Pouchetia.] Lxx. nvBiACV.M (iiipniN). 117 



what anpfnlar, pendulous ; testa fibrous-sulcate. — Shrubs or small 

 trees, j^labrous or nearly so, with opposite slender leafy branches, 

 opposite chartaceons or thinly coriaceous leaves, ovate or truncate 

 apiculate stipules connate at the base and small flowers in axillary and 

 sometimes also terminal panicles. 



An endemic genus. 



Flowers ^-| in. long, not fasciculate 1. P. africana. 



Flowers |-^ in. long, fasciculate 2. P. parviflora. 



1. P. airicana, DO.Prodr. iv. p. 393. A glabrous shrub. Leaves 

 oval or elliptical, obtusely acuminate, rather obtusely narrowed or 

 nearly rounded or rarely wedge-shaped at the base, delicately reticu- 

 late at least beneath, 1-4^ by |-2 in. ; lateral veins about 5-6 pairs ; 

 petiole ^-^ in. ; stipules ^-^ in. Flowers ^-| in. long, greenish 

 white, fragrant, on short slender pedicels ; bracteoles small, ovate, 

 acute. Calyx -f^ in. long ; teeth ciliolate. Fruit ^J in. long. — A. 

 Rich, in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. pp. 117, 251 (1834) ; Gardenia 

 parviflora, Smeathman ex DC. I.e., non Poir; Wendlandia vinjata, G. 

 Don, Gen. Syst. iii. p. 519, n. 20 (1834). 



upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Th. Vogel ! G. Don! Smeathman! Sene- 

 jrnnibia, Hetidtiot! Leprieur and Pcrrottet ; Niger, Borgu, Barter! Bagroo River, 

 Mann ! 



\ivT. ? cuncata. Leaves wedge-shaped or attenuate at the base, elliptical or lan- 

 oeohitc. Calyx nearly glabrous ; teeth minutely ciliolate. 



Sio^ver G-uinea. Congo, Chr, Smith! 



Perhaps a distinct species. 



2. P. parvifiora, Benth. in Hooh. Niger Fl. p. 395. A shrub or 

 small tiee, up to 12 feet high, nearly glabrous. Leaves oval, with a 

 prolonged narrow obtuse or rarely acute acumen, obtusely narrowed 

 at the base, 1^5 by ?-2;^ in.; lateral veins about 6-8 pairs ; petioles 

 y^y-1 in. ; stipules |~^ in. Flowers ^-^ in. long (exclusive of the 

 anthers and style-branches), white, subsessile or shortly pedicelled, 

 fasciculate, in puberulous racemose spikes. Calyx puberulous. Corolla- 

 lobes reflexed. Fruit ^ in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 7'h. Vogcl! Barter! Prince's Island, Barter! 

 Mann ! 



Scarcely distinct from the previous species, of which it might be regarded as an 

 insular form. 



40. TRICALYSIA, A. Rich, ex DC. Prodr. iv. p. 445 et ia Mem. 

 Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. p. 224 (1834). (Kraussia, Harv. Diplu- 

 crater, Hook, f,— Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. pp. 95, 9(5. 



Calyx-tube turbinate or campanulate, in many species girt at the 

 base with a single or double epicalyx of involucral bracts ; limb trnn- 

 cate or shortly dentate or 4-6-lobed, in some species at length cut 

 longitudinally by two opposite slits. Corolla funnel-shaped or shortly 

 salver-shaped ; tube short, not many times exceeding the calyx ; throat 

 glabrous or bearded ; limb usually spreading, deeply lobcd ; lobes 4-8, 



