Alberta.] RUBIACEZ (Sond.) 15 
subacute, discoloured, green and pellucid-veined above, greyish-white 
beneath, glabrous, the young ones hairy on the nerves ; cymes shortly 
pedunculate, branches divaricate, many-flowered ; calyx-lobes linear- 
spathulate, obtuse ; corolla appressed-hairy. Pachystigma lasianthum, 
Sond. Linnea, Vol. 23, p. 55. 
Has. Natal, Gueinzius, 119, 549. J. Sanderson, 520, 658. Gerr. § M‘K. 851. Dec. 
(Herb. Sond., D.) 
Very nearly allied to V. venosa, but differs by larger, ovate, or oblong leaves on 
longer petioles, many-flowered divaricate inflorescence, spathulate calyx-lobes and 
hairy corolla. Leaves 2 inches long, about 1 inch wide; petiole 3-4 lines long. 
Cymes 12-14 flowered, 1 inch long. Calyx lobes 24 lines long, } line broad. Coro 
43 lines long, glabrous in the throat, but with reversed hairs in the tube; lobes 
lanceolate-acuminate. Ovary 5-celled. Stigma thick, truncate at both ends. 
6. V. latifolia (Sond.); leaves shortly petiolate, suborbicular or broad 
ovate, discoloured, pale and netted-veined beneath, glabrous ; peduncles 
axillary, 3-flowered, bibracteate, glabrous ; calyx glabrous or subpilose, 
lobeslanceolate ; corollaglabrousoutside. Pachyst.latifolium, Sd. l.c.p. 56. 
Has. Natal, Gueinzius, 115. T. Williamson, (Herb. Sond., D.) 
Branches glabrous, terete or subcompressed. Leaves quite entire, 2 inches long, 
1} inch wide, the petiole 1 line long. Stipules as in V. venosa and V. lasiantha. 
Peduncle 6 lines long, at the summit with 3 flowers on very short pedicels. Bracts 
ovate. Corolla n as in V. venosa. : , 
7. V. Zeyheri (Sond.) ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, attenuate 
at the base, quite glabrous, green, with prominent nerves and veins on 
both sides ; cymes axillary, shorter than the leaves, glabrous as well 
as the flowers; calyx lobes lanceolate; corolla glabrous outside. Pachy- 
stigma Zeyhert, Sond. l. c. 
Has. Stony places in woods, Magalisberg. Nov. Zeyher, 766. (Herb. Sd., D.) 
Shrub with opposite, glabrous branches. Stipules broad, cuspidate, about 2 lines 
long. Leaves quite entire, coriaceous, 4-5 inches long, 12-14 lines broad, tapering 
into a petiole 3-6 lineslong. Cymes opposite, 2 inches, the primary peduncle 1 inch 
long; the pedicels bracteolate. Calyx 3 lines long; tube hemispherical, lobes twice 
longer. Corolla 4 lines long, with a series of silky hairs in the tube ; the throat and 
lobes glabrous. Ovary 5-celled, by abortion 2~3-celled. Style filiform; stigma 
truncate at both ends. Drupe (unripe) ellipsoidal, glabrous, crowned with the 
vestiges of the calyx-lobes. . ; 
TRIBE IV.—ALBERTIEE (Gen. VIIL) 
VII. ALBERTA, E. Meyer. 
Calyx-tube turbinate, 10-ribbed; limb 5-fid, 3 lobes short, acute, 2 
oblong, obtuse, in fruit much larger. Corolla elongated, tubular, incur- 
ved; throat naked; limb 5-fid, with very short, erect, imbricate, acute 
lobes. Stamens 5, included ; anthers sessile. Ovary 2-celled; ovules 
solitary. Style filiform, exserted; stigma attenuated, very shortly bifid. 
Fruit dry, ovate-oblong, 10-ribbed and furrowed, crowned with the 2 
opposite, foliaceous, dilated, membranaceous, reticulate-veined, coloured 
calyx lobes, 2-celled; cells 1-seeded. Seeds oblong, convex at back, 
flat in front. Albumen fleshy. Endl. gen. n. 3327. 
A shrub or small tree with subsessile, oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous, glossy 
leaves, cuplike aristate stipules, terminal panicle, with cymose branches and pur- 
plish, silky pubescent corollas. It is named in honour of Albertus Magnus, of the 
