RUBIACE^ BATESIAN^ 343 



No. 1291. "A small tree, forest. Name — alenteh. Corolla 

 greenish-white. Juice of fruit used to stain black." 



Allied to G. spathicah/x (see p. 280), but differs conspicuously in 

 the shape and venation of the leaves, and in the completely glabrous 

 character of all its parts, excepting the corolla, which is much larger 

 in our species. 



Leaves 11-14 cm. X 2*5-3'5 cm., with petiole usually barely 5 mm., 

 sometimes 1 cm., long. Calyx 6 cm. or even longer, of which the lobes 

 take about 2 cm. Corolla-iuhQ about 15 cm. long, measured from its 

 exsertion from tube of calyx, 3'5-4 cm. wide at mouth ; lobes 3'3 cm. 

 long and 1*5 cm. broad at base. Anthers over 2 cm. long. 

 Oxyanthus Leptactina, sp. nov. 



Frutexalte scandens, ramulis gracillimis nisi nonnunquam minutis- 

 sime pulverulo-pubescentibus glabratis. Folia pro genere minuscula 

 papyracea elliptica acuminata apice vix acuta, basi acutR pet iolo gracili- 

 usculo, utrinque nisi venarum in axillis lateralium (utrinque 5-6) 

 primarium cum mediana minute tamen manifesto barbellata glabra ; 

 stipiilce glabratse anguste triangulares longe acuminatse apice acutis- 

 simse saepius subsetacese. Flores in umbellis pedunculatis trifloris dis- 

 positi superioribus in axillis ; pedunculi cum pedicellis brevibus glabri ; 

 hracteol(B 2 pedicelli in apice insertse caducse lanceolatse basin versus 

 scaphoidese acuminatissimse valde acutre apice subsetosse. Ovarium 

 subcampanulatum appresse griseo-pubescens ; calycis tubus brevis- 

 simus, dentes lineares valde acuminato-acuti elongati. Corollcs tubus 

 pro genere validiusculus extus infra sparsissime pilosus insuper 

 inconspicue necnon breviter sericeus ; lobi lanceolati acuminati 

 acuti. 



No. 1326. " Climbing high, forest. Corolla white, glabrate." 

 Allied to the Liberian O. tenuis Stapf, from which it may be readily 

 distinguished by its much longer leaf-stalks and cal^^x-teeth, and the 

 relatively much shorter corolla-tube. 



Leaves 8-12 cm. X 4-5 cm.; stalk|'from l*5-2*5 cm. or longer ; 

 stipules 6 mm. long, 2'5 mm. broad at base. Peduncle barely 2 cm., 

 pedicels rarely over 5 mm. long ; hracteoles 4-5 mm. long. Ovary 

 3-7 mm. high, tube of calyx barely 1 mm., lobes over 1 cm. long. 

 Corolla-iuhe nearly 7 cm. long, lobes about 3 cm. x 5-6 mm. 

 Atractogyne Batesii, sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens ramulis gracilibus striatis glabris ; folia majuscula 

 firme chartacea glabra ovata breviter acuminata apice vix acuta potius 

 obtusiuscula, basi cordata petiole validiusculo pro rata longiusculo, 

 vencB primanse laterales utrinque 6-9 prominulse ; stipulce in vaginam 

 brevem cohserentes latam apiculo centrali brevi onustam. Floras in 

 cymis abbreviatis dispositi 5-6-floris. 



Calyx hemisphserico - campanulatus minute pubescens obscure 

 brevissime dentatus ; corolla anguste campanulata lobis deflexis 

 brevissimis late deltoideis obtusis. AnthercB recta? lineares basi 

 alte sagittatse furcis obtusis, filamentis brevibus necnon manifestis. 

 Stylus claviformis obtusus. Fructus angustissime linearis utrinque 

 attenuatus, subteres insigniter costulatus calyce persistente coronatus, 

 bilocularis seminibus irregulariter angulatis. 



