Fadofjia.'] lxx. rubiace^ (hiern). 153 



shrubs or even small trees, with 3-5-whorled leaves, subulate stipules 

 from a broad base or lanceolate, and small or moderate-sized flowers 

 not all fertile, few or several together arranged in axillary fascicles or 

 in short panicles or clusters. 



A genus confined to the African continent, consisting of one <^t more Capo (Trans- 

 vaal and Natal) species, besides the following : — 



Corolla ^-^ in. long. 



A small tree, with precocious flowers. Disk hispid . . }. F. Icncophlaa. 

 Herbaceous undershrubs. Flowers not or rarely preco- 

 cious. Disk glabrous. 



Calyx-segments 5-6, linear, foliaceous 2. F. Zci/herl. 



Calyx-lobes 5, rounded, not minute 3. F. ofjrcstis. 



Calyx-teeth 5-10, subulate, small, not all minute . 4. F. CienJcowskii. 

 Calyx truncate, entire or with minute subulate 

 teeth. 



lieaves oval, 1-2^ in. long 5. F. (jlaherrima. 



Leares narrowly 'elliptic-lanceolate, 1^-4 in. long . 6. F. stcnophylla. 

 Corolla f-1 in. long. 



Calyx truncate, entire. Flowers 1-4 together ; pedicels 

 ^-^ in. long, raised on a short common peduncle. 

 Corolla glabrous outside. 

 Corolla-tTibo straight or nearly so; lobes 6-7. 



Leaves wedge-shaped at the base 7. i*'. fucJmvldcs. 



Corolla-tube arching ; lobes 5. Leaves rounded or 



emarginate at the base 8. F. ancylantha. 



Calyx-teeth linear, subulate, twice the length of the 

 tube. Flowers fasciculate; pedicels |^ in. ; corolla 

 shaggy outside 9. F. lactiflora. 



1. P. leucophloea, Scliweinf. mss. in Herb, szih Vangueria. A 

 small puberulous tree, 15 feet high. Branches with soft pale at 

 length quite white bark, erect-patent. Leaves ternate, oval, obtuse at 

 both ends, very shortly petiolate, coriaceous, asperous above, pale and 

 harshly toraentellous beneath, 2-3 by 1-1 J in. ; lateral veins about 6 

 pairs ; stipules caducous. Flowers precocious, (as well as the fruits) 

 on leafless branches before the development of the fresh leaves, 

 greenish-white, ^~1 in. long, on very short pedicels, several together 

 in crowded clusters, tawny- torn entose outside. Calyx ^\, in long, teeth 

 oval, obtuse, 5, about equalling the tube, subequal, hairy on both sides. 

 Corolla-lobes 5, lanceolate, acute, about equalling the tube, subequal. 

 Disk hispid. Ovary 5-celled. Stigma scarcely exserted. Fruit ribbed 

 or oblique, ^— ^in. diam. ; pyrenes 3-1. 



Wile Xiand. Bongo-land, Schwcinfurth ! in flower; Mittu-land, Schweinfurth .' 

 n fruit. 



2. P. Zeyherl, Sond. in Linncca, xxiii. 56. A glabresccnt dwarf 

 undershrub. Branches angular, decumbent or ascending. Leaves ob- 

 lanceolate or narrowly elliptical, obtuse or somewhat narrowed at tbe 

 apex, attenuate at the base into a short petiole, ternate or the upper- 

 most ones opposite, net-veined, green on both sides, rather or scarcely 

 paler beneath, thinly and firmly coriaceous, 2^-6 by ^-1| in. ; lateral 

 veins about 3-5 pairs, stipules ovate or lanceolate, }-} in. long. 



