Mussceyida.'] Lxx. RUBUCEiE (hiern). 71 



into a wliite oval acuminate stalked, more or less hairy lamina 3-4 in. 

 long. Corolla densely hirsute outside ; lobes acuminate ; throat pilose. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leono, G. Don ! 



May prove to be M. rufa, A. Rich, in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. p. 246 (1834). 



12. I(Z. luteola, Delile Cent. PI. Afr. Cailliaud, p. 65, t. 1, f. 1, 



excl. syii. (1826); 7ion Hochat. A closely branched shrub; branches 

 at an acute angle, pubescent towards the apex. Bark stringy. Leaves 

 ovate or oval, subacuminate, obtuse or wedge-shaped and mostly 

 oblique at the base, shortly and appressedly pubescent at least on the 

 veins beneath, 1-3 by |-1^ in. or those of the abbreviated lateral 

 branches smaller ; lateral veins about 6-7 on each side of the midrib ; 

 tertiary veins inconspicuous ; petiole very short. Stipules sabulate. 

 Flowers about 1 in. long, subsessile and shortly pedicellate, in rigid 

 terminal cymes. Calyx pubescent ; tube oblong, about -^^ in. long, 

 afterwards longer ; teeth filiform, ^-^ in. long, caducous, subequal or 

 one produced into a pale lemon-coloured oval or rotund apicnlate 

 nearly glabrous stalked lamina 1-1| in. long ; stalk ^1 in. long. Corolla 

 canary-yellow, sweet-scented ; tube narrow, cylindrical, pubescent ; 

 limb about ^ in. diameter; throat hispid-tomentose ; lobes ovate 

 caudate -acuminate. Fruit oblong, hispidulous or glabrate, about ^ in. 

 long, at length dehiscing loculicidally. — Musscenda, n. sp., T. Thoms. 

 in Speke Journ., App. p. 636 ; Vignaudia luteola, Schweinf. in 

 Schweinf. et Aschers. Enum. p. 282 (1867). 



Wile l^and. Nubia, Sin^6, Cailliavd ; White Nile, Tcthenck ! Gani and 

 Madi, Speke and Grant ! Mittu-land, Schweinf urtk t 



16. PAURIDIANTHA, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 PI. ii. p. 69. 



Calyx-tnbe campanulate or hemispherical ; limb small, broad, 5- 

 toothed, persistent. Corolla suburceolate, hairy at the throat, 5-cleft ; 

 lobes ovate, snbobtuse, reflexed, valvaie in aestivation. Stamens 5, 

 inserted near the throat of the corolla ; filaments short ; anthers 

 shortly oblong, snbexserted. Disk forming a thick cushion-like ring. 

 Ovary 2-celled ; style robust; stigma oblong obscurely 2.]obed ; ovules 

 numerous. Fruit globose, 2-celled, many- seeded. Seeds small. — A 

 nearly glabrous leafy shrub with slender branches, opposite submem- 

 branous leaves, interpetiolar subulate stipules and minute nearly 

 solitary axillary flowers. 

 A monotypic genus. 



1. P. canthllfolia, Booh, f, in Benth. et. Hooh. f. Gen. PI ii. 

 p. 70. Height 12-15 feet. Branches strigose-puberulous above. 

 Leaves elliptical, acuminate, glabrous, wedge-shaped at the base, 1-2^ 

 by ^1 in. ; petiole ^^-^ in. Peduncles short, puberulous. Calyx 

 green. Coroll* 'ight red. Fruit ^ in. diameter, glabrous, apparently 

 indehivscent. 



npper Guinea. Firnando Po Island, itfajm.' 



