Gertnera. | LXXXVI. LOGANIACE# (BAKER). 543. 
Panicle small, lax ‘ "i - . : . 3. G. salicifolia. 
Panicle short, dense. : : 9 : . 4. G. rhodantha. 
Corolla 4-3 in. long . . : 4 < : - 5. G. occidentalis. 
G. morindoides, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1892, 83, is Morinda longiflora,. 
G. Don. 
1. G. paniculata, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 459. An erect 
shrub, 10-15 ft. high; branchlets glabrous or pubescent. Leaves. 
oblong, acuminate or cuspidate, 4—6 in. long, moderately firm, glabrous. 
beneath when mature; petiole short; stipules large, collar-like, 
conspicuously ciliate. Panicle pyramidal, 6-8 in. long, with ascending 
very compound lower branches; bracts small, ovate or lanceolate. 
Calyx campanulate, very small; lobes very short. Corolla greenish- 
white, $ in. long; lobes oblong, shorter than the funnel-shaped tube. 
Fruit not larger than a pea. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: near the top of Lester Peak, Scott-Eiliot,. 
3860! Scarcies River, Scott-Elliot! French Guinea: woods by the River Niger, 
at Farana, Scott-Elliot, 5326! Liberia: Bassa, Vogel, 20! 71! Ashanti: Assin- 
Yan-Kumassi, Cummins, 194! Togo, Baumann, 494! Lagos: near Lagos, Row- 
land! Southern Nigeria: mouth of the River Niger, Mann, 461! Brass, Barter,. 
1877! Onitsa, Barter, 1256! and without precise locality, Barter, 1811! 
Lower Guinea. Corisco Bay: by the Muni (Danger) River, Mann, 1745! 
2. G. Dinklagei, A. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 88. A 
shrub; branchlets slender, woody, glabrous. Leaves distant, shortly 
petioled, oblong-lanceolate or oblong, 4—8 in. long, 2-2} in. broad, acute, 
narrowed to the base, glabrous, subcoriaceous, penninerved ; stipules 
triangular. Flowers in a moderately large lax thyrsoid terminal 
panicle, with pubescent branches; pedicels very short; bracts lanceo- 
late. Calyx obconic, pubescent, # lin. in diam.; teeth very small. 
Corolla } in. long; lobes linear, longer than the tube. Fruit globose, 
glabrous, the size of a small pea. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 1763! 1838! 2034! 2393! 
3. G. salicifolia, C. 17. Wright. A shrub, 6 ft. high ; branchlets 
slender, glabrous. Leaves distant, shortly petioled, lanceolate or oblong- 
lanceolate, 4—5 in. long, 3-14 in. broad, acuminate, narrowed to the 
base, subcoriaceous, glabrous, penninerved; stipules rather large, 
triangular. Flowers in lax small terminal panicles with glabrous 
branches; pedicels short; bracts minute. Calyx obconic, } lin. in 
diam., not toothed. Corolla 4 in. long; tube funnel-shaped ; lobes 
ovate-oblong, as long as the tube. Anthers linear, reaching nearly to 
the top of the corolla-lobes. Fruit unknown. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: ona rocky river bank at Mfoa, 85 miles east of 
the Gaboon, Bates, 516! 
4. G. rhodantha, Baker. An erect shrub, 9-12 ft. high ; branchlets 
stout, glabrous. Leaves oblanceolate-oblong, shortly cuspidate, nearly 
1 ft. long, 3 in. broad above the middle, moderately firm, glabrous on 
both sides; petiole nearly 1 in. long; stipules large, deeply lacerated. 
