84 LXX. RUBiACEjE (hiern). [Bertieva. 



4. B. afirlcana, A. Rich, in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. p. 255 

 (1834). A shrub of 5 or 6 feet. Branches pilose-hispid, at length 

 glabrate. Leaves ovate- lanceolate, more or less acuminate, rounded 

 or snbcordate at the base, pubescent or glabrescent above, paler and 

 more pubescent at least on the veins beneath, 6-9 by lf-3J in. ; lateral 

 veins 8-12 on each side of the midrib, pubescent ; petiole |^-| in. ; 

 stipules about 1-1^ in. long or rather more, long- sheathing, free parts 

 lanceolate. Flowers ^ in. long or more, slender, subsessile, several 

 together, in fascicles along elongated terminal spikes 4-8 in. long. 

 Bracteoles small. Calyx very small in flower, 5-toothed ; teeth shorter 

 than the disk, obtuse. Corolla-limb 5-fid, hairy inside ; lobes ovate, 

 pointed, dextrorsely contorted. Anthers inserted at the top of the 

 corolla- throat. Style filiform-clavate, glabrous ; branches 2, com- 

 pressed, lanceolate-oblong. Berry subglobose, ^ in. diameter, marked 

 with two shallow longitudinal furrows. — Pomatium spicatum, Grtertn. f. 

 Carp. iii. p. 252, t. 225, f. 10 ; B. Pomatium, Benth. in Hook. Niger 

 Fl. p. 394 ; Genipa lobiata, Smeathm. in Hb. Mus. Brit., and ex DC. 

 Prodr. iv. p. 391 ; Wendlandia pilosa, Q. Don, Gen. Syst. iii. p. 519. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Smeathman! Th. Vogel! G. Don! Senegambia, 

 Perrottit and Leprieur, Heudelot ! 



5. B. xnaorocarpa, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p, 394. A nearly 

 glabrous shrub or appressedly pubescent on the branchlets veins of leaves 

 and infloresence. Leaves oval-oblong, acuminate, usually subcordate at 

 the base, 4-13 by 1^-4| in. ; lateral veins 8-11 on each side of the 

 midrib ; petiole xV 6 ^' ' stipules J-l^ in. long, connate at the base, 

 ovate-lanceolate. Flowers greenish or white, -^—1 in. long, shortly 

 pedicellate in thyrsoid oblong pedunculate at length drooping cymes. 

 Bracteoles ovate, small. Calyx-limb hemispherical, wider than the 

 lower part, 5-toothed, glabrescent, ^-^ ir. diameter. Corolla- tube 

 puberulous, rather thick ; limb 4-5-lobed, pubescent inside ; lobes 

 ovate-acuminate, dextrorsely contorted in the bud. Anthers subsessile, 

 obtusely sagittate at the base. Berry globose or ellipsoidal, ^-^ in. 

 diameter, crowned by the persistent calyx-limb. Seeds angular, 

 compressed. — Wendlandia racemosa, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iii. p. 519. 



Upper Guinea. Prince's Island, Barter .' Mann! Welwitsck! Niger Expedi- 

 tion, at Brass, Barter!; Old Calabar, Rev. W. C. Thomson! Sierra Leone, leaves 

 not cordate, G. Don ! 



6. B. bracteolata, Hiern. Puberulous, shrubby. Branches 

 patent, reddish brown, terete. Leaves oval, subacuminate, cuspidate, 

 rounded at the base, 3-5 by 1^-2^ in., shortly pubescent on the petiole 

 and veins beneath ; lateral veins about 5-6 on each side of the midrib ; 

 petiole J-J in. ; stipules connate and shortly sheathing, appressedly 

 pubescent or puberulous, about \ in. long, ovate- lanceolate. Flowers 

 sessile or shortly pedicellate on the short patent lateral branches of the 

 oblong thyrsoid pedunculate cymes which measure about 3-5 in. long ; 

 bracteoles lanceolate and filiform, at the base of the calyx, exceeding it 

 in tlower, about equalling the fruit ; bracts at the base of the primary 

 branches of the cyme filiform,' J-f in. long. Calyx small, shortly 



