498 Lxix. RUBiACE^. [Gvumilea 



stamens 5, glabrous ; anthers ellipsoidal-oblong, shortly exserted ; 

 filaments inserted about the corolla-throat, shorter than the 

 anthers and attached to them near their base at the back ; disk 

 fleshy, elevated, glabrous ; ovary 2-celled, fleshy : cells 1-ovuled ; 

 ovules broadly ovoid, erect ; style glabrous, y ^ in. long, exserted, 

 a little curved, compressed, sub-linear, slightly widened upwards 

 to the bifid stigma at the apex ; the lobes diverging, short, ovate ; 

 fruit baccate, pea-shaped, brilliantly scai'let, juicy-pulpy, | to ^ in. 

 in diameter, glabrous, 1- or 2-seeded ; seeds about ^ in. in diameter ; 

 testa somewhat intruded into the albumen. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — On the left bank of the river Cuango near Caca- 

 rambola ; fl. beginning of Dec 1855. No. 3209- In shady forests and 

 on their outskirts in Sobato de Mussengue, near Menha Lula ; fl. 

 beginning of August 1855 ; by the river Delamboa, ripe seeds Nov. 

 1855. No. 3210- A snaall tree ; Delamboa. Branches sub-terete ; 

 panicle 1 to 2 in. in diameter, terminal, ebracteolate ; fr. j in. in 

 diameter. Perhaps a distinct species. No. 3202- 



Nearly related to G. venosa Hiern and G. ynicratitha Hiern. 



41. GEOPHILA D. Don ; Benth. &Hook. f. Gen. PL ii. p. 127. 



1. G. reniformis D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal, p. 136 (1825) ; 

 Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 220. 



PuNGO Andongo. — No notes. Without either fl. or fr. Doubtfully 

 referred to this species. No. 3212. 



2. G. unifiora Hiern, I.e., p. 221. 



C.\ZEN(;o.— A perennial creeping stoloniferous herb; leaves rounded 

 at the apex, not acuminate ; corolla white, rather fleshy, 5-cleft. 

 readily deciduous ; the tube cylindrical, f in. long ; the lobes puberu- 

 lous outside, ^ in. long. In very shady damp rocky places, by the 

 cataracts of the river of Mu.xruila among the Muxaula mountains, very 

 rarely flowering : only one fl. Dec. 1854. Either this or a closely 

 allied species ; the leaves i to 1 in. in diameter are rather smaller than 

 in the type. No. 3211. 



3. G. Afzelii Hiern, I.e. 



Prin< e's Island. — Pico do Papagaio, in the mountainous region : 

 without either fl. or fr. Sept. 1853. Apparently this species. No. 3213. 



42. OURAGOGA L. Hort. Cliff, p. 486 (1737), and in Diss, de 

 Viola Ipecacuanha, p. 5 (16 Dec. 1774). 



Uragoga L. Gen. PI. edit. 1, p. 378 (1737). Oephaelis Swartz 

 (1788); Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 127. 



1. 0. peduncularis K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 4. p. 120 (1891) {Uragoga). 



Cepha'elis peduneularis Salisb. Parad. Londi|i. n. 99 (1808) ; 

 Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 223. 



PuN(i() Andongo. — An erect, much-branched shrub, 4 to 5 ft. high, 

 with glossy deep-green leaves. In sandy thickets by the river Cuanza, 

 near Candumba ; fl. Jan. 1857. No. 3196. In shrubby places at the 

 outskirts of forests near Candumba ; fr. March 1857. No. 3197. 



Our specimens belong to a form of this variable species with smaller, 

 narrower, and more acuminate foliage than in the typical form. 



