200 LXX, RUBIACEZ (HIERN). [ Psychotria. 
3-1 in. long, caducous, bidentate at the apex. Flowers rather numer- 
ous, on short pedicels, in divaricately branched, quasi-axillary, subter- 
minal or terminal pedunculate panicles of 1-4 in. diam.; common 
peduncle 2-8 in. long; bracteoles obsolete. Calyx-limb truncate, 
minutely toothed, half the length of the ovary. Corolla 5-lobed ; 
throat bearded. Anthers 5, oblong, fixed at the back near the middle. 
Berry }-} in. long, faintly ribbed, of a fine red colour when ripe.—— 
Pavetta ? ievis, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 415. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Th. Vogel! Barter ! Gaboon River, Mani! 
13. P. leptophylla, Hiern. Quite glabrescent. Branches 
terete, dark-ashy, somewhat compressed towards the extremities. 
Leaves oval, shortly narrowed at the apex, more or less wedge-shaped 
at the base, thinly chartaceous, 44-6 by 2-21 in., margins narrowly 
revolute ; lateral veins about 12-15 pairs, spreading, rather close toge- 
ther, upper internodes short; petiole 4-1 in. ; stipules deltoid, 
bidentate at the tip, very caducous. Flowers rather numerous, shortly 
pedicellate, in divaricately branched rather dense axillary and subter- 
minal panicles; common peduncles (in fruit) }—3 in.; bracteoles obso- 
lete. Berries 1} in. long, red when ripe.—Pavetta ? tenuifolia, Benth. 
in Hook. Niger Fl. 415. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Th. Vogel ! 
14. P. Doniana, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 419. A small shrub. 
Branches slightly scabrid, terete, at the extremities compressed and 
puberulous. Leaves opposite, obovate-elliptical, obtusely subacuminate, 
attenuate at the base, membranous, paler beneath, not punctate, gla- 
brous, 7-8} by 2-24 in., spreading, margins narrowly revolute ; late 
veins about 14-15 pairs, slender; petiole 1-4 in.; stipules broadly 
ovate, pale, glabrous, bidentate, 11 in. long, caducous. Flowers sub- 
sessile, crowded several together in little heads on small trichotomous 
lateral corymbs of about 1 in. diam. ; bracts subobsolete ; bracteoles 
subulate, small; common peduncle }in. long. Calyx-limb small, 
sorter than the ovary, 5?-lobed. Gorolla not seen. ‘Berry 4 ™ 
am. 
Upper Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, G. Don! 
15. B. konguensis, Hiern. A small shrub, 2-3 feet high, 0% 
quite glabrous. Leaves oblanceolate, very shortly and obtusely a0 
minate, gradually narrowed downwards to near the base, glabrous, 
chartaceous, 6-7 by 2-24 in., margins very narrowly revolute; late 
veins about 17 pairs, clearly marked as well as the oblique tertiary 
veins ; petiole 4-4 in. long; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 3 in. long, hay 
with reddish hairs outside, tricuspidate. Flowers pentamerous, about 
} in. long, on shorter pedicels, several together in pedunculate su 
terminal dense brachiate glabrous cymes of 3 in. breadth ; common 
peduncle slender, about 1# in. long; bracts and bracteoles minnt 
Calyx-limb as long as the ovary, subtruncate or shortly and irregularly 
toothed. Corolla-tube short ;” throat bearded. Anthers exserted. 
Disk alternately ribbed and sulcate, scarcely equalling the calys-hm f 
Upper Guinea. Mount John River, Kongui, 1° N. lat. Mann ! 
