478 Lxix. RUBiACEiE. [Canthiu7n 



apex, rather obtusely narrowed or nearly rounded at the base, 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrous or nearly so, shining and deep-green 

 above, yellowish-green beneath, fuscous in the dried state, those 

 on the flowering branches usually loosely pendulous, 1 to 3 in. 

 long by 4 to 2 in. broad ; lateral veins about 4 on each side of the 

 midrib, not very conspicuous ; petiole ^ to i in. long, glabrescent ; 

 stipules lanceolate-subulate, puberulous, deciduous, about equalling 

 the petiole ; flowers pale yellowish, tetramerous, about | in. when 

 expanded exclusive of the exserted style, nearly i in. inclusive of 

 the style, numerous, on pubescent pedicels of about i in. long 

 arranged in dense compound pedunculate axillary panicles f to 

 1 in. in diameter ; common peduncle ^ to § in. long, pubescent in 

 flower, glabrate in fruit ; calyx about -^-^ in. long, scattered with 

 short hairs outside and ciliate on the margin ; limb small, cleft, 

 the lobes deltoid ; corolla-tube ^o ^^' ^^^S^ cylindi-ical, glabrous 

 outside, pilose inside ; the lobes ovate, obtuse, sub-apiculate, ^^in. 

 long ; throat somewhat pilose ; anthers exserted, oblong, glabrous, 

 on short filaments inserted about the throat ; disk glabrous ; 

 ovary 2 -celled; style glabrous, far exserted; stigma mitriform ; 

 ovules solitary in the cells, pendulous ; fruit globose, occasionally 

 bilobed-didymous, | to i in. in diameter, glabrous ; the scar of the 

 remains of the calyx-limb and the disk often far removed fiom the 

 apex of the fi'uit. 



PuN'Oo And<)NG(i. — By thickets in rocky wooded parts (Barranoos) 

 of the praesidium ; unripe fr. Dec. 1856. No. 3144. In •wooded thickets 

 near Quilanga and Quibanga, not uncommon ; fl. April 1857. No. 3143. 

 In young fr. Doubtfully referred here. No. 3252- 



13. C. golungense Hiern, sp. n. 



A small evergreen glabrous tree of 10 to 15 ft. or more, or a 

 tree-like shrub of 5 to 9 ft. ; stem quadrangular, furrowed ; 

 branches spreading, angular, purplish and somewhat compressed 

 towards the extremities and at the upper nodes ; bark ashy ; head 

 widely spreading ; leaves elliptical, obtusely or narrowly acumin- 

 ate at the apex, somewhat narrowed at the base, thinly coriaceous, 

 bright-green on both faces, shining with a varnish-gloss above, 3 

 to .54 in. long by I5 to 2'^ in. broad, widely wavy on the margin ; 

 lateral veins 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, not conspicuovis ; 

 petiole j to ^ in. long ; stipules from a broad base subulate, 

 sheathing, keeled-acuminate ; flowers from whitish to greenish or 

 yellowish, tetramerous, small, i in. long when expanded, on puber- 

 ulous pedicels of ^V to i in., arranged in opposite compound 

 axillary cymes of 1 to 1^ in. in diameter; common peduncles 

 ranging up to f in. long, puberulous ; bracteoles small ; calyx 

 campanulate-cupshaped, about yV in. long, puberulous; Hmb 

 truncate, very obscurely toothed ; corolla-tube -J^ in. long, glabrous 

 outside, pilose inside ; throat bearded ; lobes Jjj in. long, ovate, 

 obtuse, faintly tomentellous inside, valvate in the bud, reflexed in 

 full flower ; stamens 4, glabrous, inserted at the throat of the 

 corolla, exserted ; anthers oblong, introrse, dorsifixed, 2 -celled, 

 longitudinally dehiscing ; filaments reflexed ; disk shortly hairy, 



