226 LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). [ Cephaélis. 
culate subterminal heads of 14-5 in. diameter; common peduncle 
8-12 in. long, scarlet, compressed, curving outwards and downwards 
beyond the foliage and becoming thickened as it bends upwards at the 
tip ; involucre scarlet. Calyx-limb cylindrical, 5-6-cleft ; lobes ciliate. 
Corolla white or yellow, exceeding the calyx ; tube coriaceous, }—3 in. 
long; lobes spreading. Anthers exserted. Ovary 3—4-celled.—Camp- 
topus Mannii, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5755. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann /; Old Calabar. 
9. ©. latifolia, Hiern. A glabrous shrub. Leaves broadly oval, 
subacuminate, shortly narrowed at the base, coriaceous, 6-10 by 
4-7 in., lateral veins about 12 pairs; petiole 3-44 in. ; stipules oval, 
bidentate, 1 in. long. Flowers 4 in. long or more, on short puberulous 
pedicels, numerous, in rather branched involucrate pedunculate subter- 
mipal heads of 2-3 in. diameter; common peduncles about 5 in. long. 
Calyx-limb hemispherical, puberulous, small, dentate. Corolla tubular, 
merely 5-lobed, much exceeding the calyx. Fruit } in. long, 3-celled, 
ribbed. / 
Upper Guinea. Gaboon River, Mann! 
10. G. congensis, Hiern. Shrubby, glabrous. Branches terete, 
towards the extremities somewhat compressed. Leaves obovate-oval, 
obtuse, rounded or shortly pointed at the apex, wedge-shaped at the 
base, thinly coriaceous, of nearly the same colour on both surfaces, 4-5} 
by 14-24 in., margins nearly flat, lateral veins about 9-10 pairs, 1D- 
conspicuous ; stipules connate and sheathing, about 3 in. long, 1 
portion ovate, short. Flowers pentamerous, about } in. long, sessile, 
many together, in sessile terminal heads. Bracts about % in. long, 
ovate, acute or cuspidate, connate, involucrate ; bracteoles wanting oF 
inconspicuous. Calyx-limb longer than the ovary, with about 5 vague 
short rounded teeth. Corolla rather exceeding the calyx, cleft; throat 
bearded. Ovary apparently 2-celled; style bifid, glabrous. Fruit sub- 
globose, longitudinally furrowed, } in. diameter. 
Lower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 
66. TRICHOSTACHYS, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen- 
Pl. ii. p. 128, 
Calyx-tube campanulate or obovoid ; limb larger, campanulate oF 
oblong, 4-6-lobed, persistent; lobes spreading, hispid or ciliate. 
‘Corolla not much exceeding the calyx, funnel-shaped or subcampant- 
late; throat hairy; lobes 4-6, ovate or lanceolate, spreading, valvate 
in the bud. Stamens 4-6, inserted in the throat of the corolla; fila- 
ments short; anthers included, linear, glabrous or hairy, fixed at the 
back above the base. Disk cushion-shaped or elevated. Ovaty 
2-celled ; style slender, glabrous, with 2 short obtuse branches ; ovules 
solitary, erect. Fruit small, ovoid or subglobose; pyrenes 2, plano- 
convex, crustaceons, small. Seeds smooth; testa membranous; bu- 
men fleshy ; radicle inferior.—Small subherbaceous plants with oppo 
