122 Lxx. RUBiACE^ (hiern). [Tncalysiu. 



11. T. g-abonica, Hiern. A shrub with shortly pubescent 

 branches. Leaves oblanceolate, shortly acuminate, subapiculate, 

 wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, glabrescent except the midrib, 

 1^3 by ^-1 in. ; lateral veins about 5 pairs, inconspicuous ; petiole 

 T2~6 ^"- ' stipules very short, with an apiculus of ^^ | in. Flowers 

 small, subsessile, 3-6 together, axillary. Calyx hairy outside, sub- 

 truncate, with 5 small teeth. Epicalyx single or nearly so. Corolla- 

 tube glabrous outside ; lobes 5, apiculate. Filaments short or long. 

 Ovules 2 together. Style hairy. 



Upper Guinea. Gaboon Eiver, 1°N. lat., Mann! ' 



12. T. okelensis, Hiern. A shrub, 20 ft. high; branches 

 glabrous, rather pale. Leaves narrowly elliptical or somewhat lanceo- 

 late, scarcely acuminate, attenuate at the shortly petiolate base, thinly 

 coriaceous, glabrous, 4-5 by 1^2 in. ; lateral veins about 4-5, usually 

 with little pits in the axils ; tertiary veins oblique, not conspicuous ; 

 stipules short, subtruncate, apiculate, persistent. Flowers 5-7-merous, 

 rather larger than is usual in this genus, on very short pedicels, 

 several together, in axillary clasters. Calyx shortly pubescent, sub- 

 truncate, calyculate at the base; limb persistent. Corolla-lobes 

 narrow, acute, ^— | in. long, longer than the tube ; throat bearded. 

 Anthers ^ in. long. Style 2-3-cleft, somewhat hairy above. Ovary 

 apparently 2-3-celled with a few ovules together. BeiTy^ in. diam. 

 yellow, at length red, glabrate except the persistent calyx-limb which 

 is about |- in. long, 2-3-celled or, by the addition of spurious (?) dis- 

 sepiments, with more cells. Seeds 1-9, angular ; testa finely granu- 

 lated ; albumen white.— Lasiarithus okelensis, Schweinfurth in Herb. 



mie &and. Djur-land, by Okel, Schweinfurth ! 



13. T. biafi*ana, Hiern. A glabrous shrub of 12 ft. or a small 

 tree of 20 ft. Branches smooth, black or ashy. Leaves oval-ovate 

 acuminate, rather abruptly wedge-shaped at the base, thinly coria- 

 ceous, glossy, 4-7 by lf-2| in. ; lateral veins about ^-7 pairs ; tertiary 

 veins transverse ; petiole J in. ; stipules short, truncate, with an 

 apiculus of ^— ^ in. long. Flowers about \ in. long, shortly pedicel- 

 late, numerous, on dense abbreviated axillary and lateral panicles. 

 Bracteoles cup-shaped, ciliolate, constituting an epicalyx. Calyx 

 truncate, glabrous. Corolla glabrous except the bearded throat, lobes 

 6-5, apiculate. Anthers versatile ; filaments long, shortly apiculate. 

 Style glabrous. Ovules 2 together. 



trpper Guinea. Ambas Bay, Mami I Cameroon Mountains, alt. 600 ft., Mann / 

 Old Calabar River, Mann ! 



14. T. mio'rantha, Hiern. A nearly glabrous shrub, with 

 rather slender branches. Leaves oval, shortly and obtusely acuminate, 

 obtuse at the base or nearly so, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, shining, 

 shortly petiolate, 3-5 by 1 J-2^ in. ; lateral veins about 4-5 pairs ; 

 stipules subtruncate, (shortly) apiculate. Flowers \; in. long, subses- 

 sile, about 3-6 together, in abbreviated axillary panicles ; bracteoles 



