70 Lxx. KUBiACEiE (hiekn). [Mudsceudd. 



scarlet, shortly pedicellate in pedunculate cymes. Calyx hispid ; tube 

 short ; lobes linear, subobtuse, ^-J in. long, persistent, subequal or one 

 occasionally subfoliaceous. Corolla-tube |-1 in. long, densely hirsute 

 outside, ealver-shaped ; limb spreading, IJ-S^^ in. diameter, red within 

 with a yellow-hairy throat, pale yellow or orange-coloured outside ; 

 lobes rounded, apiculate. Fruit egg-shaped, | in. long, not or ob- 

 scurely ribbed. — Gardenia coccinea, G. Don ! in Edinb. Phil. Journ, xi. 

 p. 348 (1824). Bertiera coccinea, G. Don! Gen. Syst. iii. p. 506. 

 M. discolor, Thonn. ex DC. Prod. iv. p. 372, non Pet.-th. 



Vpper Guinea. "Widely spread. 



ITortlx Central. Monbuttu land, Schweinfurth ! 



Xiower Culnea, Golungo Alto, Welwitsch I 



9. JUL. t heinsioides, Hiern. Branches subterete or obtusely 

 quadrangular ; shoots opposite, erect- patent, hispid with hairs directed 

 lorward. Leaves oval, acuminate, rounded or somewhat wedge-shaped 

 at the base, chartaceous, glabrate above except the midrib, somewhat 

 hairy on the veins beneath, sparingly ciliate, 2-4 by 1-2 in. ; petiole 

 jL_i in. long, hispid with forward hairs ; lateral veins about 6-8 

 pairs, rather slender; tertiary veins oblique; stipules subulate, 2 

 together or bipartite, about ^ in. long. Flowers about 3 together in 

 terminal cymes ; peduncle and pedicels about J in. long in fruit. 

 Calyx-lobes linear-spathulate, ^ in. long, enlarging to f in fruit. 

 Fruit ovoid, terete, sparingly hispid, about | in. long, exclusive of the 

 persistent calyx-segments. 



XK>wer Guinea. Congo, Ckr. Smith! 



10. IKE.? platyphyUa., Hiern. Puberuloas. Branches roundedly 

 and unequally 4-sided, sulcate ; branchlets spreading. Leaves broadly 

 ovate, subacnminate, broad near the suddenly narrowed base, shortly 

 pubescent at least on the veins, firmly chartaceous, 3-8 by 2-5^ in. ; 

 petiole ranging up to 1 in. or more ; margins broadly reflexed ; 

 lateral veins about 12 ; stipules broadly ovate, about | in. long, obtuse. 

 Berries ovoid, |-| by §-^ in., lO-ribbed, not quite glabrous, crowned by 

 the five linear-subulate puberulous calyx-lobes which are f-| in. 

 long, subsessile, in terminal corymbose cymes. Seeds numerous, 

 obtusely angular, not minute. 



KTortb Central. Monbuttu-Iand, Schweinfurth! 



11. ZKC. grandiflora, Benth. in Book. Niger Fl. p. 392. Shoots 

 clothed with deflexed-patent ferruginous pilose hairs. Leaves oval, 

 acuminate, rounded or subcordate at the base, very shortly petiolate, 

 sparingly strigose, pubescent and darker above, 3-4 by 1;^2 in. ; 

 lateral veins 10-13 on each side of the midrib, hispid beneath. 

 Stipules geminate, linear-lanceolate, pilose on the back and margins, 

 glabrous within, recurved, caducous, about ^-^ in. long. Flowers 

 dense, sessile or subsessile in pedunculate cymes ; bracts linear, acute, 

 about equalling the stipules. Calyx densely clothed with ferruginous 

 pilose hairs ; tube small; lobes elliptical, much acuminate, herbaceous or 

 perhaps coloured, J by ^ in., subequal or in some flowers one produced 



