176 LXX. RUBIACEE (HIERN). [ Pavetta. 
scattered with hirsute hairs, } in. diameter, 2-sulcate, 2-celled, 2-seeded, 
crowned by the persistent calyx-limb. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Barter ! (in flower bud). 
19. BP. Baconia, Hiern. A shrub from 3-4 to 15-20 feet high ora 
small tree, puberulous or glabrate, shining. Branches subterete, towards 
the extremities angular and somewhat compressed. Leaves elliptical, 
narrowed at both ends, more or less acuminate, firmly chartaceous, 3-8 
by 1-5} in. ; lateral veins about 6-8 pairs; petiole }—1 in. or less ; stipules 
much apiculate from a broad sheathing base, }—3 in. long. Flowers tetra- 
merous, 7%; in. long, ebracteolate, on short puberulous pedicels, many 
together, in dense terminal corymbs of 2-3 in. diameter with a pair of 
leaves or foliaceous bracts at the base. Calyx campanulate, green, 
ebracteolate, puberulous or pubescent, } in. long; limb uneyually 
4-cleft ; lobes rounded or obtuse, more or less imbricated at least in the 
bud. Corolla white ; tube very short, glabrous outside ; throat bearded; 
lobes 4, 3 in. long, oval, glabrous, spreading. Anthers nearly equalling 
the corolla-lobes ; filaments short, compressed. Disk glabrous. Ovary 
short, 2- or rarely 4-celled; ovules solitary, immersed in the fleshy 
placentas. Style exserted by } in., shortly pubescent above, usually 
undivided. Fruit 2-sulcate, 2-celled, 2-seeded, glabrate, }—-} in. long. 
—Baconia corymbosa, DC. in Ann. Mus. Par. ix. 220 (1807); Benth. in 
Hook. Niger Fl. 413. Verulamia corymbosa, DC. in Lam. Encyel. 
Méth. viii. 543 (1808). Ivora nitida, Schum. et Thonn. Beskr. Guin. 
Pl. p. 77. P. genipefolia, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 415, non Schum. 
A very variable plant ; the varieties given below, or some of them, 
may prove distinct species. The original specific name corymbosa 18 
ineligible under Pavetta, as P. corymbosa, Houtt. is the oldest name of 
a Cape species of Pavetta. . 
Upper Guinea. Widely diffused. Occurs also in Fernando Po, Mann! 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 
Var. B. angustifolia, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 485. Leaves glabrate, narrower, more 
acuminate at both ends. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet and Leprieur, Heudelot ! 
Var. y. oblongifolia. Leaves oblong, 44 by 1 in., glabrate, obtuse, narrowed to 4 
subsessile base. 
Baconia, sp. nov., Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 413. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot ! 
Var. 8. tomentella, Branches shortly tawny-velvety. Leaves elliptical, puberulous 
beneath, subobtuse, nearly rounded at the subsessile base, 2-6 by 3-2} in. Corolla- 
lobes 2 in. long. 
Wile Land. Djur-land and Bongo-land, Schweinfurth ! 
Var. ¢. nigrescens. Glabrate, turning black in drying. Leaves elliptical, narrowed 
at both ends, petiolate. Corolla-lobes } in. 
Lower Guinea. Annobon Island, Burton! 
20. ®. Hookeriana, Hiern. A shrub 6-8 feet high, glabrous 
except the inflorescence, &c., shining. Branches subterete, somew 
compressed towards the extremities. Leaves opposite, elliptical, act 
or acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, of a yellow! 
green colour on both sides when dry, 2-6 by 3-2 in.; lateral veins, 
about 8-10 pairs, clearly marked beneath, usually with slightly hay . 
