Rutidea. | LXX. RUBIACEM (HIERN). 189 
3. R. olenotricha, Hiern. A climbing shrub. Branches terete, 
shortly tomentose. Leaves obovate-oval, apiculate, rounded at the 
base, thinly coriaceous, glabrescent above except the puberulous de- 
pressed midrib and the 6-8 pairs of lateral veins, pubescent beneath at 
least on the prominent midrib and lateral veins and especially in their 
axils where are conspicuous hairy tufts, ranging up to 54 by 3 in.; 
petiole to # in., patent ; stipules subulate, prolonged from a broad base, 
quite entire, 4-2 in. long, shortly pubescent. Flowers pentamerous, 
in. long, sessile, in little heads, assembled in brachiate terminal pyra- 
midal panicles which are leafy at the base ; bracteoles linear or lanceo- 
late, the lower ones ovate, tridentate, pubescent, the upper ones at the 
base of the calyx and about equalling it. Calyx } in. long, pubescent 
all over outside ; lobes about equalling the deeply lobed limb ; lobes 
ovate, glabrous inside. Corolla whitish, hirsute-pubescent outside ; 
lobes oval, subapiculate, zs in. long; smell unpleasant. Style exserted 
by + in; stigma clavate-fusiform.—R. parviflora, Benth. in Hook. 
Niger Fl, p. 416, ex parte, non DC. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, G. Don! Wilford ! 
North Central. Monbuttu-land, at Munsa, Schweinfurth ! 
4. R. ferruginea, Hiern. A scandent shrab, 15 feet high. 
Branches patent, terete, shortly tomentose, hairs ferruginous. Leaves 
oval, narrowly acuminate or apiculate, obtuse or somewhat narrowed 
at the base, chartaceous, glabrate except the veins above, shortly pubes- 
cent on the midrib and on the 7-8 pairs of lateral veins beneath, 
“anging up to 54 by 28 in. ; petiole to % in. ; stipules entire, lanceolate- 
subulate, pubescent, exceeding the petiole, }-1 in. long. Flowers pen- 
erous, } in. long, sessile, in heads assembled in terminal brachiate 
Pyramidal panicles which are somewhat leafy below ; bracteoles subu- 
te or some tridentate, exceeding the calyx, pubescent. Calyx 4) in. 
°ng, Somewhat pubescent outside ; lobes ovate. Corolla thinly pubes- 
qut outside, tube obsoletely so inside ; lobes oval, equalling the calyx. 
tyle thinly pubescent about the middle ; stigma clavate-fusiform. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Mann! 
b 5. RB. hispida, Hiern. A climbing shrub with terete hispid 
ranches ; hairs tawny. Leaves elliptical, acutely acuminate, cordate 
at the base, chartaceous, strigose-hispid on both sides, rather paler 
neath, 33-54 by 13-2 in.; lateral veins about 6-8 pairs; petiole 
Fe In., hispid ; stipules entire, filiform-subulate, hispid, 4-4 in. long. 
b Owers pentamerous, nearly 4 in. long, sessile, pilose-pubescent, 1n 
Tachiate heads forming terminal panicles; bracteoles filiform or 
Subulate, exceeding the small calyx, pilose-pubescent. Calyx-lobes 
vate. Corolla-lobes oval, 2 in. long. Ovary 2-celled. 
Upper Guinea. River Gaboon, Mann ! 
6. RB. Smithii, Hiern. B th, terete, shortly 
. . ranches patent, smooth, y BHO! 
Pubescent towards "the extremities, glabrescent. Leaves elliptical, 
us Y not abruptly subacuminate, narrowing towards an obtnse 
unded or somewhat wedge-shaped base, chartaceous, glabrate above, 
