Sahicea.l Lxx. RUBiACEiE (hiern). 77 



hairy veins, 1^6^ by |-3^ in., or the npper ones smaller ; lateral 

 veins 12-16 on each side of the midrib ; petioles ranging np to 2^ in. ; 

 stipnles shortly oval, ^-^ in. long. Flowers pentamerous, ^§ in. 

 long, sabsessile, several together in pedunculate globose or hemi- 

 spherical compact cymes of ^— | in. diam. ; peduncles ranging up to 

 •J in., axillary and terminal ; bracts broadly oval or ovate, involu- 

 crate. Calyx-tube densely pilose; lobes lanceolate or linear-lanceo- 

 late, ^-^ in. long, spreading glabrous inside. Corolla rather slender ; 

 tube glabrous below, appressedly hairy above ; teeth ovate-lanceolate, 

 short, hairy outside. Anthers inserted at the throat of the corolla. 

 Style 5-cleft at apex. Fruit pisiform, shaggy, 6-celled. 



TTpper Guinea. Fernando Po, Th. Vogel ! (buds whitish, tipped with rose), 

 Mann! (flowers brownish) ; Cameroon River, Mann ! 

 J»ovrev Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 



6. S. venosa, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 399. A rambling shrub 

 with terete glabrescent branches. Leaves ovate-elliptical, acutely 

 acuminate, suboblique and obtuse at the base, more or less hairy on 

 both sides, not tomentose, 2-4 by |-1| in. ; lateral veins 12-18 on 

 each side of the midrib ; petiole ranging up to § in. ; stipules ovate, 

 ^-^ in. Flowers tetramerous or pentamerous, ^— J in. long, very 

 shortly pedicellate, several together in very shortly pedunculate sub- 

 globose axillary cymes ^-^ in. diam. ; bracts lanceolate-oblong, -^l in., 

 not involucrate. Calyx-tube pilose campanulate- oblong and yV ^^• 

 long in flower, globose in fruit ; lobes bvate-oblong, about equal- 

 ling the tube or rather longer, especially in fruit. Corolla pilose out- 

 side ; lobes lanceolate, short. Fruit 4-5-celled, J in. diam. — Virecta 

 lutea^ G. Don, Gen. Syst. iii. 621, ? ex Benth. Z. c. (flowers yellow). 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heuddot ! Sierra Leone, G. Bon ! Afzelius ! 



7. S. 7 segregrata, 'Hiern. A climbing shrub, 15 ft. high, with terete 

 appressedly pubescent branches. Leaves ovate-oval, acuminate, ex- 

 cavated or rounded at the base, subglabrous above except the 

 pubescent midrib, glabrescent below except the pilose-pubescent veins, 

 ranging up to 6 by 2J in. ; petiole up to | in., pubescent ; lateral 

 veins 12-16 on each side of the midrib ; stipules ovate, acute, ^ in. 

 long, glabrous or nearly so. Flowers about \ in. long, shortly pe- 

 dicellate, pentamerous, in axillary branching bracteate paniculate, not 

 capitate, pubescent cymes of 1-2^ in. long ; bracts oval or oblong, 

 not involucrate. Calyx pubescent ; lobes oval-oblong or sublinear, 

 ■\^-^ in. long. Corolla puberulous outside ; lobes ovate, glabrous 

 inside. Stamens inserted at the throat of the corolla. Ovary 

 2-celled. Fruit 2.celled. 



Upper Guinea. Muni River, 1° N. lat., il/aww.' 



8. S. ? caullflora, Hiern. A more or less pubescent (erect 

 shrub). Branches obtusely angular above or terete below. Leaves oval 

 or obovate, shortly acuminate, attenuate at the base, ranging up to 

 17 by 7 in.; petiole to \\ in.; lateral veins 19-23 on each side of 

 the midrib, slender ; stipules ovate, 1-1 J in. long. Flowers 5-6- 



