Grumilea. | LXX. RUBIACEE (HIERN). 217 
base, glabrous, firmly chartaceous, 3-5 by 3-12 in., lateral veins about 
14-16 pairs, spreading, slender, margins revolute; petiole }4 in. ; 
stipules broad, ovate-oblong, undivided, }~? in. long, caducous. Flowers 
arranged in little heads, subsessile, forming divaricately branched, 
terminal, pedunculate bracteate panicles which are often overtopped by 
the lateral branches ; common peduncle compressed, 3-2 in. long, pu- 
berulous or glabrate. Calyx-limb short, 5-toothed. Corolla unknown. 
Berry } in. long, 10-ribbed. Albumen of the seeds ruminated. 
Mozamb. Distr. Mount Zomba, in the thick jungle under the rocky 
northern ridge, Kirk! 
4, @. macrocarpa, Hiern. A glabrous shining tree, 30 feet high. 
Branches subterete, somewhat compressed towards the extremities. 
Leaves broadly cval, shortly pointed, nearly rounded or somewhat 
wedge-shaped at the base, 4-8 by 2-44 in., margins revolute, lateral 
veins about 10-12 pairs, spreading, often with glandular pits at the 
Junction with the midrib; petiole 2-14 in. ; stipules oval, obtuse, undi- 
vided, ? in. long, caducous. Flowers 4 in. long (or rather more) 
before expansion, on pedicels ranging up to about the same length, 
numerous, in rather lax divaricately branched pedunculate terminal 
cymes of 3-6 in. diam.; bracteoles small; common peduncle 1-23 in. 
Calyx-limb hemispherical, truncate, subentire, } in. diam. or rather 
more. Corolla-tube straight, erect ; throat bearded ; lobes 5, as long 
as the tube, oval-oblong, obtuse. Anthers 5, linear, three times the 
length of the filaments. Ovary small, somewhat compressed. Style 
glabrous, $ in. long, bidentate. Fruit turbinate, 3-3 in. long, crowned 
by the persistent calyx-limb, indistinctly ribbed, 2-celled. Albumen 
ruminated, 
Upper Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, at elevation of 4,000 feet above the 
Sea, Mann! 
. » @. venosa, Hiern. A glabrous shining leafy shrub, 8-15 feet 
high. Branches terete. Leaves oval, narrowly acuminate, usually 
wedge-shaped at the base, thinly coriaceous, turning reddish brown in 
the dry state especially beneath, 3-8 by 14-3 in., margins revolute, 
teral veins about 9-12 pairs, conspicuous beneath ; petiole 3-1 in.; 
‘tipules ovate, bidentate, 1-8 in. long, connate at the base, fragile. 
oWers 3 in. long, pentamerous, on shorter pedicels, very numerous, in 
tather dense much branched corymbose paniculate terminal peduncu- 
ate cymes of 3-6 in, diam. ; common peduncle 3-3 in. long, robust ; 
sacts and bracteoles minute or obsolete or occasional’y one pair of 
aceous bracts present. Cal een or greenish white ; lim - 
‘Pherical, equalling the disk and as long aS the ovary, ciliolate, sub- 
“uncate or somewhat toothed. Corolla white ; tube straight. Anthers 
Partly exserted. Style included, shortly bilobed. Berries shortly 
Blobose, 2 in. long. 
Upper Guinea, Fernando Po, Mann! 
f 6. G. micrantha, Hiern. A glabrous shining shrub, about 10 
Set high. Branches terete smooth, towards the extremities compressed. 
