Canthium.] Lxx. rubiace^ (hiern). 137 



subterete or obtusely 4-sided, patent ; the branchlets somewhat com- 

 pressed. Leaves oval, mostly acuminate, nearly rounded or some- 

 what narrowed at the base, thinly coriaceous, 2-4 by 1-2 in., sometimes 

 those at the base of the branchlets smaller ; lateral veins about 4—5 

 pairs, prominent beneath ; petiole spreading, ^-^ in. long ; stipules cus- 

 pidate-subulate from a broad subtruncate base, ^ in. long. Flowers 

 } in. long, on pedicels of ^^ in. long, many together, umbellately 

 arranged on a short common pednncle. Calyx-tube widely campanu- 

 late, glabrous ; limb very small, 5-toothed, glabrous. Corolla-tube 

 glabrous outside, hairy with deflexed hairs inside ; throat bearded ; 

 lobes 5, ovate-lanceolate, acute, thinly pubescent inside. Filaments 

 reflexed, exserted, anthers lanceolate. Disk glabrous. Stigma elon- 

 gate- caly ptrif orm . 



Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, alt. 500 feet, Mann ! Old Calabar, lieu. 

 W. C. Thomson! 



10. C. caudatifloruxn, Hiern. Glabrous, shining, unarmed. 

 Branches subterete, patent ; branchlets subcompressed. Leaves ellip- 

 tical, acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, thinly coriaceous, of the 

 same rather yellowish-green colonr on both sides when dry, 1^-^ by 

 |— 1§ in. ; lateral veins about 3-5 pairs, not conspicuous ; petiole iV~8 ^^- ♦ 

 stipules apiculate-subulate from a broad subtruncate base, short. 

 Flowers about ^ in, long when expanded, pentamerous, on rather slender 

 glabrescent pedicels of about ^ in,, about 6 together, umbellately ar- 

 ranged on a very short pnberulons or glabrescent common peduncle ; 

 bracteoles minute. Calyx glabrous or very nearly so ; tube shortly 

 campanulate ; teeth subulate, small, spreading. Corolla-tube glabrous 

 outside, with deflexed hairs inside ; throat glabrous ; lobes lanceolate, 

 caudate- acuminate, glabrous, spreading or reflexed. Anthers narrowly 

 lanceolate, exserted, reflexed ; filaments recurved. Disk glabrous. 

 Stigma exserted, elongate-calyptriform. Fruit small, oval, clustered, 

 shortly stalked, red, sweet. 



TTpper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 



The description of the fruit is ta,ken from a manuscript note in the herbarium of 

 Afzelius. 



11. C. horizontale, Schum. Guin. PL p. 112 suh Phallaria, vtm 

 Benth. Unarmed. Stem woody, terete, branched ; branchlets hori- 

 zontal, terete, striate, glabrous. Leaves ovate-elliptical, subacuminate, 

 shortly petiolate, glalDrous, rather glossy ; stipules interpetiolar, lan- 

 ceolate, acute. Peduncles axillary, solitary, ^ in. long ; pedicels 

 umbellately arranged from the top, J in. long, 1-flowered. Calyx 

 minute, 5-toothed, glabrous ; lobes erect, rather acute. Corolla 

 tubular, 5-clef t ; tube three times the length of the calyx; lobes 

 lanceolate, acute, rather patent, reflexed ; tliroat shaggy inside with 

 a ring of reflexed whitish hairs below the middle. Filaments filiform, 

 yV in. long, inserted on the throat under the incisions of the corolla ; 

 anthers oval. Ovary globose, rather depressed ; style filiform, equal- 

 ling the corolla ; stigma conical- caly ptriform, truncate. 



Upper Guinea. Cninea (without precise locality). 



J have seen no specimen that I can refer tc this description. 



