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ENUMERATION OP 



[Rubiaceae, 



cuUsque tomentoais; foliis paryia, ovatis orbiculariLusve, acutis rel 

 obtusis, basi rotundatis cordatisve, superne glabris, subtus ad nervos 

 tomentosis ; corymUs termiiialibus, parvis ; peduncuh folus longiore ; 

 Iracteolis varYis.—c.-p. 170G. „ , ^ , , -r> 



Hab. is ot uncommon in tlie forests of the Central Province. 



Folia i-1 poll, longa. Corolla alba, tP.bo 2 lln. longo. Umbo 3 lin. in exp, 



4 O. angustifolia, Thw. ; ' caide erecto, glabro vel breve tomentosoj 



foUis anguste lanceolatis, utrinque angustatis, glabns vel subtus ad 



nervos tomentosis; stipuUs setaceo-cuspidatis ; corymbts laxis pedun- 



culoQue tomentosis ; bracteoUs linearibus, mediocribus ; alabastris ru- 



-c.p. 43L 



gulosia. 



Hab. Ambagamowa District. 



Corolla alba, tulo 1 lin. 



Folia 1-4 poll, longa, 1^-8 lin. lata, subtiis albida. 



longo, limbo 3-4 lin. in exp. , „ i ..^ 



Eesembling tbe next species in many respects, but the smaller, narrower leaves. 



and tbe lax corymbs vvith tbeir shorter bracteoles, of the present plant, seem sum- 



cient to keep them distinct. 



Walp 



57.— c.p. 



1 



0. imhricata, Gard. MSS. 



712 (1707). 



Var. ^ ; corymbis axcte compactis,— 



Hab. Abundant in tlie Central Province, up to an elevation of 5000 

 feet. 



6. ©.pallida, Thw. ; caule tomentoso, plus minus procumbente ; 



. ,. .I !• 1 1 I* 1 ii .-i^x:-. ■ _,* «4^^r, Tioai Qpntis 



giusculis. 



vel rotundatis ; stipuUs setaceo-cuspidatis ; corymbis compac 

 culoque glabris vel rariiis sparse pilosulis ; bracteoUs lo: 



linearibusf— c.p. 711, 3344. 



Hab. Forests in the Ambagamo^va District. 



Closely allied to the last, but distinguished by its more or less procumbent habit, 

 its pubescent stems and leaves, and the latter, together with the corymbs, smaUer 

 and more delicate in texture. 



7, O- fflechomsefoHa, Thw. ; caw/^ procumbente, villoso % foliis parns, 



"" subtus att 



x^...x.--fcis ovatisve, cordatis, subacutis, superne villosulis, ^ 

 nervos petioloque villosia ; corymbis terminaiibus, pedunculatis ; ^rac- 

 teolis linearibus, longiusculia, cum lobis calycinis ciliatis, — C.P. 1708. 

 Hab, Forests of the Central Province. 



Folia 3-10 lin. longa, sjepe rugulosa. . .. 



This bears a close resembance to 0, radicans, differing from it however in 1 1 

 leaves being hairy on the upper surface, and in its relatively much longer-ciUatea 

 bracteoles and calyx-lobes. 



I am 



1. H. Lawsonise, W. et A., 1. c. p. 407, cum syn. ; Wight, Icon. t. 



1026.— c.p. 13, 1697 (102, 110). 

 Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 5000 to 8000 leet. 



Folia ovata vel plus minus anguste lanceolata, ^"4 poll, longa, membranacca ve 



subcoriacea. . . .-i „w 



A very common species, varying very much in appearance accordmg to me 



racter of the locality iu which it occurs. 



2. H. evenia, Thw. ; fruticosa ; ramuUs acute 4-gon;s, junionhus 



