Tricalysia.'] Lxx. RUBiACEiE (hiern). 121 



glabrous. Calyx turbinate, subtruncate, obscurely toothed. Corolla 

 white, glabrous outside, coriaceous; throat densely bearded; lobes 

 5-8, subobtuse, not acuminate. Anthers apiculate or obtuse. Style 

 hairy ; stigmas 2-3. Ovules 4-5 together. Berry 1-3-seeded, 

 1-2-celled ; pericarp thick. — Bandia coriacea, Benth. in Hook. Niger 

 Fl. 387 ; Diplocrater (sp.), Benth. et Hook, f . Gen. PI. ii. p. 96. 



Upper Guinea. Niger, Grand Bassa, Tk. Vogel! Gaboon River, JWawn / 



Ziower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 



8. T. Z7yass8D, Hiern. A glabrous shrub, with pale glossy 

 round edly 4-sided branches. Leaves oval, subacuniinate, somewhat 

 narrowed at the base, coriaceous, 3-4J by 2-2^ in. ; lateral veins 

 about 5 pairs ; tertiary veins transverse .; petiole ^~-| in. ; stipules sub- 

 truncate, with long rigid acumen. Flowers ^ in, long, subsessile, in 

 axillary clusters ; bracteoles cup-shaped, glabrous or ciliolate. Calyx 

 tnjincate, somewhat striate when dry, glabrous. Corolla-tube glabrous 

 outside, funnel-shaped ; throat densely bearded ; lobes 6, subobtuse, 

 pupberulons outside. Anthers subapiculate ; filaments rather short. 

 Style pubescent. Ovules 6-8 together. 



Mozamb. Bistr, West sho|re of Lake Nyassa, Kirk! 



1 9. T. reticulata, Hiern. A shrub or small tree, glabrous except 

 thej inflorescence. Leaves /elliptical, acuminate, more or less narrowed 

 not attenuate at the base^ thinly coriaceous, 2-6 by |-2J in. ; lateral 

 veins about 5-6 pairs ; tertiary veins transverse ; petiole |— ^ in. ; stipules 

 subtruncate, with a lotig apiculus. Flowers ^-g in. long, shortly 

 pedicellate, in abbreviated axillary panicles; bracteoles cup-shaped, 

 shortly pubescent, the/uppermost forming an epicalyx. Calyx truncate, 

 yq-^ in. long, shortly pubescent, with 4-5 subulate teeth. Corolla- 

 tube glabrous outside, pubescent inside and at the throat ; lobes 6-S^ 

 apiculate, rather hairy towards the tip. Anthers apiculate, often with 

 minute tufts of hairs at the tip. Ovules 4-6 together. Style some- 

 what hairy.. Fruit glabrate, ^ in. diam., crowned by the persistent cup- 

 shaped puberulous calyx-limb of about yL in. in length. — Bandia reti- 

 culata, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 386; Diplocrater (si^.), Benth. et 

 Hook. I Gen. PL ii. p. 96. 



upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Tk. Vogel! G.Don! Senegambia, 

 Heudelot ! Bagroo Kiver, Mann ! 



lower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 



10. T. 'peJleu&i Hiern. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves elliptical, 

 acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, pallid, glabrescent, 

 3-4^ by I5-2 in. ; lateral veins about 5-6 pairs, very slender ; petiole 

 ^ in. ; stipules very short, truncate, apiculate. Flowers subsessile, 

 crowded in very short axillary clusters ; bracteoles cup-shaped, shortly 

 pubescent. Calyx turbinate, shortly pubescent, yV in. long, truncate, 

 obscurely toothed. Corolla ^-\ in. long, funnel-shaped, shortly pu- 

 bescent outside except the tube ; throat bearded ; lobes 5-6, obtuse. 

 Anthers obtuse ; filaments of moderate length. Style hairy. Ovules 

 2 together. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



