126 t^xx. RUBiACEiE (hiern). [Crcmofipora 



42. CREMASPORA, Bentli. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Geii. PI. ii. p. 108. 



Calyx pubescent ; tube small, campanulate or turbinate ; limb 

 5 (-t5)-cleft, teetli lanceolate, acute, persistent. Corolla funnel-shaped ; 

 tube short ; throat more or less hairy ; lobes 5 (-6), contorted dex- 

 trorsely in the bud (as seen from inside). Stamens 5 (-6), inserted 

 at the mouth of the corolla- tube ; tilaments very short ; anthers nar- 

 rowly linear, apiculate, glabrous, fixed at the back slightly above the 

 base, exserted. Disk inconspicuous. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, 

 more or less hairy, shortly pubescent ; stigma narrowly fusiform, 

 undivided ; ovules solitary, suspended by the inner side of the apex. 

 Berry rather small, ellipsoidal, 2-celled, usually 2.seeded. Seeds pen- 

 dulous, oblong, somewhat compressed ; testa thin, transversely striate ; 

 albumen homy, not ruminated ; embryo small, axile ; cotyledons ovate ; 

 radicle terete, superior. — Pubescent shrubs with supra-axillary 

 branches, opposite shortly petiolate leaves, those below the branches 

 in one species smaller rounder and more or less cordate, intrapetiolar 

 cuspidate or acute stipules, rather small flowers in short axillary 

 clusters, and bracteoles similar to the calyx-lobes. 



A small genus containing a species from Madagascar, one from the Cape de Verd 

 Islands (which I have not seen), and the following: — 



Pubescent or nearly glabrate . 1. C. africana. 



Hirsute-hispid 2. C! Thonisoni. 



1. C. africana, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 412. A pubescent 

 shrub, sometimes subscandent or drooping, with supra-axillary spreading 

 subterete branches. Leaves oval or oblong or slightly obovate (oi 

 those below the base of the branchlets cordiform or subreniform), acu- 

 minate, usually obtuse at the base, glabrate above, pubescent at least 

 on the principal veins beneath, chartaceous, 1^-^ by }-2 in. ; the cordi- 

 form or subreniform ones ^-1^ in. diam. ; lateral veins about 3-5 

 pairs; margins narrowly rev olute; petiole |^-;J in., pubescent ; stipules 

 lanceolate-acuminate from a broad base, J-^ in. long, hairy along the 

 back outside, glabrous inside. Flowers white, fragrant, about :J— | in. 

 long, subsessile, 2-6 together. Calyx ^-^ in. long, pubescent outside ; 

 teeth 5, lanceolate or ovate, acute, erect. Corolla-lobes 5, about '^—^ in. 

 long, shortly pubescent outside or nearly glabrate, obtuse. Style 

 exserted, pubescent. Berry ^ in. long, ellipsoidal. — Psychotria triflora^ 

 Thonn. in Schum. PL Guin. 108 ; Grernasjpora heterophylla, F. Didr. in 

 Copenhag. Vidensk. Medd. 1854, p. 187, n. 5; Coffea hirsuluSy G. Don. 

 Gen. Syst. iii. p. 581. 



Vpper Guinea. Niger, Barter/ a pretty ornamental plant ; blossoms abundant. 

 Asiama, Thonning ; Cape Coast; Sierra Leone, G. Don! Succonde, Hove! in Hb. 

 Afzel. and Banks. 



xarortb Central. Monbuttu-land, Schweinfurth! 



xrile ]Land. Bongo-land and Djur-land, Schweinfurth ! 



Mozamb. Bistr. Zanzibar, Hilsenberg and Bojer ! Kirk! 



2. O. T Thomsonl, Hiern. A scandent shrub, with brown stem. 

 Branches terete, glabrescent or especially at the extremities tawny- 



