210 LXX. RUBIACEE (HIERN). [ Psychotria. 
subcuspidate, wedge-shaped at the base, thinly coriaceous, 3-8 by 1-3 
in., margins recurved, lateral veins about 12-14 pairs, rather patent 
and curved ; petiole 4-1 in. ; stipules broadly ovate, wavy, 3-3 in. long, 
connate at the base, bifid, deciduous. Flowers sessile or subsessile, 
capitate, many together ; bracteoles equalling or shorter than the calyx, 
dentate or tricuspidate, amongst the flowers; heads few together (or 
solitary), arranged in brachiately branched (or simple) pedunculate 
lateral and subterminal cymes ; bracts like the stipules, at the base of 
the common pedicels of 4-14 in.; common peduncles 3-5 in., com- 
pressed. Calyx-limb cup-shaped, 4; in. long ; teeth 5, ciliate. Corolla 
white, + in. long. Anthers 5, exserted. Style exserted. Berry } in. 
long, 10-ribbed, shortly pedicellate.——Cephaélis bidentata, Thunb. ex 
Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. v. p. 214; Benth. in Hook. Niger FI. 421 
ex parte. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius/ and others; Grand Bassa, Th. Vogel! 
46. P. Vogeliana, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 420. A shrub, 
3-15 feet high. Branches subterete, glabrate, towards the extremities 
pubescent and more or less compressed. Leaves oval, subacuminate or 
cuspidate, wedge-shaped or obtuse at the base, thinly coriaceous, 
glabrate above, puberulous beneath at least on the midrib or the 14-16 
pairs of lateral veins, 3-9 by 1-4 in., margins flat or nearly so; pe- 
tiole 3-1 in. ; stipules ovate, bifid or crimped. Flowers several together, 
sessile, capitate ; bracteoles small, mostly bidentate ; heads rather small, 
numerous, arranged in axillary subterminal corymbosely branched 
puberulous cymes; bracts like the stipules; common peduncles 1-3. 
in. Calyx-limb cup-shaped ; teeth 5, ciliolate. Corolla white, 5-lobed. 
Anthers 5, exserted. Style exserted. Berries } in. long, 10-ribbed. 
‘Upper Guinea. On the Quorra, at Abdh, Th. Vogel! Niger Expedition, at 
Onitsha, Barter! bank of the Nun River, Mann! 
47. P. latistipula, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 419. A shrab 
of 5-6 feet or a small tree. Branches subterete, glabrate, at the 
extremities somewhat herbaceous and compressed, puberulous. Leaves 
elliptical or oval, acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, nearly glabrous 
or puberulous on the veins beneath, chartaceous, paler beneath, 4—8 by 
13-4 in., margins recurved or nearly flat, lateral veins about 20 pairs; 
petiole a4 in.; stipules oval or subrotund, bifid or cut, fimbriate- 
ciliate, $-7 in. long. Flowers shortly pedicellate, subcapitate, sever 
together ; bracteoles small at the base of the puberulous pedicels which 
equal or exceed the flowers; heads small, numerous, in axillary divarl- 
cately branched ample cymes ; bracts like the stipules but narrower ; 
common peduncle 4-14 in. Calyx-tube cup-shaped, longer than the 
ovary ; teeth 5, very short, ciliolate. Corolla-buds puberulous outside ; 
throat bearded. Anthers 5. Style bidentate. Berry subglobose, 
1 in. diameter, 10-ribbed. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann! Th, Vogel ! 
48. P. Schweinfurthii, Hiern. Shrubby, creeping; young 
parts shortly pubescent. Leaves oval or elliptical, acuminate, wedge- 
shaped at the base, chartaceous, glabrous and shining above, puberalous 
