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5. G. rubescens, Hiern. A nearly glabrous shrub, about 6 fect 
high, of a pale reddish colour towards the extremities and on the lower 
surface of the leaves. Leaves obovate-oval, obtusely pointed or scarcely 
acuminate, narrowing towards the obtuse base, chartaceous, 10-12 by 
3$-52 in. , lateral veins about 24 pairs, rather slender ; petiole 4-3 in. ; 
stipules suborbicular or somewhat obovate, connate at the base, bifid, 
fimbriate-ciliate, 3-14 in. long, lobes apparently bicuspidate. Flowers 
pentamerons, 3 in. long, numerous, sessile, densely crowded in terminal 
shortly pedunculate hemispherical heads of about 14 in. diameter ; 
common peduncle 2-14 in. long; involucral bracts ample, imbricated, 
as long as the head; inner bracteoles narrow, ciliate. Calyx-limb 
deeply lobed, lobes narrow, ciliate. Corolla rather shorter than the 
calyx. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Mann! 
6. G. clausa, Hiern. A small undershrub, herbaceous and hir- 
sute-hispid towards the extremities. Leaves oval-oblong, subacuminate, 
wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, scabrous-hairy on both sides, 
spreading, 8-10 by 23-32 in., lateral veins about 12-17 pairs, slender, 
petiole 4-2 in., hirsute-hispid ; stipules ample, connate, bicuspidate, 
in. long, hispid. Flowers pentamerous, about } in. long, numerous, 
crowded, sessile, in hemispherical dense axillary and terminal shortly 
pedunculate heads of 1-14 in. diameter; common peduncle 4-4 in. 
long; involucral bracts ample, imbricated, equalling the heads; inner 
racts narrower, pilose-hispid and -ciliate. Calyx-limb cleft half way, 
persistent ; lobes lanceolate, pilose-hispid. Ovary densely hispid, 
2-celled. Corolla closed, apparently not opening, calyptriform, not 
exceeding the calyx. Fruit narrowly ovoid, # in. long. 
Upper Guinea. Gaboon River, Mann! 
?. ©. spathacea, Hiern. A shrub, about 10-12 feet high, nearly 
glabrous. Leaves oval, shortly acuminate, obtuse or somewhat wedge- 
shaped at the base, firmly chartaceous, 9-16 by 4-6 in., lateral veins about 
: pairs, clearly marked as also the connecting tertiary veins beneath ; 
stipules ovate, bifid, Sin. or more. Flowers pentamerous, 4-2 in. long, 
numerous, subsessile, crowded in terminal or subterminal shortly pe- 
unculate hemispherical heads of 1-1} in. diameter ; common peduncle 
2} in. long ; involucre very coriaceous, entire except the apex, nearly 
equalling the flower. Calyx-limb tubular-spatbaceous, oblique at the 
4pex, Open, cut half way down one side, shortly ciliate at the top. 
Corolla about twice the length of the calyx. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled. 
mt dicoccous ; cocci ribbed. 
Upper Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, 2000 feet alt., Mann! 
is 8. G. Mannii, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 128. A leafy shrub, 
feet high. Branches robust, green. Leaves oval-obovate, subacu- 
cane wedge-shaped at the base, glabrous, thinly coriaceous, shining, 
12 by 3-6 in., lateral veins about 10-12 pairs, midrib red below ; 
Petiole 14-3 in.; stipules broadly oval, 3 in. long, bidentate, connate at 
= Flowers 3-1 in. long, densely crowded, subsessile, in pedun- 
L. It. . 
