76 Lxx. RUBUCEiE (hiern). [SaUcea. 



2. S. calycina, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 399. A twining or 

 trailing shrub of 1-20 ft. ; branches sometimes rooting, glabrate. 

 Leaves oval-ovate, snbacuminate, obtuse or excavated at the base, snb- 

 glabrons except the pilose nerves beneath, 1-5 by ^-2^ in. ; lateral veins 

 7-12 on each side of the midrib ; petiole ranging up to 1 in. or 

 more ; stipules broadly ovate, acute, ^— J in. long. Flowers ^-| in. 

 long, glabrous, subsessile, several together in subglobose capitate 

 pedunculate cymes ^1 in. diam. ; peduncles 1-3^ in. long, glabrous ; 

 bracts ^— ^ in. long, broad, involucrate. Calyx-tube short; lobes 

 3-5, unequal, foliaceous, oval, reddish or white, ^— ^ by 4-^ in. Corolla 

 white outside; lobes 5, short, ovate. Style 4-5-cleft. Fruit 4-5- 

 celled, ^ in. diameter. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Th. Vogd ! Barter ! Mann ! Niger, Barter ! 



3. S. pllosa, Hiern. A prostrate and climbing undershrub, 

 10 ft. high, with terete pilose-hirsute shoots, leaves, petioles, bracts 

 and peduncles. Leaves obovate- elliptical, shortly and acutely acumi- 

 nate, attenuate at the base, thin, 3^7 by 1^-2^ in. ; petiole 1-3 in. ; 

 lateral veins 12-14, incoiispicuous ; stipules ovate, caudate-acute, re- 

 flexing, ^1 in. long, glabrous inside. Flowers |— f in. long, sessile, 

 a few together in shortly pedunculate usually clustered lateral capitate 

 cymes ; bracts about 6, ovate, :J— J in., involucrate. Calyx-tube short, 

 densely-pilose ; lobes 5-6, elliptic- lanceolate, unequal, ciliate and 

 somewhat pilose, membranous, coloured ?, mostly acute, erect-patent. 

 Corolla silky outside, not exceeding the calyx ; lobes 5, lanceolate. 

 Anthers 5, sessile at the thinly bearded throat of the corolla. Style 

 5-cleft at apex, glabrous. Disk glabrous. 



Vpper Guinea. Corisco Bay, 1° N. lat., Mann! 



4. S. Vogrelll, Benth. in Hooh. Niger Fl. p. 398. A twining 

 shrub, with terete glabrescent branches. Leaves oval or ovate, 

 acuminate, obtuse and oblique at the base, sparsely and appressedly 

 pilose at least above, hairy on the veins beneath, l|— 4 by |-1§ in., or 

 the upper ones smaller ; lateral veins about 8 on each side of the 

 midrib ; petiole \-\ in. ; stipules varying from subrotund to linear, 

 about \ in. long. Flowers 4-6-merous, about ^ in. long, white, 

 shortly pedicellate, many together in globose pedunculate subcapitate 

 cymes of about 1 in. diameter ; common peduncle ;g— § in. ; bracts 2-4, 

 ovate or oblong, \—^ in. long. Calyx- tube shaggy, short ; lobes linear, 

 \-^ in. long, spreading, persistent, glabrous inside. Corolla lobes 

 short, shaggy outside, glabrous inside, ovary 5-celled. Fruit ^ in. 

 diam. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, 7h. Vogel ! Barter ! Afzelius ! Smeathman ! 

 Var. villosior. Benth. 1. c. p. 399. More hairy ; flower heads subsessile. 

 Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, 6^. Z>o/t.' (flowers white.) 



5. S. capitellata, Bentli. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 398. A climbing shrub 

 of 12-15 ft. Leaves oval, shortly acuminate, rounded or wedge-shaped 

 and somewhat oblique at the base, subglabrescent above except 

 puberulous midrib, pale and shortly cottony beneath with appressedly 



