146 Lxx. RUBiACEiE (hieen). [GantMum. 



35. C. vangruerioldes, Hiern. An unarmed shrub, 8 feet high. 

 Branches terete, puberulous or at length glabrate, ashy ; the young 

 shoots ferruginous-pubescent, erect-patent. Leaves oval, acuminate, 

 apiculate, rounded at the base or nearly so, chartaceous, strigose- 

 pubescent and dark above, more densely so and pale beneath, deciduous, 

 2^-6^ by 1-3 in. ; lateral veins about 6-12 pairs ; petiole ^-f in., pubes- 

 cent ; stipules apiculate-subulate from a broad connate sheathing 

 subtruncate base, -^-f in. long. Flowers § in. long before expansion 

 (exclusive of the tails of the corolla), ^ in. long when expanded, green 

 and yellow, on pedicels ranging up to -J- in., numerous, in cymose 

 pubescent axillary and latei-al bracteolate panicles of 1^3 in. diameter ; 

 common peduncle ^—^ in., with 2 connate ovate bracteoles at the apex. 

 Calyx turbinate ; limb deeply cleft, hairy on both sides near the base ; 

 lobes 5, oval, obtuse, spreading or reflexed, tomentose outside, ^-^ in. 

 long, glabrescent inside. Corolla pale-tomentose outside, deeply 4-6 

 cleft; tube with reflexed hairs inside; throat not bearded; lobes 

 lanceolate,' caudate-acuminate, glabrous inside, spreading and recurved. 

 Anthers exserted, glabrous. Disk glabrous. Style glabrous ; stigma 

 shortly exserted, calyptriform. 



upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Barter.' Niger, Barter! Baikie! Abbeokuta, 

 Irving .' 



36. C. lanciflorum, jFiimi. Unarmed, closely branched. Branches 

 terete, reddish ; bark rather mealy. Leaves oval, scarcely acuminate, 

 rounded or emarginate at the base, coriaceous, dark green and sparingly 

 hispid above, tawny- tomentose beneath, 4-5 by 2-2-| in, ; petiole ^-^ 

 in. long. Flowers J in. long before expansion, scarcely ^ in. high when 

 expanded, pentamerous, tomentose outside, many together, in very 

 dense shortly pedunculate lateral panicles. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute, glabrous inside, ^^,7 in. long. Corolla deeply lobed, subrotate ; 

 tube short, inside with dense deflexed ferruginous hairs ; lobes narrowly 

 lanceolate, long, glabrous inside. Anthers somewhat hairy, exserted, 

 equalling the glabrous filaments. Disk glabrous. Ovary 2-celled. 

 Style exserted, glabrous ; stigma conical-calyptriform. 



Soutb Central. Near Victoria Falls, Kirk ! (said to be one of th6 best fruits 

 of the country). 



50. VANGUERIA, Commers. ; Benth. et Hook. f. 

 Gen. PI. ii. p. 111. 



Calyx- tube short, globose campanulate or turbinate ; limb erect or 

 spreading, truncate or 5- rarely 4-lobed, lobes short, deciduous or 

 rarely persistent. Corolla-tube short, hairy or glabrous outside, 

 usually furnished inside with a ring of deflexed pilose hairs ; throat 

 bearded ; lobes spreading or reflexed, usually acute or acuminate, val- 

 vate in aestivation. Stamens 5, rarely 4, inserted oil the throat or 

 mouth of the corolla, more or less exserted ; filaments short or equalling 

 the oval ovate or lanceolate anthers, fixed to the back of the anthers 

 near their base. Disk fleshy or depressed. Ovary 5-o-celled ; style 



