506 LXXXVI. LOGANIACEH (BAKER). | Wostuea. 
acuminate, membranous, glabrous, 2—4 in. long, 1-14 in. broad at the 
middle, narrowed into a short petiole ; stipules very small. Cymes few- 
flowered, terminal and axillary, shortly peduncled; pedicels short, 
thickened ; bracts minute. Calyx glabrous, 3 lin. long; lobes ovate, 
acute, as long as the tube. Corolla } in. long; lobes orbicular. Cap- 
sule with two oblong divaricate obtuse lobes 4 in. long. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 849! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: banks of the Gaboon River, Mann, 970! Mount 
John on the River Kongue, Mann, 1777 ! 
6. M, Lujeei, De Wild. & Durand in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. 
xxxix. 67. A shrub, 3-4 ft. high; young branches pubescent ; nodes 
swollen. Leaves shortly petioled, elliptical, 3-4 in. long, acute, narrowed 
to the base, glabrous on both surfaces; stipules deltoid, ;"; in. long. 
Cymes axillary, many-fluwered, shortly peduncled; bracts ciliate; 
pedicels } in. long. Calyx-teeth ovate-triangular, 5}, in. long, slightly 
pilose, ciliate on the margin. Corolla-tube gradually widened to the 
throat, } in. long ; lobes semi-orbicular, ;4, in. long. Stamens 5, as long 
as the corolla-tube; filaments pilose. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Sabuka, near Stanley Pool, Luja. 
7. M. ulugurensis, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 198. A very 
dense shrub, 2—3 ft. high; young branchlets pubescent. Leaves ovate, 
acute, $1 in. long, narrowed to a very short petiole, membranous, 
glabrous above, slightly pubescent on the ribs beneath. Flowers 2—4 in 
terminal cymes; pedicels very short. Calyx-lobes very unequal, ovate- 
deltoid or lanceolate, pilose, 4! the length of the corolla, Corolla 
$ in. long; tube funnel-shaped; lobes suborbicular. Stamens equal, 
% the length of the corolla-tube. 
Mozamb. Dist. (German East Africa: Usagara; at Nglewenu in the 
Uluguru Mountains, 4900 ft., Stuhlmann, 8865. 
8. M. erythrophylla, Gily in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 117. A 
shrub; young branches densely clothed with thick yellowish hairs. 
Leaves shortly petioled, ovate, 1 in. long, obtuse, subcuneate at the base, 
glabrous, opaque, purplish when dried. Cymes lax, terminal, 3—7- 
flowered ; peduncle and pedicels slightly pilose, the latter + in. long. 
Calyx-lobes free, ovate-lanceolate, very acute, ;!, in. long. Corolla 4 
times the length of the calyx; tube obconic; lobes roundish. Stamens 
5, subequal, half the length of the corolla-tube. 
Mozamb. Dist. German Eust Africa: east side of Lake Tanganyika, 
Trotha, 10. 
9. M. Batesii, Baker. A low erect much-branched shrub; branch- 
lets slender, densely clothed with firm white hairs. Leaves shortly 
petioled, oblong, 1—2 in. long, acute, rounded at the base, membranous, 
clothed with long hairs on both surfaces. Cymes few-flowered, dense, 
axillary; bracts lanceolate. Calyx 4 in. long; lobes long, lanceolate, 
densely clothed with long white hairs. Corolla white (Bates), 4 in. long + 
