Urophylhun.] Lxx. rubiace^e (iiiern). 73 



l|-4 in. ; lateral veins 20-24 on each side of the midrib, depressed on 

 the upper surface ; petiole about ^-| in. ; stipules ovate, about 1 in. 

 long, caducous. Flowers glabrous outside, about 1 in. long, on short 

 hairy pedicels, many together in short axillary closely branched cymes 

 which are about double or treble the length of the petiole. Calyx 

 about half the length of the flower ; limb hemispherical, truncate ; teeth 

 minute. Corolla-tube short, shaggy inside ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, 

 glabrous on both sides. Disk tumid, hairy. Style club-shaped, more 

 or less hairy above. Ovary 4 ?-celled. 



Upper Guinea. Muni Kiver, 1° N. Lat., Mann! 



3. IT. insular e, Iiiern. A small nearly glabrous tree. Leaves oval 

 or oval-lanceolate, acuminate, obtuse at the base, glossy, submembran- 

 ous, 4-9 by lf-3^ in. ; lateral veins slender 15-18 on each side of the 

 midrib ; petiole ^— | in., channelled above ; stipules lanceolate cadu- 

 cous, alDout J in. long, margins much involute. Flowers glabrous 

 outside, about ^ in. long, on rather longer obsoletely puberulous 

 pedicels, in axillary cymes which measure 1-1^ in. long. Calyx about 

 ^ the length of the flower ; limb hemispherical, truncate ; teeth obso- 

 lete. Style club-shaped, obsoletely puberulous as well as the disk. 

 Ovary 4^-5- celled. Fruit \ in. diameter. 



Upper Guinea. I. St. Thomas, Mann ! summit of the peak. 



Specimens of a small tree, 20-25 feet high, from Prince's Island {Mann!)m young 

 flower-bud with narrow pubescent bracts elongate-lanceolate leaves and petioles shortly 

 pubescent above, apparently belongs to this species. 



4. v. rubens, Benth. in HooJc. Niger Fl. p. 396. A glabrous 

 shrub, 6 feet high, glabrous except the minutely puberulous buds and 

 inflorescence. Bmnches dark-reddish in the dry state. Leaves ellip- 

 tical, subacuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, reddening when dry 

 especially on the veins, thinly coriaceous, shining; lateral veins 

 8-11 on each side of the midrib ; margins revolute ; 8-6 by 1^-2^ in. ; 

 petiole f-| in. Stipules ovate-oblong or obovate. J-^ in. long, cadu- 

 cous. Flowers about -} in. long, glabrous or very nearly so, rather 

 exceeding their pedicels, about 10-30 together forming shortly pedun- 

 culate axillary cymes which scarcely exceed the petiole. Calyx -limb 

 subhemispherical, truncate, entire, yVrV ^^* diameter. Corolla about 

 twice the length of the calyx ; throat shaggy. Style shortly pubes- 

 cent below, entire. Ovary 4-celled. 



XTpper Guinea. Fernando Po Island, Th. Vogd! Capt. Arahin! Sierra 

 Leone, Afzelius ! 



The red dye used by the natives of Fernando Po. 



5. 17. Afzelil, Biern. Branches slender, terete, softly puberu- 

 lous. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, 

 glabrate and rather glossy except the puberulous midrib, firmly charta- 

 ceous ; margins revolute, obsoletely ciliate, 2-3 by -I— f in. ; lateral 

 veins about 7-9 pairs, slender, not conspicuous ; petiole yo-^ in. long, 

 puberulous ; stipules subulate, puberulous, ^| in. long. Flowers \ in. 

 long, pentamerous, nearly glabrous outside, few together on short 

 slender puberuhms pedicels, in abbreviated axillary clusters which 



