44 Lxx. RUBiACE^ (hiern). [Cwssopteryx. 



locnlicidal. Seeds several, peltate, compressed, with cut membranous 

 wings. 



A genus limited to this flora, with opposite shortly petiolate leaves, interpetiolar 

 deltoid-acuminate stipules, and corymbosely panicle \ terminal inflorescence. 



1. C. Kotschyana, Fenzl! in Endl. ^ Fenzl Nov. Stirp. Bee, p. 46, 

 n. 51 (1839). A bnshjtree or shrub with brittle wood and snbterete 

 pubescent or glabrate branches. Leaves broadly oval ovate or 

 elliptical, more or less acuminate, thinly coriaceous, deep green, 

 usually obtuse at the base ; 1-8 by ^3 in. ; petiole ^| ; stipules 

 ^— I in. Panicle corymbose or rounded, dense, 2-4 in, diam. Corolla 

 ^-^ in. long, fragrant, white cream-coloured or pink. Capsule ^— J in. 

 diam. ; seeds tV"6 ^7 tV~tV ^^- — Kotschy et Peyritsch PI. Tinneanse, 

 p. 32, tt. 15% l^b. Rondeletia febrifuga, Afzel. ex G. Don Gen. Syst. 

 iii. p. 516. B. africana, T. Winterbottom, Account of Sierra Leone ii. 

 p. 46 (1803). G. febrifuga, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 381. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius /, G. Bon !, Wilford!, HuUon f, Purdief^ 

 Senegambia, Hendelot! Niger, Nupe, Barter! 



Vile ]band. Sennaar, Kotschy, 532, Boriani ; Bahr Ghasal, Heuglin ; Gallabat, 

 Schweinfurth! ; Djur-land, Sckweinfurtk ! ; Niam-niam, Schweinfurth ; Bongo-land, 

 Schweinfurth ! Madi, Speke and Grant ! 



Xiower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith ! ; Golungo Alto, Welwitsch / 



nXozamb. Distr. Senna, Kirk f 



All the forms of this genus, being connected by continuous links, are here united 

 into one species ; they vary much in the degree of pubescence, the original B. febrifuga 

 being nearly glabrous. The bark is employed as a febrifuge. Native names at 

 Sierra Leone, "bellenda" and b^mbee (Winterbottom, /. c). For an account of the 

 medicinal virtues of this plant, called African bark, see Winterbottom, I. c, p. 243. 



Rondeletia floribunda, Gr. Don, Gard. Diet. iii. p. 516, n. 17, is Holarrhma africana, 

 Alph. DC. ; and B. loniceroides, G. Don, I. c. n. 18 is listeria guineensis, Willd. 



8. ABGOSTEMMA, WaU. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 54, 



n. 75. 



Calyx-tube turbinate, exceeding the ovary ; limb usually 5-cleft. 

 Corolla rotate ; limb usually 5-partite, valvate in aBstivation. Stamens 

 usually 5, inserted at or near flie base of the coroUa ; anthers usually 

 connivent, exserted, glabrous. Disk rather thick fleshy. Ovary 2- 

 celled ; style slender ; stigma capitate ; cells many-ovuled. Capsule 

 bursting irregularly at the apex. Seeds minute, numerous. — Small 

 herbs with simple stem opposite or quasi-verticillate leaves, inter- 

 petiolar persistent stipules, and white flowers. 



A genus of many species; aU, except the one following, pecTiliar to Tropical 

 India. 



1. A. pumllum, Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. p. 95. Root fleshy and almost 

 tuberous, short, with capillary fibres. Stem 1^-3 in. high, bearing 

 close together 4-6 pairs of leaves, erect. Leaves subelliptical, obtuse, 

 subsessile, ranging up to 1^ by f in., scattered with a few scaly 

 hairs ; veins inconspicuous. In^orescence terminal, 5-1 -flowered ; 

 pedicels slender ranging up to nearly ^ in. Flowering ^— J in. diam. 



