Psychotria. ] LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). 209 
42, P. infundibularis, Hiern. A glabrous shrub, about 4 feet 
high. Branches terete, the young shoots with 2 raised lines. Leaves 
oval, rather abruptly acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, 
of nearly the same colour on both surfaces, 24-44 by 3-2 in., margins 
narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 5-6 pairs, slender; petiole 
3-4 in.; stipules lanceolate or ovate, connate or sheathing below, about 
t in. long, apparently bidentate at the apex. Flowers about 3 in. long 
when expanded, pentamerous, sessile, numerous, in terminal subsessile 
crowded clusters of about 4-2 in. diameter ; bracts ovate, usually bifid 
with subulate lobes. Calyx-limb shorter than the ovary, with 5 very 
small teeth. Corolla yellow; tube funnel-shaped, thinly pubescent 
inside, straight. Anthers 5, apparently included ; filaments two-thirds 
of the length of the anthers. Style glabrous, included, shortly bifid. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Mann ! 
43. P. subnuda, Hiern. A glabrous shrub, 4-6 feet high. 
Branches smooth, terete. Leaves oval, abruptly acuminate, attenuate 
at the base, membranous, of the same colour on both surfaces, 24-6 by 
1-3 in,, margins very narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 7—9 pairs, 
slender ; petiole 1-3 in.; stipules ovate, small, minutely bidentate. 
Flowers pentamerous, nearly } in. long, sessile or subsessile, numerous, 
in dense shortly pedunculate heads of about 4 in. diameter ; common 
peduncle 3-3 in. ; bracts like the stipules or dentate, upper ones smaller. 
Calyx-limb as long as the ovary, with 5 small ovate teeth. Corolla- 
throat nearly naked. Anthers cohering in the bud. Style scarcely 
lobed. Fruit bisulcate, indistinctly ribbed, } in. long or rather more , 
Seeds with a broad excavation on the face. 
Upper Guinea. Old Calabar River, Mann! 
_ 44. PB. longistylis, Hiern. A small shrub, glabrous except the 
inflorescence. Branches terete, pale. Leaves oval, subacuminate, 
More or less wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, shining, of nearly 
the same pale green colour on both surfaces, 25-5 by 1}-2) in, 
margins narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 6 pairs, slender ; petiole 
$+} in.; stipules ovate, subapiculate, undivided, about 3 in. long. 
Owers } in. long when expanded exclusive of the exserted 
Style, sessile or subsessile, pentamerous, several together, in terminal 
racteate sessile or subsessile heads } in. long; bracts numerous, 
puberulous, the outer ones imbricated, ovate, like the stipules, the 
‘ner ones more subulate, irregularly scattered. Calyx puberulous ; 
b rather shorter than the ovary, shortly lobed. Corolla-tube 
subeylindrical, straight ; lobes very thinly pubescent inside; throat 
arded. Anthers well included. Style well exserted, branches short, 
arching outwards. 
Upper Guinea. River Gaboon, Mann ! 
; 45. P. bidentata, Hiern. A glabrate climbing shrub or bushy 
tee. Branches subterete with greyish bark, at the extremities more 
or less angular or compressed. Leaves elliptical, acutely acuminate or 
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