116 Lxx. RUBiACE^ (hiern). [Feretiu. 



at both ends, glabrescent, chartaceous, shortly petiolate, 1-1 ^ by |-f in. ; 

 lateral veins about 3-4 pairs, not conspicuous; stipules apiculate, 

 about I" in. long, deciduous, imbricated at the base of the lateral 

 shoots. Flowers f-| in. long before the spreading of the corolla, 

 weakly fragrant. Peduncles ranging up to J in. in fruit, shorter in 

 flower. Calyx ^ in. long. Corolla-limb about | in. diameter. 

 Anthers J in. Fruit ^ in. diameter, can be used as a substitute for 

 coffee.— A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, r. 356 ; Pavetta elUptica, Hochst. in Hb. 

 Schimp. Abyss, ii. n. 906 (1842) ; Canthium elliptlcum, Hochst. ex 

 Del. in Ferret et Galinier, Voyage Abyss, iii. 136 (1847). 



MTile Iiand. Abyssinia, Schimper! and others; Gallabat, Schweinfitrth ! 

 Bongo-land, Schweinfurth ! Sennaar, near Akaro, Cienkowsky. 



2. P. 7 canthloldes, Hiern. A compact bushy shrub, 12 feet 

 high, with slender branches, puberulous and leafy towards the ex- 

 tremities. Leaves elliptical or oval, somewhat pointed or subacumi- 

 nate, obtusely narrowed or wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, 

 glabrate or puberulous, 1-2 by ^1 in. ; lateral veins about 4-5 pairs ; 

 petiole tV~8" ^^- ^^"&' puberulous; stipules ovate, apiculate, nearly 

 equalling or rather exceeding the petiole, minutely ciliolate. Flowers 

 pentamerous, not or scarcely precocious, about \ in. when expanded, 

 f in. just before expansion, glabrous outside, solitary, axillary ; pe- 

 duncles slender, puberulous, :^f in. long ; bracts linear or narrowly 

 subulate, tV~8 ^^- ^^^o' inserted on the upper part of the peduncles. 

 Calyx yV in. long ; limb short, 5- toothed, persistent, accrescent ; teeth 

 reflexedin fruit and then tV~to in. long, lanceolate. Corolla puberu- 

 lous inside near the base; lobes 5, ^-^ in. long. Anthers 5, equalling 

 the corolla-lobes ; filaments very short. Disk fleshy, rather conspicu- 

 ous. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules 2-3 together, pendulous, not immersed 

 nor impressed ; style exserted, puberulous, bifid ; lobes narrowly 

 linear. Fruit ^-\ in. diameter, 2-celled. Seeds pendulous, sometimes 

 solitary. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Expedition, at ^m^q, Barter ! Senegambia (CawMtM^w, 

 sp. n., Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 410), Heudelot ! 



39. POUCHETIA, A. Rich. ; Benth. et. Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 92. 



Calyx campanulate persistent with 5 short teeth at the top of the 

 short free portion of the tube. Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube short or 

 about twice the length of the calyx ; throat glabrous ; lobes 5, spread- 

 ing, oval, about as long as the tube, dextrorsely contorted in bud (as 

 seen from inside). Stamens 5, inserted on the throat of the corolla ; 

 anthers subsessile, half-exserted, linear, glabrous, sagittate at the base. 

 Disk fleshy, annular or cushion-shaped, not conspicuous, glabrous. 

 Ovary 1-2-celled (1-celled above, 2-celled below) ; style rather 

 slender, half cleft, exserted, exceeding the anthers ; branches diverg- 

 ing, sulcate ; ovules numerous, in 2 or 3 longitudinal rows, not im- 

 mersed in the 2 placentas, pendulous. Fruit baccate, ellipsoidal, 

 rather small, partly 2-celled, few-seeded. Seeds compressed, some- 



