r>04 Lxxxvi. LOGANiACE^ (baker). [Mostiiea. 



1. MOSTUEA, Didr. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 789. 



Calyx small ; teeth usually 5, longer or shorter than the campanu- 

 iate tube. Corolla-tube infundibuliform ; lobes usually 5, orbicular, 

 imbricate. Stamens 5, rarely 4, inserted low down in the corolla- 

 tube; filaments filiform ; anthers oblong, cells parallel. Ovary globose, 

 2-celled ; style subulate, twice branched ; forks recurved, stigmatose 

 on the inner sides ; ovules 2 in a cell, collateral, erect. Capsule 

 flattened so as to have a narrow septum, deeply emarginate, dehiscing 

 septicidally. Seeds 1-2 in a cell, lenticular ; albumen fleshy ; embryo 

 short, straight. — Small much-branched shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire ; 

 stipules small. Cymes few-fiovv^ered, shortly-peduncled, axillary or ter- 

 minal, enveloped in § Comochlamys in a pair of large foliaceous bracts. 

 Corolla white or yellowish. — Coinochlamys, T. Anders, ex Benth. et 

 Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 1091. 



Three other species, two in Madagascar and one in Surinam. 



*ErMOSTUEA. Bracts small. 



Calyx-lobes ol)solete 1. M. microphylla. 



Calyx-lobes short, equal, ovate. 

 Leaves obovate. 



Corolla ^-h in. long . . . . .2. M. penduUJlora. 



Corolla \ in. long 3. M. Brunonis. 



Leaves ovate, obtuse ...... 4. M. Thomsoni. 



Leaves oblong, acuminate. 



Cyrnes few-flovvered . . . . . o. M. BuchJiolzii. 



Cymes inany-fiowered . . . . .6. M. Lujcei. 



C.tlyx-lobes short, unequal, ovate or lanceolate. 



Jk'anchlets pubescent ...... 7. M. ulugurensis. 



Branchlets densely clothed with thick yellowish 



hairs ^. M. erythropTiylla. 



Calyx-lobes long, lanceolate. 

 Calyx hispid, ^ in. long. 



Corolla-lobes oblanceolate . . . .9. M. Batesii, 



Corolla-lobes as broad as long. 



Caiyx-lobes deltoid, acute, | lin. long . . 10. M. Zenkeri. 



Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 1 lin. long . 11. Jf. Walleri. 

 Calyx pubescent, \ in. long . . . .12. M. grandifiora. 



Calyx glabrous, ^ in. long. 

 Pedicels short. 



Leaves oblong, very obtuse .... 13. M.ftichsicefolia. 



Leaves ovate-oblong . . . . . 14. Jf. schumanniana. 



Pedicels long . . . . . . .1.5. M. rubrinervis. 



Calyx-lobes long, linear-lanceolate . . . .16. M. Dinklagei. 



Calyx-lobes long, linear-setaceous. 



Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate . . . 17. M. neuroearpa. 



Leaves ovate-oblong 18. Jlf. densijlora. 



Leaves small, obovate-oblong . . . .19. M. Camporiim. 



**CoI^"oc^LAMTs. Bracts large, enclosing the cymes. 



Calyx-lobes suborbicular . . . . . . 20. M. congolana. 



Calyx-lobes ovate 2\. M. hirsuta. 



Calyx-lobes lanceolate, equal. 



