Ente^'ospc.rmum.'\ lxx. rubiacej: (hiern). 93 



1. B. llttorale, HI em. A leafy much-branched shi'nb of G-12 ft. 

 Branches obtusely quadrangular, compressed towards the extremities ; 

 bark grey, smooth. Leaves decussate, oval or obovate, rounded at the 

 apex or nearly so, wedge-shaped at the base, 1^-3^ by |-lf in. ; 

 reticulate, shining above, paler beneath ; margins recurving ; lateral 

 veins about 4-5 pairs, often with little hairy depressions in the axils ; 

 •petiole ^1 in. ; stipules rigid, erect, \-^ in. long. Flowers about 

 \-\ in. long, exclusive of the style which is exserted by nearly the 

 same length, very shortly pedicellate, numerous ; common peduncle 

 about 1 in long. Calyx-teeth rounded. Corolla-tube ^ in. long ; lobes 

 rather shorter. Fruit about \ in. diam. 



DSozamb. Bistr. Mozambique, Forbes! Mouth of W. Luabo River, Kirk! 

 Luame River, by the sea coast, Kirk ! Zanzibar Province, Kirk ! Bagomojo, 

 Hildebrandt ! 



A specimen with small leaves and young flower-buds, collected by Dr. Peters at 

 Inharabane in the year 1846 on the Mozambique coast just south of the tropic, 

 appears to belong to this genus, and possibly alSo to this species. 



28. RANDIA, Houst. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 88. 



Calyx- tube ovoid or turbinate, ribbed or terete; limb usually 

 tubular, truncate toothed lobed or in one species spathaceous ; lobes 

 sometimes foliaceous. Corolla campanulate funnel shaped or salver- 

 shaped ; tube in some species much elongated ; Umb spreading or re- 

 flexed, 5-lobed or occasionally 4-lobed, or in one species 8-7-lobed ; 

 lobes spreading or reflexed, dextrorsely contorted in bud (as seen from 

 inside). Anthers sessile or subsessile, narrowly linear, glabrous, 

 inserted at or near the throat or mouth of the corolla, included or 

 exserted. Disk annular or cushion- shaped. Ovary 2- (in one species 

 4-3-) celled ; style strong, glabrous or hairy ; stigma club- or clapper- 

 shaped, entire bidentate or bilobed, sulcate; ovules very numerous, im- 

 mersed in the fleshy placentas. Berry 2-celled, usually many-seeded. 

 — Erect or scandent spinous or unarmed shrubs or trees with opposite 

 or verticillate leaves, rather short solitary entire stipules and large or 

 moderate- sized flowers, solitary few together or corymbose, usually 

 axillary or terminating short lateral branches or terminal. 

 A large genus occurring in nearly all tropical countries. 

 Flowers small or of moderate size, \-% in. long. 



Spinous. Inflorescence quasi -axillary or terminating short 



lateral shoots (§ Cebisc-ds) I. R. dumetorum. 



Unarmed. Inflorescence axillary or subterminal (§ Gyno- 



PACHYS). 



Flowers in short axillary sessile or shortly pedunculate 

 corymbs. Calyx-teeth small or ovate and spread- 

 ing, not imbricated. 

 Green or turning red, not pallid. Corolla glabrous 

 outside. 

 Anthers included or nearly so. Leaves subauricu- 



late at the base 2. R. acuminata. 



Anthers exserted. Leaves more or less wedge- 

 shaped at the base. 

 Calyx puberulous ; limb subtruncate . . . . 3.7?. genipceflora. 

 Calyx glabrous ; limb cleft 4. R. rubeiis. 



