190 LXX, RUBIACEX (HIERN). [ Rutidea. 
paler and glabrate except the puberulous midrib and 8-10 pairs of 
slender lateral veins beneath, 34-54 by 14-24 in.; petiole 3-3 im, 
puberulous; stipules entire, much apiculate from a short truncate 
base, altogether 1-4 in. long, shorter than the petiole. Flowers pen- 
tamerons, subsessile, in clusters, forming brachiate terminal pyramidal 
leafy panicles; bracteoles subulate. Calyx-lobes ovate. Corolla-Jobes 
glabrous or nearly so. Stigma fusiform. Ovary 2-celled. Fruit 
11 in. diameter. Cotyledons reflexed at the apex. 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 
”. R. decorticata, Hiern. A scandent shrub of 30 feet, gla- 
brous in most parts. Branches subterete, patent, smooth ; outer bark 
thin, soon peeling off. Leaves broadly oval, abruptly acuminate, ob- 
tusely narrowed at the base, glabrous except little hairy tufts beneath 
in the axils of the 7-9 pairs of clearly marked lateral veins, thinly 
coriaceous, 34-7 by 14-4 in.; petiole 2-14 in. long, rather rough by 
the cracking and peeling of the cuticle; stipules solitary, undivided, 
much apiculate from a broadly ovate or subtruncate base, $-4 in. long. 
Flowers pentamerous (perhaps also by exception tetramerous), $ in. 
long on shorter bracteolate pedicels in divaricately branched terminal 
and sessile or lateral and pedunculate panicles ; bracteoles lanceolate, 
somewhat pubescent, falling short of the calyx-limb, some with @ small 
lobe on each side of the base. Calyx +}, in. long; limb half-cleft; tube 
glabrous or nearly so; lobes ovate, often ciliolate. Corolla glabrous 
throyghout; tube short; lobes oval, } in. long. Style glabrous ; 
stigma clavate-fusiform. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, at 2000-3000 feet alt., Mann?’ 
8. ®. membranacea, Hiern. Shrubby, perhaps scandent, 
nearly glabrescent. Branches slender, compressed minutely puberu- 
lous and sulcate towards the extremities. Leaves broadly elliptical, 
acuminate or emarginate, obtusely or acutely narrowed and oblique at 
the base, membranous, glabrescent except little puberulous tufts m the 
axils of the 7 pairs of slender lateral veins beneath, 24-5 by 1-23 Bi 
petiole 4-4; stipules entire, much apiculate from a short truncate 
base, ai in. long. Flowers tetramerous or by exception pentamerons, 
} in. long, on short slender puberulous pedicels, numerous, in dense 
terminal corymbs ; bracteoles small, puberulous, falling short of the 
calyx-limb. Calyx very small; tube glabrous; limb half-cleft, lobes 
ovate puberulous. Corolla glabrous throughout; lobes oval, ts 
long. Style glabrous, exserted by the length of the flower; stigme 
globose, 2—3-lobed. Ovary 2-3-celled. 
Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Rev. W. C. Thomson! 
9. BR. glabra, Hiern. A scandent shrub, glabrous except at 
inflorescence. Branches terete, at the extremities compressed a eral 
cate; cuticle easily peeling. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminate, obli- 
quely narrowed or one side, obtuse at the base, firmly chartaceo™, 
spreading, turning black in the dry state, 3-6 by 1-2 in., or the upp? 5 
most at the base of the inflorescence smaller; lateral veins about 
