Rnvdia.] Lxx. RUBUCEiE (uiern). 95 



2. XI. acuminata, Benth. in Honh. Niger Fl. p. 385. A shrub or 

 small tree, 6-20 ft. high, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves obovate- or 

 oval-oblong acuminate obliquely anricnlate-cordate or rounded at the 

 snbsessile base, chartaceous, with 13-16 pairs of lateral veins, 4-12 by 

 1^4^ in. or those shorter from the axils of which the cymes proceed ; 

 stipules depresso- deltoid cuspidate or apicnlate. Flowers |— J in. lono^, 

 subsessile or shortly pedicellate, somewhat secund on the branches of 

 the shortly pedunculate axillary cymes of 1-3 in. ; bracteoles small, 

 depresso-deltoid, ciliolate. Calyx deep-green, ^-^ in., narrowly funnel- 

 shaped, truncate, minutely dentate. Corolla of a deep-rose colour or 

 white ; tube equalling or shortly exceeding the calyx ; lobes ovate, 

 acuminate, :J— ^in. long, spreading or reflexed ; throat naked. Stamens 

 included or nearly so. Style just exserted, with short spreading 

 branches. Fruit ovoid or conical, often pointed, ribbed, lJ-4 by 

 |— 3 in. Seeds somewhat compressed, obtusely triangular, ^ in. long. 

 — Gardenia? acuminata, G. Don! Gen. Syst. iii. p. 499, Pumatium 

 duhium, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iii. p. 505, fide Benth. I. c. 



Tipper Guinea. Sierra Leone, A fzelius / G. Don! Nun River, 7%. Vogd! Brass, 

 Barter! Fernando Po, Mann! 1° N. lat., Gaboon River, Mann! 

 Xrortb Central. Monbuttu-land, Schweinfurth ! 



3. R. g-enipaeflora, BG. Prodr. iv. p. 389. A shrub or tree 

 ranging up to 20 feet high, glabrate except the calyx bracteoles &c. 

 Leaves oval or oblong, acuminate, more or less wedge-shaped at the 

 base, chartaceous, ranging up to 6 by 2^ in. ; lateral veins 6-7 pairs ; 

 petiole ^-^ in. ; stipules deltoid or lanceolate, cuspidate or apiculate, 

 ciliolate. Flowers about | in. long, on pedicels of ^-^ in., in short 

 densely bracteolate axillary cymes. Calyx green, puberulous ; limb 

 about half the length of the corolla-tube, oblong, subtruncate, with 5 

 short lanceolate- subulate distant teeth. Corolla greenish-white, gla- 

 brous ; tube cylindrical, slender ; lobes lanceolate-oblong, spreading or 

 reflexed, ^-f in. long. Anthers fiUform, exserted, rather shorter than 

 the corolla-lobes. Style branches exserted. Fruit globose, J in. diam., 

 crowned with the calyx-limb or its remains. 



Upper Guinea. Sonegambia, Smeathman, Heudelot ! Siera Leone, Afzelius ! 

 Kirk! Barter! Nifijer, Th. Vogel! Fernando Po, 'Wild coffee,' Barter! Mann! 

 Bagroo River, Mann ! Cape Coast, Brass! 



4. St. rubens, JT/eni. A climbing glabrous shrub. Leaves ellip- 

 tical, somewhat acuminate, narrowed at the base, coriaceous, in the 

 dry state dark brown above and reddish beneath, 4-6 by l|-2^ in. ; 

 lateral veins about 6, inconspicuous ; margins somewhat reflexed ; 

 petiole I— J in., rather thick ; stipules .... deciduous. Flowers 

 ^^ in. long, on pedicels of yq-\ in., numerous, in abbreviated sessile 

 globose axillary cymes of about 1 in. diam. ; bracteoles small, ovate, 

 ciliolate. Calyx half the -length of the flower ; limb coriaceous, tubular, 

 cleft; lobes ovate, ciliolate, spreading. Corolla thinly coriaceous, 

 deepl}^ lobed ; lobes oblong, obtuse or, by the turning back of the sides 



