216 LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). [ Grumilea. 
Stipules bidentate or cleft. 
Glabrous or very nearly so. _ 
Stipules bidentate. Flowers} in. long. Calyx- 
limbas long asthe ovary . . . . . . « 5. G. venosa. 
Stipules bifid. Flowers } in. long. Calyx-limb 
small . a a rr: G. micrantha. 
More or less hairy. 
Stipules bidentate. Leaves chartaceous. 
Calyx-limb small. Disk flat. . . . . . . 
Calyx-limb as long as the ovary. Disk fleshy, 
lobulate-suleate woe ee ww es 8 G. articulata. 
Stipules tricuspidate. Leaves thinly coriaceous . 9. G. sulphurea. 
_ 1. @. psychotrioides, DC. Prodr. iv. 495. A small glabrous 
shining shrub. Branches subterete, smooth ; at the extremities com- 
pressed and sulcate. Leaves oval, obtuse or shortly pointed at the 
apex, wedge-shaped or shortly narrowed at the base, thinly coriaceous, 
4-8 by 14-44 in., margins narrowly recurved, lateral veins about 
10-12 pairs, not conspicuons, slender; petiole }-1 in.; stipules oval, 
subobtuse, undivided, about ? in. long, caducous. Flowers white, 
3-1 in. long when expanded, sessile, numerous, contiguous, in sessile 
terminal solitary heads. Bracteoles small, filiform. Calyx-limb cup- 
shaped, longer than the ovary, shortly and obtusely toothed, glabrous. 
Corolla-tube shortly cylindrical ; throat bearded ; lobes 5, ovate, rather 
shorter than the tube, reflexed. Anthers 5, partly exserted ; filaments 
rather short. Style bidentate. Berry oblong, } in. long, 10-ribbed, 
crowned by the calyx-limb. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, at Itou, Perrotiet and Lepricur; Sierra Leone, 00 
mountains, Barter! on the Niger River at Abdh, 7h. Vogel! Bagroo River, Mann! 
Niger Expedition, at Onitsha, Barter / 
G. spherocarpa. 
2. G. succulenta, Schweinf. mss. in herb. sub Psychotria. A 
glabrous succulent shrub, of considerable size. Branches somewhat 
compressed towards the extremities. Leaves oval, shortly pointed, 
rounded or obtuse occasionally wedge-shaped at the base, 54-74 by 
21-31 in., or the uppermost pair at the base of the inflorescence half as 
long and broad, margins revolute, lateral veins about 14-17 pairs, 
patent ; petiole }-2 in.; stipules ovate, obtuse, clasping, undivide 
connate at the base, 3 in. long. Flowers about 4 in. long, subsessile, 
numerous, arranged in ample rather dense terminal trichotomous 
corymbs of 6 in. diam. ; bracts small; bracteoles minute. Calyx tur- 
binate ; limb longer than the ovary, shortly 5-cleft. Corolla white, 
scentless ; tube short, straight ; throat densely bearded ; lobes 9, ovate, 
scarcely equalling the tube, recurving. Anthers linear-oblong, about 
double the length of the filaments. Style exserted, bidentate. Ovules 
with a few wrinkles. 
mile Land. Niamniam-land, by the Rei stream in Ngnanje’s country, Schwein- 
Surth! 
3. G. Kirkii, Hiern. A nearly glabrate shining bush. Branches 
subterete, somewhat compressed towards the extremities. Leaves nat 
rowly elliptical, obtusely narrowed at the apex, wedge-shaped at the 
