Oldenlandta.'] lxx. rubiace^ (hiern). 53 



Inflorescence cymosely corymbose, or 

 sub-spicately branched with fasci- 

 culate flowers. 

 Setae of the stipules long, conspicu- 

 ous, at length reflexed or 



spreading 14. 0. Cafra. 



Setje of the stipules short, suberect . 15. 0. virgata. 

 Flowers solitary or loosely paniculate. 

 Pedicels long and slender, not rigid ; 



inflorescence terminal , . . . 16. 0. effusa. 

 Pedicels rigid, not very long, mostly 



axillary 17. O.Heynei. 



Corolla funnel-shaped, scarcely exceeding the 

 calyx. 

 Inflorescence terminal ; pedicels fasciculate. 



Leaves narrowly linear 18. 0. parviflora. 



Leaves linear-oval 19, O.flosculosa. 



Inflorescence axillary, or subtcrminal with 

 solitary flowers. 

 Flowers solitary. 



Calyx-lobes obtuse 20. 0, monanthos. 



Calyx-lobes acute at least in flower. 



Closely branched, dwarf . . . . 21. 0. ccespitosa. 

 Simple or nearly so, dwarf ... 22. 0. tenumima. 

 Simple or branched, elongated . . 23. 0. luncifolia. 

 Flowers two or more together. 



Peduncles solitary, bearing two or more 



flowers 24. 0. corymhosa. 



Peduncles two or more together, each 



1 -flowered 25. 0. capensis. 



Peduncles very short, crowded several 



together 26. 0. trinervia. 



Flowers pentamerous 27. 0. macrophylla. 



Capsule obconic-oblong, tardily dehiscent .... 28. 0. wauaisis. 

 Calyx-lobes 4 with intervening subulate teeth. Capsule 



indehiscent 29. 0. hedyotoicUs. 



1. O. Peltospermuxn, BierTi. A glabrate shining shrub climbing 

 to the height of 10-15 feet or arborescent ; branches terete, purplish. 

 Leaves ovate or elliptical, narrowed at both ends, membranous, 2-5 

 bv 1-2 in. ; petiole \-\ in. ; stipules shortly ovate, wide, undivided, 

 puberulous, terminated by a subulate tooth, soon oblitemted. Flowers 

 pentamerous, ^-| in. long, 1-3 together, sessile or occasionally one 

 pedunculate, on spikes arranged in terminal panicles 6-12 in. long. 

 Calyx coriaceous, green ; tube campanulate, at length subglobose, 

 T^-i in. diam., wholly adnate to the ovary ; limb short, spreading ; 

 teeth short, ovate. Corolla tubular-funnel-shaped, pale blue ; limb 

 shortly lobed ; throat hairy. Anthers oblong, included. Stigma sub- 

 clavate, subentire. Capsule coriaceous, at length septicidally dicoccous, 

 ^-^ in. diam ; seeds orbicular, peltately attached to the fleshy placentas. 

 — Peltospermum paiiiculatum, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 400 ; 

 Eedyotls (sp.), Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 57. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Th. Vogel! Mann! Barter! Princes Island, 

 Barter! Gaboon River, Man7i! Senegambia, Hcudilot! Sierra Leouc, AfcilhiJs! 



2. O. Bojeri, Uiern. A dense undershrnb, puberulous, 1-3 feet 



