Vireria.'] lxx. ruhtaoe^r (hierx). 49 



Leaves oval or somewhat ovate, obtuse or aplcTilate, more or less 

 narrowed at the base, glabrescent above, shortly pubescent on the 

 nerves beneath ; ^-1 by |-| in. ; petiole ranging up to ^ in. ; stipules 

 solitary, with 3-4 long setaceous teeth from the wide base. Flowers 

 densely fascicled, sessile, about ^ in. long, 4-5-merous. Calyx- lobes 

 unequal foliaceous green. Corolla white. Disk small annular, some- 

 what elevated in fruit into a short cone. 



Vpper Guinea. Fernando Po, ^ar^er / Mann! Bagroo River, i»/aw«/ 



UNKNOWN SPECIES. 



Virecta panlculata, G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. p. 521, n. 5, a shrub from Sierra 

 Leone, appears not to belong to the genus, but I do not know the plant. 



11. OTOMERIA, Benth. ; Benth. et Hoot. f. Gen. Plant, ii. p. 55. 



Calyx-tube campanulate, at length turbinate, costate, persistent ; 

 limb 5-lobed, irregular by the lengthening of the outermost lobe. 

 Corolla-tube elongated, slender ; limb subregular, spreading, 5-partite, 

 valvate in aestivation ; throat more or less hairy. Stamens 5, inserted 

 at the throat of the corolla, exserted or included ; anthers linear-oblong. 

 Disk fleshy. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, bilobed at tip ; ovules 

 numerous. Capsule septicidally 2-coccous. — Erect ascending or pro- 

 cumbent perennials, more or less shrubby at least at the base, with 

 opposite membranous leaves, 3-multi-setose shortly sheathing stipules, 

 and geminate spicate often dimorphic flowers. 



Besides the following, Bentham and Hooker 1. c. allude to a species from Madagas- 

 car. Probably the flowers are dimorphic, by the included or exserted anthers 

 associated with greater or less degree of elongation of the style in all the species, 

 but, so far as our material shows, 0. guineensis and 0. dilatata have included anthers, 

 while the other two species are seen to be dimorphic. 



Stipules plurisetose 1. 0. guineensis. 



Stipules with about 3 lanceolate or subulate teeth. 



Leaves elliptical, wedge-shaped at the base 2. 0. madiensis. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, f-1^ in. wide, from a broad nearly 



rounded base 3. 0. dilatata. 



Stipules with about 3 needle-shaped setae ; leaves lanceolate, 



not exceeding \ in. wide, attenuate at the base 4. 0. lanceolata. 



1. O. g'uineensls, Be^ifh. in HooJc. Niger Fl. 405. Somewhat 

 shrubby, hirsute above, 1-2 ft. high, branched. Leaves ovate, rather 

 obtusely pointed or apiculate, narrowed at the base, puberulous on the 

 veins above, hairy on the veins beneath; ^1^ by :}-| in. ; petiole j^.^-J 

 in. long ; stipules plurisetose, pilose-hirsute. Spikes solitary or three 

 together, 3-12 in. long. Flowers about -| in. long, crowded above, 

 more distant below. Calyx nearly glabrous, the long lobe ^-^ in. 

 long, the small lobes short. Capsule about ^ in. long. 



Vpper Guinea. Niger, Grand Bassa, Th. Vogel ! An sell / Dr. Mc William ! 



2. O. madiensis, Oliv. in Trains. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxix. 83, t. 47 

 (1873). Decumbent or ascending, 1-2^ ft. high, somewliat shrubby 



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