206 LXX, RUBIACEE (HIERN). [ Psychotria. 
32. P. anetoclada, Hiern. A glabrous shrub, with smooth terete 
lax slender branches, compressed only at the extremities. Leaves 
elliptical, acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, shining, 
3-6 by 1-2 in., lateral veins about 8 pairs, slender, margins very nar- 
rowly revolute; petiole 4-14 in., stipules deltoid, undivided, apiculate, 
about 3 in. long. Flowers short, on shorter pedicels, many together 
in terminal umbellate ebracteolate heads of about 4—} in. diameter ; 
common peduncles solitary, }-3 in. long, erect. Calyx-limb larger 
_ than the ovary, hemispherical, subentire. Corolla-lobes 5; throat 
bearded. Anthers apparently included. 
Upper Guinea. Mount John River, Kongui, 1° N. Lat., Mann! 
33. BP. Kirkii, Hiern. A shortly pubescent shrub. Branches 
glabrate, terete, turning a dull reddish colour, the branchlets shortly 
pubescent, compressed towards the extremities. Leaves elliptic-obovate, 
obtuse, shortly pointed or mucronulate, membranous, scattered with 
short hairs especially on the midrib and 5-6 pairs of lateral veins 
beneath, 1-4 by 4-14 in., attenuate at the base into the short petiole, 
margins nearly flat ; stipules ovate, bicuspidate, 3-4 in. long. Flowers 
dimorphic, 1-} in. long, glabrous, shortly pedicellate or subsessile, 
many together, in dense capitate cymes of $—3? in. diameter ; bracteoles 
minute or absent ; common peduncle solitary or two together, shortly 
pubescent, 4-14 in. long, terminal, occasionally overtopped by the 
lateral opposing branch. Calyx-tube about as long as the ovary, 
broader, shortly and unequally toothed. Corolla-tube straight ; lobes 
5. Anthers exserted in some plants, included in others, corresponding 
with the included or exserted style. 
Mozamb. Distr. Near Moramballa, at elevation of 1000 ft., Kirk! 
34. B. reeurva, Hiern. A small glabrous shining leafy shrub, 
4—5 ft. high. Branches subterete except the angular or compressed 
subherbaceous extremities. Leaves lanceolate or narrowly elliptical, 
attenuate at both ends, chartaceous, 2—5 by 4-14 in, lateral veins 
about 6 pairs, very slender ; petiole 4-} in. ; stipules bicuspidate from 4 
short broad base, about } in. long, cusps diverging, recurved. Flowers 
about } in. long before expansion, shortly pedicellate, several (about 
8-9) together in small pedunculate terminal subcapitate clusters; 
common peduncle $-} in. long, erect, solitary. Calyx-limb shortly 
hemispherical, broader than the ovary ; teeth very small. Corolla thin; 
lobes 5; throat bearded. Anthers 5, abont double the length of the 
filaments. Style bidentate. 
Upper Guinea. [ernando Po, Manns 
. 35. B. subobliqua, Hiern. <A small nearly glabrous shrub, 3-4 
feet high. Branches smooth, terete, at the extremities compressed. 
Leaves elliptic-obovate, acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, glabrous, 
chartaceous, 24-52 by 3-1? in., margins very narrowly revolute, Jate 
veils about 7 pairs, slender; petiole 3-8 in. long; stipules ovate, 
bidentate, puberulous outside near the base, $-1 in. long. Flowers 
