114 Lxx. RUBiACE^ (hiern). [Z'ljgoon. 



odorous, subprecocions, small, sessile, hermaphrodite flowers, crowded 

 in dense lateral clusters. 



A new monotypic genus, with much the habit of Empogona, Hook, f., but differing 

 from it by the absence of style-branches and by the arrangement of the ovules. 



1. Z. graveolens, Hiern. Branches patent or erect- patent, gla- 

 brescent ; young parts rather velvety. Leaves not fully developed at 

 the time of flowering, somewhat narrowed at both ends, about 1^ by 

 f in. or smaller, turning blackish green in the dry state. Flowers 

 when expanded |— ^ in. long, ^^ in, long just before expansion, of a 

 heavy odour (Dr. Kirk) ; bracteoles whitish, like the calyx-lobes, 

 small. Calyx ^V i°- l^^g- Corolla-tube funnel-shaped ; lobes ^-^ in. 

 long. Style exserted by \-^ in. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Zambesi-land, Tette, Shiramba, and at the Shire Cataracts, 

 alt. 500 feet, iTirA;.' 



36. GALINIEBA, Del. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 91. 



Calyx small; tube campanulate ; limb short, wider, with 5 small 

 teeth, persistent. Corolla subrotate ; tube very short ; throat pubes- 

 cent ; lobes 5, oval, obtuse, dextrorsely contorted in aestivation as 

 regarded from inside. Stamens 5, inserted at the top of the corolla- 

 tube ; filaments very short, flat ; anthers linear, glabrous, dorsifixed, 

 acuminate, exserted. Disk inconspicuous. Ovary 2-celled ; style 

 deeply bilobed, shortly pilose; lobes compressed, rather dilated; 

 ovules 2, collateral, pendulous from the apex of each cell. Fruit 

 baccate, 2-celled ; cells 1-2-seeded. Seeds pendulous, with a small 

 aril ; testa plicate adhering to the ruminated albumen ; embryo 

 transverse, rather elongated. — A shrub or small tree, with opposite 

 petiolate leaves, deltoid stipules, and rather small flowers in short 

 axillary cymes. 

 A monotypic genus. 



1. G-. co£feoldes, Bel. in Ann. Sc. Nat, ser. 2, xx. p. 92, 1. 1, f. 6. 

 Puberulous or nearly glabrous, about 10 feet high. Leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminate at both ends, chartaceous, 4-8 by 1^-2 J in. ; lateral 

 veiias about 11-14 pairs ; petiole |^ in. ; stipules ^-J in., acuminate. 

 Flowers -J-f in. diameter. Bracteoles small. Calyx puberulous, J in. 

 diameter. Stamens and style (including stigmas) about ^ in. long. 

 Fruit ^ in. diameter. — Ferret et Gralinier, Voyage en Abyssinie, iii. 

 p. 138, t. 6 (1847) ; Pcnichetia saxifraga, Hochst. in. Hb. Schimp. 

 Abyss, ii. n. 863 (" forsan genus distinctum ' Ptychostigma ' . . . ") 

 (1842) ; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 355 ; Ptychostigma saxifragum, 

 Hochst. in. Hb. Schimp. Abyss, iii. n. 1586 (X844). 



srUe land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Both !, Ferret and Galinier. 



37. EMPOGONA, Hook, f . ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 



p. 94. 



Calyx-tube subglobose, densely pubescent ; limb deeply lobed : 

 lobes 5 ovate small. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube rather short 



