, inserted on the throat of the corolla, 
glabrous, more or less exserted ; filaments half the length of or exceed- 
ing the linear anthers, inserted at the back rather above the base. Disk 
fleshy, annular, glabrous. Ovary 2-celled, fleshy ; style filiform, gla- 
brous, subclavate or fusiform, rather dilated and bifid at the tip oT 
divided into 2 recurved slender branches; ovules solitary, pendulous. 
Berry pisiform, obliquely globular, smooth, 2-seeded; endocarp 
papery. Seed pendulous, hemispherical; albumen fleshy, uniform; 
embryo small, radicle superior—Quite glabrous shrubs, of a yellowish 
green colour, with subterete branches compressed towards the extreml- 
ties, opposite net-veined leaves, connate persistent stipules, and rather 
small white flowers in subcapitate pedunculate bracteolate clusters. 
A small genus comprising one species from the Seychelles and the following. 
Leaves obovate or oval. Flowers several or many 
together. 
Filaments exceeding the anthers. Corolla funnel- 
shaped. 
Leaves closely net-veined. Styleincluded. . . . 1. C. laurinum. 
Leaves less closely net-veined. Style exserted . . 2. C. cerinanthum. 
Filaments half the length of the anthers or shorter. 
Corolla-tube cylindrical. 
Leaves obovate. Calyx-limb not longer than the 
ovary 6 ee ee ee ee 
Leaves oval. Calyx-limb longer than the ovary. , 
Leaves elliptical-oblong. Flowers few together . ; 
1. G. laurinum, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 411. Leaves obovate- 
oval, cuspidate, wedge-shaped at the base, thinly coriaceous, of the 
. C. brachynematum. 
. C. Schwein furthit. 
. C. montanum. 
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