150 Lxx. KUBiAOE.'E (uiern). [Vanguevkt. 



subnlate. Corolla- tube cylindrical, glabrous except the throat ; lobes 

 ovate, sub-apiculate. Anthers half exserted, puberulous. Ovary 5-3- 

 celled ; style rather exceeding the corolla ; stigma globular, obscurely 

 lobed. Fruit glabrate, globose, ^-l in. diameter. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, G. Don! AfzcUus! Wilford! Niger, Nupe, 

 Barter > Bagroo River. Mann ! 



6. V. euonyxnoides, Sclnveinf. mss. in Herh. A nearly glabrous 

 unarmed shrub, 10-20 feet high. Branches terete, glabrous, reddish 

 or ashy brown ; branchlets usually alternate. Leaves oval or somewhat 

 ovate, obtusely acuminate, more or less obliquely narrowed at the base, 

 chartaceous, glabrate above, paler with little hairy tufts in the (glan- 

 dular) axils of the 4-6 pairs of lateral veins beneath, 1-3 by f-1?; in-; 

 petiole -^— J in., glabrate ; stipules subulate-apiculate from a broad 

 subtruncate base, glabrous, ^ in. long. Flowers ^-V in. long, glabrous 

 outside, on pedicels about equalling them in flower and exceeding them 

 in fruit, 2-3 together; common peduncle ranging up to ^ in., glabrous, 

 bibracteolate at the top. Calyx-limb truncate. Corolla campanulate, 

 glabrous except the deflexedly bearded throat ; lobes 5. Anthers 

 subsessile, exserted, glabrous or very nearly so. Stigma shortly 

 exserted, capitate, 5.1obed ; ovary 5-celled. Fruit 5-3-celled and -ribbed, 

 -^r,in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Muni River. 1° N. Lat., Maim.' Gambia, Park! 



Wile Iiand. Djur-land, Gbattas. Schtveinfurth ! 



Ziower Guinea. Loan go. Soyaiix ! 



A specimen from Delagoa Bay. collected by Forbes, resembles this species, but 

 differs by rather smaller .leaves and by a 3-celled ovary. 



7. V. umbellulata, lliern. Glabrous. Branches roundedly 

 4.sided, pallid, rigid; shoots compressed, herbaceous, green, supra- 

 axillary, opposite, erect-patent. Leaves elliptical, acuminate at both 

 ends or at least at the apex, chartaceous, 2-3 by |-1^ in., rather paler 

 beneath ; lateral veins about 4-5 pairs, slender, not conspicuous ; pe- 

 tiole - in. ; stipules with a long erect linear cusp from a short broad 

 base 4—- in. lono", interpetiolar, having a ring of hairs inside the base. 

 Flowers - in. long, on slender equalling or shorter pedicels, 5-7 together, 

 umbellate : bracteoles minute or wanting ; common peduncle ^ in. long 

 or shorter, bracteate at the apex. Calyx truncate, glabrous ; limb 

 very short, entire. Corolla-tube L in. long ; throat very thinly bearded; 

 lobes 5 ovate, revolute, scarcely equalling the tube, not caudate. 

 Anthers ovate, short, glabrous. Ovary 5-celled ; stigma capitate- 

 globose, shortly exserted. 



Upper Guinea. Cape Coast, Herh. Mus. Brit, 



8. V. concolor, Hiern. From a small shrub to a small tree of 

 10-15 feet, nnarmed, nearly glabrous or somewhat shaggy on the 

 voun"" parts. Branches terete, ashy; branchlets usually alternate. 

 Leaves oval, acuminate, obliquely rounded or somewhat narrowed at 

 the base, membranous, of the same light green colour on both sides 

 (when dry), glabrate or scattered with hispid hairs especially on the 

 midrib beneath, usually with little hairy tufts in the (glandular) pits 



