218 LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). [Grumilea, 
Leaves ovate, subacuminate, shortly wedge-shaped at the base, thinly 
coriaceous, of a deep green colour, 3-7 by 14-34 in., margins narrowly 
revolute, lateral veins about 9-10 pairs; petiole 4-1 in.; stipules 
ovate, 3-4 in. long, bifid, caducous. Flowers about } in. long, on short 
pedicels, in weak branched terminal and subterminal pedunculate cymes; 
common peduncle 1-14 in. ; bracts and bracteoles small. Calyx-limb 
small, subtruncate. Corolla white; throat bearded. Anthers exserted. 
Berries subglobose, about 4 in. diam., obscurely ribbed. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Crado Lake near Valava Island, 
Barter! Lagos, Barter / 
7. G. spherocarpa, Hiern. A shrub, 8-10 feet high. Branches 
terete, smooth, compressed towards the extremities, glabrescent. 
Leaves oval, shortly and narrowly acuminate, wedge-shaped at the 
base, glabrate, deep green on both sides, firmly chartaceous, 3-6 by 
14-23 in., margins narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 12-15 pairs, 
slender; petiole 4-4 in., puberulous or glabrate; stipules oval-ovate, 
pubescent inside and along the middle of the back outside, ciliate, 
bidentate at the apex, Lin. long. Flowers pentamerous, many together, 
about 4 in. long, on short pedicels, in subcorymbose divaricately 
branched pedunculate cymes of 14-2 in. diam. ; common peduncles 
2-2 in. long; bracts cuspidate from a short broad base, at the top of 
the peduncle ; bracteoles smaller. Calyx green ; limb small, subtrun- 
cate. Corolla white; throat bearded. Anthers exserted. Berries 
subglobose, } in. diam., indistinctly ribbed. Testa wrinkled. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann! 
8. G. articulata, Hiern. A somewhat hairy shrub; hairs 
reddish. Branches somewhat compressed towards the extremities. 
Leaves oval, very shortly acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, char- 
taceous, glabrate above, hairy along the midrib beneath, of the same 
colour on both surfaces, 4-7 by 14-31 in., margins scarcely revolute, 
lateral veins close, about 15-16 pairs, conspicuous beneath ; petiole 
2-14 in.; stipules oval-ovate, 3 in. long, bidentate, hairy outside neat 
the base. Flowers } in. long, pentamerous, mostly sessile or subsessile, 
articulated at the base, a few together, in many-flowered divaricately 
branched terminal pedunculate panicles of 4-6 in. diameter ; common 
peduncle about 34 in. long; bracts small, apiculate from a broad base. 
Calyx-limb as long as or longer than the ovary, subtruncate, ciliolate. 
Corolla white, shortly lobed; throat densely bearded. Anthers 12 
cluded. Style bidentate or nearly entire. Ovules coarsely wrinkled. 
Disk lobulate-sulcate. 
Upper Guinea. LEppab, Barter / 
9. G. sulphurea, Schweinf. mss. in herb. sub Psychotrid. A 
puberulous undershrub, 5 feet high. Branchlets compressed, subher- 
baceous. Leaves broadly ovate or oval, obtusely narrowed at the 
apex, wedge-shaped at the base, puberulous on both sides, thinly 
coriaceous, 5-6 by 2-3} in. or some smaller, lateral veins about 1 6 
pairs, margins nearly flat; petiole 4-4 in.; stipules broadly ovate, 
