Caydhium.] Lxx. RUBiACEiE (hiern). 135 



hairy outside. Flowers hermaphrodite, abont j'g^ in. long, 5-7 together, 

 on rather slender hispid pedicels of ^-^ in., umbellately arranged on a 

 hispid common peduncle ranging up to I in. or fasciculate. Calyx 

 hispid ; limb spreading, 5-toothed ; teeth subulate, sometimes pro- 

 lone^ed. Corolla reddish in the dry state, 5-4-lobed ; lobes obtuse, 

 setose-hispid above near the apex ; throat bearded, rather dilated. 

 Stamens 5-4. Disk glabrous. Ovary 2-celled ; style about equalling 

 the ovary, glabrous, robust. Stigma capitate ; ovules roundish, 

 pendulous. 



Mozaxnb. Blstr. Near Tette, Kirk .' 



4. C nitens, Hiern. A glabrous shining unarmed shrub. 

 Branches subterete erect-patent, ashy, thickened at the nodes. Leaves 

 oval, much acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, glossy, coriaceous, 

 1^-4 by ^If in., rarely smaller ; lateral veins about 4-6 pairs, incon- 

 spicuous ; petiole |^-| in, ; stipules from a broad base apiculate, about 

 \2~~H ^^' ^^^S- Flowers very numerous, on podicels of \~-^ in., umbel- 

 lately arranged on a very abbreviated common peduncle. Calyx-tube 

 turbinate, glabrous ; limb small, obscurely 5 ?-toothed ; teeth ciliolate. 

 Disk glabrous. Fruit obo void-oblong, somewhat compre.ssedly pyi'i- 

 form, |-| in. long, 1-2-celled, on pedicels of the same length or rather 

 longer. 



Upper Guinea. Niger, near River Nun (flowers greenish). Barter ! 



5. C» negrlectum, Hiern. Glabrous large tree-like unarmed 

 shrub, rather lucid, with elongated erect-patent rather ashy terete 

 branches, somewhat compressed towards the extremities. Leaves 

 elliptical, acuminate, wedge-shaped or partly obtuse at the base, char- 

 taceous, of nearly the same colour on the two surfaces, 3-4 by 1-li in.; 

 lateral veins about 6-7 pairs, inconspicuous : petiole ^-^ in. ; stipules 

 connate, sheathing, subulate-apiculate, intra-petiolar, hairy inside, 

 ^-\ in. long. Fruiting pedicels \ in. long, rather slender, fasciculate, 

 several together in the axils of fallen leaves. Fruit \ in. long, obovoid, 

 obliquely narrowed at the base. Calyx-limb short, after the fall of the 

 corolla with minute subulate teeth. Ovary and ovules of the genus. 



WUe Xiand. Abyssinia, 7000—8000 feet alt., Schimperl 



6. C. Schimperianum, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 350. A nearly 

 glabrous unarmed arborescent shrub ; branchlets somewhat compressed 

 at the extremities, not quite patent. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, 

 obtuse, wedge-shaped at the base, glabrous, rather pale green on both 

 sides especially below, glossy above, thinly coriaceous, 1-2^ by \-^\ in. ; 

 lateral veins about 3-5 pairs, inconspicuous ; petiole t.t~6 ^^•' glabrous ; 

 stipules ovate or lanceolate-subulate, subobtuse, glabrous ^-^ in. long. 

 Flowers -\ in. long, yellow, on slender puberulous or nearly glabrons 

 pedicels of ^-| in., several together, umbellately placed on a very short 

 common peduncle. Calyx-limb campanulate, glabrous; limb subtrun- 

 cate or obscurely toothed. Corolla glabrous outside ; tube hairy 

 in.side ; lobes 5, ovate, subobtuse. Disk glabrous. Style curved, about 



