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herbaceous. ' Leaves elliptical, narrowly acuminate, wedge-shaped at 
the base, chartaceous, glabrate above, obsoletely puberulous along the 
midrib and the 20 pairs of lateral veins, 4-7 by 13-22 in., margins 
nearly flat; petiole }-4 in.; stipules obovate-rotund, cut, + in. long, 
deciduous; margins crimped, fimbriate-ciliate. Flowers small, 
shortly pedicellate, several together, subcapitate ; bracteoles small ; 
bracts like the stipules but narrower and not cut; heads small 
arranged in pedunculate divaricately branched ample axillary subter- 
minal cymes; common peduncle about 4 in. Calyx-limb puberulous, 
very short ; teeth 5, very short. Corolla-bud puberulous outside, 5- 
lobed ; throat bearded. Style glabrous, bifidat theapex. Berry sub- 
globose, } in. diam. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, 1° N. lat., Mann! 
5. BP. trachystyla, Hiern. A puberulous shrub, about 6 feet 
high. Branches terete, compressed towards the extremities. Leaves 
narrowly elliptical, acuminate, attenuate at the shortly petiolate base, 
chartaceous, glabrous except the hispidulous midrib beneath, of the 
Same colour on both surfaces, spreading, 9-10 by 2-2 in., margins 
narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 9-10 pairs, tertiary veins 
transverse ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, puberulous, connate below, bifid 
above, 4-3 in, long. Flowers 3-4 in. long, very shortly pedicellate, in 
small clusters arranged in brachiate bracteate apparently terminal py- 
ramidal panicles of about 4 in. long; common peduncle about 1 in. 
long; bracts foliaceous, 4-1 in. long; bracteoles smaller, subulate. 
Calyx puberulous ; limb short, 5-toothed. Corolla straight, shortly 
5-lobed. Antherg 5, included. Style subclavate, puberulous upwards, 
bidentate. 
Upper Guinea. Mount John River, Kongui, 1° N. lat., Mann ! 
56. BP. Soyauxii, Miern. A small somewhat branched shrub, 
2 feet high. Branches terete, pubescent towards the extremities. 
es obovate-elliptic, acuminate, attenuate at the base into a short 
petiole, chartaceous, glabrous above, puberulous along the veins and 
rather paler beneath, 4—5 by 14-2 in., lateral veins about 10‘pairs, 
slender ; stipules $-% in. long, bifid, ciliate, with bidentate lobes. 
lowers pentamerous, } in. long, several together, on very short pedi- 
Cels crowded in solitary rather dense terminal pedunculate bracteate 
cymes of nearly 1 in. diam. ; common peduncle 1 in. long, bifariously 
‘ry ; bracts narrowly elliptical, } in. long, at the top of the peduncle. 
Calyx glabrous ; limb shorter than the ovary ; teeth short, recurving, 
Corolla glabrous outside, much exceeding the calyx; throat pu- 
bescent ; lobes subcornuate at the back near the tip. Style short, 
bifid. Fruit red. 
Lower Guinea. Loango, Soyaur ! 
hi 57. P. virens, Hiern. A glabrous shining undershrub, 2-3 feet 
gh. Branches terete, compressed and herbaceous above. Leaves 
narrowly elliptical or oblanceolate, acuminate, attenuate at the base, 
ous, paler beneath, 5-9 by 1 in., margins very narrowly 
*evolute, lateral veins about 10-12 peta, lender, pale beneath ; stipules 
