108 Lxx. RUBiACEiE (hiern). [Oxijanthus. 



at the base. Seeds compressed, ^ in. long. — Bot. Mag. t. 4636, 

 Garde7iia tubiflora^ Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 183, non A. Rich. ; Oxijanthus 

 speciosus, Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 1992 ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2, i. 371 ; 

 Lindl. Collect, Bot. t. 13, non. DC. ; 0. hirsutus, DC. I c. n. 3 ; 

 Ucriana racemosa, Schum. et Thonn. PL Guin. p. 107 ; 0. Thonningii, 

 Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 388. 



Upper Guinea. Sierrsi'Leone, Afzelius/ Wilford ! Niger expedition, J?ar^cr/ 

 Accra, 2'A. Vogel .' Bagroo River, Mann ! 



The fruit is beaten in a mortar and used for food (Hb. Afzelius). 



3. O. ? sulcatus, Hiern. Puberulous. Leaves oval-oblong, shortly 

 acuminate, oblique and obtuse or subauriculate at the base, thinly cori- 

 aceous, glabrate above, 3-6 by 1^-2^ in., lateral veins about 7-8 pairs ; 

 petiole ^— i- in. ; stipules ovate, acuminate or acute, ^-^ in. long, erect. 

 Racemes axillary, about 1 in. long, several-flowered, puberulous ; fruit- 

 ing pedicels ranging up to f in. ; bracteoles lanceolate, acuminate, con- 

 cave. Calyx-teeth 6, subulate from a broad base. Fruit subglobose 

 or pyriform-ellipsoidal, f-| in. diam., 10-sulcate, with longitudinal ribs, 

 glabrate, green, 1-2-celled, crustaceous, tipped with the 5-clef t calyx- 

 limb. Dissepiment membranous. Seeds oval, compressed, white. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! called by the natives ' Makuta, 

 ? Smeathman ! Stormont! 



4. O. rubriflorus, Hiern. A puberulous shrub. Leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acuminate, obliquely rounded at the base, glabrate above, 

 puberulous on the veins beneath, coriaceous, Q-*7 by 2-2:^ in., lateral 

 veins about 9-10 pairs ; petiole \—^ in., puberulous ; stipules ovate, 

 erect, -^ in. long, acutely acuminate. Flowers 2 in. long or rather 

 longer, on short pedicels, red tipped with green, about 7 together, in 

 short racemes ; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, subulate, puberulous, 

 concave. Calyx puberulous, \ in. ; teeth subulate from an ovate base, 

 ^ in. long. Corolla puberulous outside; lobes f in, long. 



Vpper Guinea. Abbeokuta, 'growing on Melm Azed,arach, Linn.' Barter! 



5. O. speciosus, DC. in Ann. Mus. Par. ix. p. 218 (1807). 

 A shrub of 12-20 feet or a tree, glabrous in most parts. Leaves oval 

 or oval -oblong, shortly acuminate, obtuse or somewhat wedge-shaped 

 (rarely excavated) at the base, glossy, glabrous except the axils of the 

 8-9 pairs of lateral veins beneath, firmly chartaceous, 4-9 by 1^-4 in. ; 

 petiole 1-| in.; stipules lanceolate, acute, ^-| in. Flowers l|~2^ in. 

 long, on very short pedicels, 20 or more together in short dense simple 

 or somewhat branched axillary racemes ; bracts and bracteoles ovate, 

 acuminate, concave, ciliolate or glabrous. Calyx ^ in. long, green ; 

 teeth 5, subulate, ciliolate or glabrous. Corolla glabrous, white ; lobes 

 \-^ ill. long. Ovary 2.celled. Fruit ovoid, ^-1 in. long, rounded or 

 somewhat narrowed at the base. Seeds ^ in. long. — DC. Prodr. iv. p. 

 376 ; neque Sims nee Ait. nee Lindl. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra l^eowe, Afzdins ! Smeathman! St. Thomas, G. Don! 

 Welwitsch! Senegambia, Heudclot ! Bonny River, Mayin ! Brass, Barter! Old 

 Calabar, Ecv. W. C. Thomson ! 



