134 Lxx. KUBiACE^ (hiern). [CantMum. 



the lower surface 31. C. venosum. 



Stigma globose, not much exserted. 

 Peduncles ver;y short, glabrous. 



Leaves oblong-ovate, acute S2. C? multiflorum. 



Leaves oval, obtuse . . 33. C. bibracteatum. 



Peduncles ^-1 in. long, puberulousor glabrate 34. C. crassum. 

 Corolla tomentose outside. Plowers 4-6-merous. 



Corolla-lobes o, lanceolate, caudate-acuminate. Anthers 



glabrous . . . ., 35. C vanguerioides. 



Corolla- lobes 4-6, narrowly lanceolate, not caudate. 



Anthers slightly hairy 30. C laticifloTum. 



1. C g'laucum, Hiern. Glabrous. Branches rigid, terete, 

 glaucous, spinous ; spines opposite, strong, spreading, situated above 

 very abbreviated leafy lateral shoots, ^-\ in. long, acute, glaucous. 

 Leaves oval, scarcely subacuminate, obtuse at both ends or wedge- 

 shaped at the base, chartaceous, pale beneath, -J-IJ by i-| in. ; lateral 

 veins about 4-6 pairs, inconspicuous ; petiole rather thin, narrowly 

 winged towards the apex, ^-^ in. long ; stipules apparently subulate. 

 Flowers about j\; in. long, on slender pedicels of ^-^ in., several 

 together in dichotomous subfasciculate racemes, shorter than the leaves. 

 Calyx glabrous ; limb 5-cleft ; lobes obtuse. Corolla-tube glabrous 

 outside, pubescent inside, rather dilated towards the mouth ; limb 

 deeply 5-lobed, rotate. Filaments very short ; anthers ovate. Disk 

 glabrous. Stigma capitate or subglobose ; style equalling the corolla, 

 glabrous, robust. 



Wile Zaand. Sola River, Somali Coast, Kirk! 



IVZoxamb. Distr. Zambesi-land, Tette, Kirk .' 



Habit of the Cape Plcctronia spinosa, Kl., but diifers by the bearded throat of the 

 corolla; also like the Indian Cantkium parvijionim, Lam., but differs by its pentamer- 

 ons flowers. 



2. C. Thonnlng'ii, Benth. in Hooh. Niger Fl. p. 410. A much 

 branched shrub, 6 feet high or more. Branches terete, ashy-white, 

 spinous ; spines supra- axillary, opposite, subulate, 1 in. long, patent. 

 Leaves ovate, subacuminate, very shortly petiolate, except the midrib 

 inconspicuously veined ; 2-3 in. long ; stipules acuminate. Peduncles 

 solitary, opposite, divided into two quite simple racemes scarcely as 

 long as the leaves ; flowers pedicellate, distichous, alternate, one 

 pedicellate flower in the fork of the peduncle ; bracteoles 2, small, at 

 the base of the bifurcation. Calyx turbinate, acutely 5-toothed. 

 Corolla campanulate, \-^ in, (size of Convallaria majalis, L.) long, 

 greenish white, 5-cleft ; .lobes acute, revolute. Stigma capitate-conical, 

 bifid at the tip, on a level with the anthers. — PhaUaria sjpinosa, Sebum, 

 et Thoni). Beskr. Guin. PI. p. 113. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea, rather rare, Thonniiig. 



3. C. setiflorum, Hiern. A rigid unarmed shrub, with patent 

 terete glaucescent branches and hispid shoots. Leaves oval-oblong, 

 apiculate, usually obtuse at the base, subcoriaceous, hispidulous oi* 

 glabrescent above, hispid especially on the midrib beneath, shortly 

 petiolate, ^-If by ^-^ in, ; lateral veins about 3-5 pairs, not conspicu- 

 ous ; stipules from a broad base lanceolate or subulate, somewhat 



