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same yellowish colour on both sides when dry, closely net-veined, 2-9 
by 3-82 in.; lateral veins about 8 pairs; petiole 4-2 in.; stipules 
in. long, connate at base, subtruncate or subapiculate. Flowers 
about 4 in. long, sessile or subsessile, in dense pedunculate rather 
supra-axillary trichotomons clusters of 4-1 in. diameter; common 
peduncle 4-3 in., robust; bracteoles ovate, the uppermost connate, 
hemispherical. Calyx-limb go's In. diameter, not longer than the 
ovary. Anthers exserted, shorter than the filaments. Corolla fannel- 
shaped; limb 1-2 in. diameter. Style included, bifid. Fruit e-t in. 
diameter.—Coffew laurina, Poir. in Lam. Encyel. Méth. Suppl. ii. 14 
(1811) ; Smeathm. ex DC. Prodr. iv. 499. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Smeathman ! Afzelius! and others ; Senegambia, 
Heudelot! Bagroo River (beaten up with grass, gives a yellow dye) Mann! 
2. G. cerinanthum, Hiern. A shrub, 8 feet high. Leaves 
obovate-oval, subcuspidate, narrowed at the base, firmly chartaceous, 
of the same yellowish colour on both sides when dry, net-veined, 2-5 
by 3-23 in. ; lateral veins about 6-8 pairs; petiole {- in.; stipules 
6 in. long, sheathing, subtruncate. Flowers }-} in. long, sessile 
or subsessile, crowded, 5—many together, at the end of a common 
peduncle of 4-3 in., rather supra-axillary, forming clusters of about 
_ mm. diameter; bracteoles ovate, small. Calyx-limb j;—j) in. 
diameter, 5-toothed, fimbriate-ciliolate, longer than the ovary. Corolla- 
tube funnel-shaped ;_ limb 2 in, diameter, white, of waxy texture. 
Filaments longer than the exserted anthers. Style slender, cleft, 
exserted, 
Upper Guinea. Prince’s Island, Mann! Niger River, Lagos, Barter ! 
3. ©. brachynematum, JHiern. Leaves obovate, narrowly 
acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, firmly chartaceous, of the same 
yellowish colour on both sides when dr , net-veined, 2-44 by 1-13 in. ; 
ateral veins about 6-7 pairs; petiole }-} in.; stipules sheathing, sub- 
Truncate, 1 in, long. Flowers } in. long, sessile or subsessile, 
crowded, several together in small pedunculate rather supra-axillary 
Clusters ; peduncle about }—1 in.; bracteoles broadly ovate, clasping, 
rPper connate. Calyx-limb not longer than the ovary, minutely 
toothed. Corolla-tube cylindrical ; limb } in. diameter ; lobes oblong. 
Antherg nearly included, twice as long as the filaments. Style clavate 
above, bifid at the apex. 
Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Rev. W. C. Thomson! Dr, Robb! 
4. G. Schweinfurthii, Hiern. Undershrub. _ Leaves oval, 
acutely acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, thinly coriaceous, 
pale yellowish green on both sides in the dry state, net-veined, 5-6 
y 1}-2} in.; lateral veins about 6 pairs, not conspicuous ; petiole 
i .; stipules broadly ovate, mucronulate, 3-4 in. long, connate at 
t © base. Flowers without scent, white, } in. long, sessile, several 
gether in small rather supra-axillary pedunculate heads ; common 
d . : 
a ‘ey, 4-2 in. long ; bracteoles broad, obtuse, ere than 
