Tarenna.] Lxx. rubiaceje (hiern). 91 



when open exclusive of the style which is exserted as much, nearly 

 ■^ in. in full bud, very shortly pedicellate, in much-branched terminal 

 cymes. Calyx ^^ in. long, shortly pubescent, shortly cleft. Corolla 

 glabrous outside ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped ; limb spreading 

 ^-| in. diam. Anthers J— ^ in. long. Style shortly pubescent. Berry 

 I in. diam. — Styloporyne nitidula, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 390, n. 2. 



Upper G-ulnea. Sierra Leone, Th. Vogel! Whitfield! Barter! Afzelius ! 



Var. Afzelii. Calyx-lobes rounded, ciliolate, contorted in the same direction as 

 the corolla-lobes. 



Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 



6. T. cong'ensis, Hiern. A glabrous much branched shrub with 

 smooth roundedly four-sided branches. Leaves elliptical, shortly acu- 

 minate, subapiculate, narrowed at the base, glossy, brown in the dry 

 state, 1-4 by ^1 J in, ; margins narrowly reflexed ; lateral veins 4-6 

 on each side of midrib ; petiole tV""^ ^- 5 ' stipules broadly ovate, 

 apiculate, ^ in. long. Flower-buds pentamerous, ^ in. long, pedicel- 

 late, numerous, in terminal cymes. Calyx shortly and obtusely lobed ; 

 lobes narrowly contorted dextrorsely at base. Style glabrous. Ovules 

 several. 



ILo^^er Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith ! 



7. T. palUdula, Hiern. A glabrous rather pallid shrub, 8 ft. high. 

 Branches terete, smooth. Leaves oval, acuminate, somewhat narrowed 

 at the base, suboblique, of a rather dull pallid green colour when dry, 

 3J-6^ by 1^2^ in. ; margins narrowly reflexed ; lateral veins 4-6, 

 slender ; petiole ^J in. ; stipules short, the breadth of the branch, 

 mucronate, about ^ in. long. Flower-buds \ in., very shortly pedicel- 

 late, 5-6-merous, in terminal cymes. Calyx shortly tubular, with short 

 obtuse teeth. Style glabrous. Ovary-cells many-ovuled. Fruit \ in. 

 diam. 



Vpper Guinea. River Kongui, Mann! 



8. T. tetraxnera, Hiern. A glabrous shrub, 1-3 ft. high. Stem 

 terete. Leaves obovate-elliptical, narrowly and obtusely acuminate, 

 alternate at the base, firmly chartaceous, ranging up to 8 by 3 in. ; 

 lateral veins about 10 pairs, slender ; petiole to 1^ in. ; stipules broadly 

 ovate, keeled above, apiculate, ^— ^ in. Flowers tetramerous, ^-^ in. 

 long when expanded exclusive of the style, on short pedicels, in dense 

 terminal and subterminal sessile or pedunculate corymbs of 1-2 in. 

 diam. . Calyx-limb 4-cleft ; lobes obtuse. Corolla glabrous except tl:e 

 pubescent throat ; lobes roxmdly oval, ^\ in. long, obtuse. Anthers 

 rather shorter. Disk glabrous. Style exserted by ^-^ in., very 

 slender, glabrous except the minutely puberulous clavate stigma, undi- 

 vided. Ovules 2 toc^ether, collateral, orbicular, impressed on the convex 

 face of the fleshy placentas. 



.Upper Guinea. Gaboon River (flowers shorter), Mann! Sierra del Crystal 

 (flowers larger), Mann ! 



9. T. grandiflora, Hiern. A glabrous arborescent shrub, 10 ft. 

 high. Leaves elliptical or obovate-oblong, abruptly acunii ate, 

 wedge-shape 1 at the base, membranous, rather glossy, 2-8 by l-o^ in. ; 



