Oxyanthus."] Lxx. RUBiACEiE (hiern). ' 100 



6. O. querimbensis, KlotzscJi in Peter's Mossamh. Bot. p. 202. A 

 glabrous branched shrub of 10 feet with pale branches and §hoots. 

 Leaves narrowly elliptical acuminate at both ends, petiolate, dark 

 green above, pale below, 4 by 1 in. ; stipules broad below, subulate- 

 acuminate above. Flowers subcorynibose ; peduncles short, in the 

 upper axils. Calyx-limb acutely 5-toothed. Corolla white ; tube 2| in. 

 long; lobes -^ in. long, rather acute. Fruit oblong, 2-celled, 1 by 

 ^ in. ; seeds oblong, curved, minutely labyriuthiform ; testa fibrous. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Querimba Islands, in sandy stony places, Peters! 



There is in the Kew Herbarium a specimen, collected by Dr. Kirk on the 

 southern slopes of the Manganja Hills at an elevation of 500 feet, which differs from 

 this species. The leaves measure 4-7 by lf-2^ in., and the fruit 1^ by § in. ; the 

 bracteoles are lanceolate- subulate. 



7. O. formosus, Hooh. f. in Hook. Ic. PI 785-6 (1848). A gla- 

 brous shrub, 10 feet high, erect, not much branched, subherbaceous at 

 the extremities. Leaves oval-oblong, shortly acuminate, obliquely 

 subauriculate at the base, glossy, firmly chartaceous^ 8-11 by 3-4 in,, 

 lateral veins about 9-10 pairs; petiole about | in. ; stipules ovate, 

 |-1 in. Flowers 5-8 in. long, on pedicels of ^-| in., in axillary ebrac- 

 teolate (or obsoletely bracteolate) panicles scarcely equalling the 

 leaves. Calyx ^ in. ; limb rather dilated, shorly dentate, green. Co- 

 rolla white ; lobes f-l^^ in. long. Ovary 2-celled. — Benth. in Hook. 

 Niger Fl. p. 387, t. 40-41. 



Vpper Guinea. Cape Palmas, Th. Vogel! Fernando Po, Mann.' 



8. O. brevlflorus, 5ew//i. in Hooh. Niger Fl. p. 388. A glabrous 

 branched shrub, about 6 feet high. Leaves oblong, subacuminate, 

 obliquely subauriculate at the base, coriaceous, 6-10 by 2-3^^ in., 

 lateral veins about 9 pairs ; petiole :J— | in. ; stipules ovate, about | in. 

 long. Flowers about 1 in. long (or perhaps longer), on pedicels of 

 \-^ in., in axillary obsoletely bracteolate or ebracteolate panicles of 

 2-3 in. Calyx ^-\ in. long ; limb truncate, minutely toothed. Co- 

 rolla-lobes about ^ in. long. Fruit obovoid, 1 in. long, terete. 



Vpper Guinea. Fernando Po, Th. Vogel ! 



9. O. gracilis, Hiern. A slender glabrous branched shrub, 8 

 feet high. Branches terete, spreading at both 50°, somewhat thickened 

 at the nodes. Leaves oval, acutely acuminate, wedge-shaped at the 

 base, chartaceous, glossy, 3-6 by 1^-2^ in., lateral veins about 6-8 

 pairs ; petiole ^— | in. ; stipules ovate, \ in. long, tip usually reflexed. 

 Flowers about 2 in. long, on slender pedicels of ^-^ in., in abbreviated 

 globose lax axillary cymes ; bracteoles minute. Calyx green ; teeth 

 subulate, acute, rather short. Corolla white ; lobes f in. long. Ovary 

 2.celled. 



Vpper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann .' 



10. O ? platystylis, Hiern. A shrub, 12 ft. high, of a pallid 

 rather primrose hue, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches 

 obtusel}'^ 4-sided. Uppermost leaves crowded, obovate or oblanceolate, 

 sessile, subacuminate, not much narrowed, broadly cordate at the base. 



