Psychotria. | LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). 207 
about 7 in. long when expanded, glabrous outside, on short pedicels, 
many together, forming small terminal umbellate heads of 4-4 in. 
iameter, ebracteolate; common peduncles solitary, }-3 in. long. 
Calyx-limb rather larger than the ovary, spreading, rather oblique, 
5-cleft ; lobes rounded. Corolla straight ; tube short ; throat bearded ; 
lobes reflexed, ovate, thinly pubescent about the base, rather shorter 
than the tube. Anthers partly included. Style exserted, bifid at the 
apex, 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann! 
A specimen from Prince’s Island, collected by Mann, with rather wider oval 
leaves and more patent lateral veins, probably belongs to this species. 
36. P. pumila, Hiern. A diminutive shrub, under a foot high, 
nearly simple, subglabrous. Stem subterete, somewhat compressed 
towards the apex. Leaves broadly ovate or oval, obtuse, apiculate or 
mucronulate, narrowed at the base, decurrent and undulated towards 
the obsolete petiole, chartaceous, 24-34 by 14-2} in., margin narrowly 
revolute, lateral veins about 6-7 pairs, slender; stipules ovate, bi- 
cuspidate-cleft, 3 in. long, cusps filiform. Flowers small, numerous, 
on very short pedicels, in terminal ebracteolate umbellate heads of 2 
in. diameter; common peduncles solitary, about 4 in. long, erect. 
Calyx turbinate ; limb campanulate, shortly 5-cleft ; teeth ovate, rather 
unequal, recurved towards the tip. Corolla-lobes 5; throat bearded. 
thers linear ; filaments short. Style bidentate. 
Mozamb. Distr. Near Moramballa, Kirk! 
37. P. nigropunctata, Hiern. Glabrous, shrubby? Branches 
Smooth, subterete, somewhat compressed at the extremities. Leaves 
harrowly elliptical, narrowed at both ends, chartaceous, black-punctate, 
2-3 by ?+4 in., marging very narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 
(8 pairs, slender, in¢onspicuous ; petiole 3-} in.; stipules deeply 
bilobed, + in. long, segments subulate-acute from an ovate or lanceolate 
ase. Flowers seveyal together, on pedicels of y,—j5 in. which in 
it lengthen to about double, umbellately arranged in terminal and 
subterminal peduyculate clusters; common peduncle about 1-1} in. 
°ng ; bracts and bracteoles absent or minute. Calyx urceolate; limb 
Short, deeply lobed, teeth 5, lanceolate-subulate, recurving. Corolla 
not known.  Frait }-+ in. diameter, indistinctly ribbed; albumen of 
the seeds uniform. | 
Lower Gainea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 
38. B, bracteosa, Hiern. Pubescent at the extremities. Branch- 
lets Compressed above. Leaves oval, narrowly acuminate, attenuate at 
the base, glabrate above, silky-pubescent beneath, firmly chartaceous, 
of about the same colour on the two surfaces, about a foot long, 44—5 
in. Wide, Margins narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 30 pairs, not 
°onspicuous ; petiole 2-21 in., silky-pubescent; stipules ample bipartite ; 
Segments Ovate, acuminate, 14-2 in. long, silky-pubescent, ciliate. 
Flowers Pentamerous, about 2 in. long, many together, in dense ter- 
"inal sessile bpacteate silky-pubescent clusters of about 3 in. diameter ; 
