142 Lxx. RUfJiACKji: (iiiern). [Ca)(th.mm. 



hispid. Corolla- tube glabrous outside (glabrous also inside when 

 young) ; lobes 5, subobtuse. Disk hispidulous. Style glabrous, far 

 exserted ; stigma calyp triform. 



Iiower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 



24. C. rubens, Iiiern. A nearly glabrous unarmed climbing 

 shrub. Branches obtusely angular, erect, patent. Leaves oval, shortly 

 and acutely acuminate, with a broad rather hollowed base, or those at 

 the base of the branchlets subreniform, coriaceous, glabrous except 

 the appressedly puberulous midrib and 7-8 pairs of lateral veins and 

 their axils, turning reddish in the dry state, 2^5 by 21-3 in. ; petioles 

 |-| in., puberulous or glabrescent; stipules ovate, acute, ^ in. long, 

 glabrous outside, hairy inside. Flowers ^ in. long, on rather shorter 

 pubescent pedicels, in dichotomous corymbose bracteate panicles of 

 ]_Xi in. diameter ; common peduncle shortly pubescent, ^— | in. long. 

 Calyx glabrous or nearly so, except the 5 teeth which are covered with 

 short golden-coloured hairs. Corolla glabrous outside ; throat bearded ; 

 lobes 5, glabrous, subacute, ovate. Disk hairy. Stigma calyp triform, 

 exserted. 



XTpper Guinea. Bagroo River, Mann .' 



25. C. foetlduxn, Hiern. A glabrous unarmed shrub, much 

 resembling C. zanziharicum, Kl. Branches terete, rather compressed 

 towards the extremities. Leaves oval, scarcely acuminate, apiculate, 

 coriaceous, turning rather red when dry, lather paler beneath, rounded 

 or nearly so at the base, 4-6 by 1^-2^ in. ; lateral veins about 7-8 

 pairs, not prominent ; petiole |-^ in. ; stipules lanceolate-subulate from 

 a broad ovate base, ^ in. long, deciduous. Flowers \ in. long, 

 5.merous, on glabrous pedicels of about ^ in., many together, in dense 

 dichotomous panicles of about 1 in. diameter; common peduncle 

 glabrous, j— f in. long, with a small ovate glabrous bracteole at apex. 

 Calyx glabrous, campanulate-turbinate ; limb 5-toothed ; teeth small, 

 acute. Corolla-tube hairy inside ; throat not densely bearded. Disk 

 shortly hairy. Style much exserted, glabrous at least above ; stigma 

 mitriform. 



Soutb Central? Muata Manja, 'flowers with most abominable smell,' Kirk ! 



26. C. Afeellanum, Hiern. A much branched glossy shrub of 

 moderate size. Branches opposite, spreading, angular, somewhat 

 dilated at the nodes, glabrous. Leaves oval, obtusely acuminate, 

 usually wedge-shaped at the base, glabrous, thinly coriaceous, of nearly 

 the same colour on both surfaces, not turning red, 3-5 by 1^-21 in. ; 

 lateral veins about Q-7 pairs, slender ; tertiary veins not conspicuous ; 

 petiole l-^ in. ; stipules deltoid, subapiculate, ^^"8 i^- ^^^"g- Flowers 

 tetramerous, |-^ in. long, about equalling the arching puberulous 

 pedicels, many together, in dense dichotomous pedunculate axillary 

 panicles of 1-2 in. diameter; common peduncle ranging up to | in., 

 puberulous. Calyx puberulous; limb subtrimcate or obscurely 4- 

 toothed. Corolla yellowish white, glabrous outside, pubescent inside 



