208 LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). [ Psychotria. 
bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, mostly exceeding the calyx. Calyx 
about 3 in. long, silky-pubescent ; limb unequally 5-partite, segments 
lanceolate. Corolla-lobes ciliate towards the top at the back; tube 
rather curved; throat bearded. Anthers included. Ovary small, 
ovules compressed. 
Upper Guinea. Gaboon River, Mann! ; 
39. PB. globosa, Hiern. A small shrub of 3 feet. Branchlets 
somewhat sulcate, and at the extremities compressed, puberulous at 
the nodes. Leaves oval, subacuminate, narrowed to an obtuse base, 
glabrate, thinly coriaceous, about 44 by 24 in., margins narrowly re- 
volute, lateral veins spreading, about 15 pairs; petiole about } in.; 
stipules oval, puberulous, tricuspidate, loosely sheathing below, % in. 
long. Flowers (unexpanded) ? in. long, sessile, numerous, densely 
packed in terminal sessile bracteate heads of about 1 in. diameter; 
bracts linear-lanceolate, ciliate, unequal, some about equalling the 
flower. Calyx-limb about 4 in. long, deeply and unequally 5-lobed ; 
segments like the bracteoles. Corolla-limb globose in bud, }-} in. 
diameter, puberulous on both surfaces, usually 5-lobed ; lobes obtuse. 
Anthers linear-oblong, about double the length of the filaments. 
Style bifid at the tip. 
Upper Guinea. Ambas Bay, Mann! 
40. PB. insidens, Hiern. A nearly glabrous under-shrub, 1-2 
feet high. Branches terete, with pale bark ; young shoots herbaceous, 
puberulous. Leaves oval, shortly acuminate, wedge-shaped at the 
base, subglabrescent, chartaceous, 3-5 by #-2 in., margins narrowly 
revolute, lateral veins about 7 pairs, slender, tertiary veins at length 
clearly marked beneath; petiole 4-3 in., puberulons ; stipules ovate, 
undivided, puberulous. Flowers pentamerous, }—} in. long, on very 
short puberulous pedicels, umbellately arranged in dense terminal 
sessile or subsessile clusters of 2-2 in. diameter which are bracteate 
at the base. Calyx green, puberulous; limb exceeding the ovary, 
hemispherical with 5 very small teeth which are pale in the dry state. 
Corolla white; tube cylindrical, densely bearded: inside. Anthers 
linear, included ; filaments short. Style bidentate, shortly exserted. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, at elevation of 1000 ft., Main! 
41. PB. subherbacea, Hiern. A nearly glabrous shrub, with 
terete subherbaceous branches somewhat compressed at the extremities. 
Leaves elliptical, subacuminate, attenuate at the base, thinly char- 
taceous, of the same colour on both surfaces, 4—6 by 14-22 in., margins 
narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 8-10 pairs, slender ; petiole 
41 in.; stipules deltoid, subapiculate, 1-1 in. long, undivided. Flowers 
pentamerous, nearly } in. long, straight, sessile or subsessile, crowded 
many together in very shortly pedunculate terminal capitate cymes of 
4 in. diameter; bracts subulate, small; bracteoles minute. Calyx 
glabrous ; limb about as long as the ovary, 5-cleft. | Corolla-tube 
subcylindrical ; throat thinly bearded. Anthers probably exserted in 
full flower. Style included. , 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann! 
