Mtisscenda."} Lxx. rubiace^ (hiern). 69 



6. Itt. tenuiflora, Benth. in HooJc. Niger Fl. p. 392, (1849). 

 A subscandent shrub of 8-10 It. or more. Leaves oval, sliortly and 

 abruptly acaminate, rounded or somewhat wedge-shaped at the base, 

 hispid, paler beneath, 1^-6 by 1-3;^^ in. ; lateral veins 8-10 on each side 

 of the midrib ; tertiary veins oblique ; petiole ^-1 in. Stipules ovate 

 or lanceolate, acute, hispid, usually bipartite, sometimes bifid. Flowers 

 1-1 :J^ in. long, subsessile, crowded in pedunculate or branched terminal 

 or subterminal cymes. Calyx hispid; tube short in flower; teeth 

 filiform or subulate, persistent, |— ^ in. long, subequal or one produced 

 into a white, dilated, somewhat hairy, caudate-apiculate, stalked la- 

 mina, 2-4 in. long. ' Corolla shortly and appressedly hispid outside ; 

 tube green outside, slender, cylindrical ; limb about ^— J in. diameter, 

 yellow ; throat closed with yellow hairs ; lobes ovate, spreading, 

 acuminate. Fruit ellipsoidal, ^-?- in. long, hispid or puberulous, 

 crowned by the subulate calyx-teeth. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Th. Vogel! Barter! Mann! Old Calabar, Rev. 

 W. a Thoimon! Dr. Robb! 



7. XIX. erythropbylla, Schum. et Thonn. PI. Guin. p. 116. A 

 small shrub of a few feet or climbing to 30-40 ft. Shoots softly 

 pubescent. Leaves ovate, sharply acuminate, wedge-shaped or rounded 

 at the base, membranous, hispidulous especially on the veins, paler and 

 sometimes subtomentose beneath, 2-7 by 1-4 in. ; lateral veins about 

 10 on each side of the midrib ; tertiary veins oblique ; petiole ^2 in. 

 Stipules ovate or lanceolate, about f in. long, bifid, usually reflexed 

 and glabrous inside. Flowers 1-1^ in. long, shortly pedicellate and 

 subsessile, in dense pedunculate cymes. Calyx-tube -^—j^ in. long, 

 densely hirsute, obovoid ; lobes red, lanceolate, hirsute, ^— | in. long, 

 subequal or one produced into a bright vermilion, subrotund, abruptly 

 acuminate, softly pilose, spreading, stalked lamina, 2-^| in. long. 

 Corolla-tube cylindrical, densely hirsute with reddish hairs ; limb J-| 

 in. diameter ; throat bearded ; lobes rounded, apiculate, white or 

 yellowish inside. Fruit egg-shaped, §-1 in. long, hirsute with reddish 

 hairs, mostly crowned by the calyx-lobes. — M. fulgens, R. Br. ex Tedlie 

 in Bowdich, Mission, p. 374, name only (1819). M. splendida, Welw. 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xxvii. p. 36, t. 13. 



Upper Guinea. Aquapim, Thonning, Winwood Reade! Ashantee, Tedlic! 

 Cameroon Mountains, Mann I 



Xrorth Central. Monbuttu-land, Schweinfurth ! 



Xrile band. Niamniam-land, Schweinfurth! 



Xiower Guinea. Angola, Monteiro ! Welwitsch ! Loango, Soyaux ! 



8. M. elegrans, Schum. et Thonn. PI. Chiin. p. 117. A 

 much branched shrub, half or fully scandent, 5-10 ft. high or more. 

 Shoots subterete, hispid-pubescent. Leaves oval, acuminate, wedge- 

 shaped or obtuse ^t the base, hispidulous especially on the veins 

 beneath, membranous, 1-4J by ^2^ in. ; lateral veins 9-11 on each 

 side of the midrib ; tertiary veins curving; petiole tV~1tV i^- Stipules 

 lanceolate or subulate, geminate or bipartite, hairy. Flowers bright 



