Pavetta. | LXX. RUBIACEA (HIERN). 169 
Corolla glabrous throughout. Branches 
hispid . 2. 2... we www 1D. BP. hispida. 
Calyx-lobes obovate-oblong, foliaceous . . . . 18. P. genipefolia. 
Calyx-lobes imbricate or contorted in estivation or un- 
unequal ( Baconia). 
aves opposite. Flowers tetramerous. 
Disk glabrous. Calyx-lobes imbricated sub- 
equal. . . Lee ee ee - 19. P. Baconia. 
Disk hispidulous. Calyx-lobes unequal. . . . 20. P. Hookeriana. 
Leaves ternate-verticillate. Flowers tetramerous or 
occasionally pentamerous. . . . . . . « 21. P, ternifolia. 
Inflorescence axillary or lateral. 
Corymbs sessile or subsessile. 
Nearly glabrous. Corolla-lobes about equalling the 
tube . . 22. P. gardeniefolia, 
Leaves hoary-velvety beneath. Corolla-lobes about 
half the length of the tube . 2 +. . 28. P. canescens, 
Corymbs on long peduncles. 
Rigid. Corymbs ascending. Style exserted by 14 in. 24. P. rigida. 
Lax. Corymbs drooping. Style exserted by $-lin. . 25. P. gracilipes. 
_ 1. B. brachycalyx, Hiern. A shrub, 6-10 feet high, glabrous 
1 most parts. Branches terete. Leaves narrowly elliptical, acumi- 
nate at both ends, chartaceous, glabrous, paler and glaucescent beneath, 
2-64 by ?-2in. ; lateral veins about 5-7 pairs, slender, often with glan- 
dular depressions in the axils; petiole 4-1 in.; stipules broadly ovate, 
caducons, ro-¢ in. long, connate at the base; upper internodes very 
short. Flowers $-+ in. long, tetramerons, sessile, on short puberulous 
minutely or obsoletely bracteolate pedicels, in dense globose subsessile 
on very shortly pedunculate divaricately branched terminal panicles of 
in. diam. ; common peduncle 4-} in. (or longer in the case of the 
subterminal lateral panicles which sometimes occur). Calyx j—-}); in. 
ong; adherent portion small, turbinate, puberulous; limb broader, 
emispherical, nearly glabrate, +4; in. diam., subtruncate or with 4 
Toad shallow subapiculate lobes.. Corolla glabrous except within the 
carded throat; lobes 4-3, in. long, reflexed, oval, obtuse. Anthers 
thes long, at length twisted ; filaments short. Disk hispidulous on 
¢ Inner margin or glabrous. Ovules pendulous from a fleshy funicle 
ye * Placenta, Style exserted by 3-48, in., glabrous below, pubescent at 
© fusiform undivided stigma or bidentate at the tip. 
inner Per Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, at 2-3,000 ft. (Disk hispidulous on ce 
forme tein), Mann! Gaboon River (Disk glabrous; flowers smaller than _ re 
corclln Specimen), Mann! Sierra del Crystal (Disk glabrous; flowers very s ; 
yellow), Mann! 
P hen P. Mannii, Hiern. Glabrous, glaucescent. Branches deeply 
Ken’ towards the extremities in the dry state. Leaves elliptical or 
sightly obovate, abruptly and narrowly acuminate, wedge-shaped at 
ne base, membranous-chartaceous, rather paler beneath, 7-9 by 23-3} 
as lateral veins about 9 pairs; petiole 3-3 in. ; stipules from a broad 
Mey base. Flowers tetramerons, } in. long when expanded exclusive 
o the style, on shorter pedicels, numerous, in divaricately branched 
© terminal ample corymbs of about 4 in. diameter; bracteoles 
