Faclogia.] lxx. rubiace^ (hiern). 155 



5. r. grlaberrima, Schweinf. in Herb. A quite glabrous under- 

 slirub. Branches ternate. Leaves temate, oval, obtuse, subsessile, 

 wedge-shaped at the base, thinly coriaceous, paler beneath when dry, 

 1-2^ by i-l|- in. ; lateral veins about 6-7 pairs, very slender ; stipules 

 apiculate from a broad truncate base, tV~h ^°- blowers ^ in. long, 3 

 together, with pedicels of yV-i ^"j ^^ ^^ axillary common peduncle of 

 '^-^ in. Calyx truncate, -jV in. long, -svith 5 minute teeth. Corolla- 

 lobes 5-6, greenish- white, orate, apiculate, iV's ^^- ^^"ff» nearly 

 equalling the tube. Disk glabrous. Ovary (2-) 3-4-celled ; stigma 

 shortly exserted. Seeds ^ in. long. 



Vile Ziancl. Djur-land, Schwdnfurth ! 



G. r. stenophylla, Weliv. ex Hooh. f. mss._in llerb. Keiv. Gla- 

 brous, scarcely a foot high. Stems several, herbaceous from a woody 

 base, erect. Leaves 3-4 in a whorl, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse or apiculate, 1^-4 by ^-J in., sessile or subsessile ; stipules subu- 

 late from a broad base, g-^in. long. Flowers J-Jin. long, occasionally 

 precocious, in short drooping shortly pedunculate 2-4-fold racemose 

 cymes ; bracteoles filiform. Calyx-teeth minute, subulate. Corolla 

 greenish violet, | in. long ; tube broad ; lobes broad, with a short dorsal 

 horn. Unripe drupe oblique, \ in. diam. 



Xower Guinea. Huilla, in meadows between Lopollo and Catumba, Wei- 

 toitsch ! 



Near Fadogia Zeyheri, Sond., but calyx-teeth much shorter. 



7. P. fuchsioides, Wehv. ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn, Soc. Lond. xxix. 

 85,7.50. A glabrous shrub. Stems erect, 3-sided. Leaves shortly 

 oval or obovate, rounded or acutely cuspidate at the apex, wedge- 

 shaped at the subsessile base, thinly coriaceous, 1|— 2§ by 1-lf in-, 

 temate or occasionally the upper ones opposite ; lateral veins about 

 4-5 pairs ; stipules ^ in. long. Flowers glabrous outside, erect, 1 in. 

 long, solitary or two together, with pedicels of J-^ in., on an axillary 

 peduncle of |-| in. Calyx truncate, entire, turbinate, l-^ in. long. 

 Corolla straight ; lobes 6-7, oval-lanceolate, acuminate, f in. long. 

 Disk glabrous. Ovary 6-celled; stigma crown-shaped, exserted. 

 Fruit subglobose, black, erect or drooping, J-^ in. diam., at length 

 ribbed; pyrenes 6 or fewer. — Buhiacea (481), T. Thoms. in Speke, 

 Journ. App. p. 636 (1863). 



Xrile Xiand. Karague, Speke and Grant ! March, in fruit. 

 ]&ower Guinea. Huilla, Welwitsch ! Pungo Audongo, Welwitsch I 



8. P. ancylantha, Schweivf. mss. in Herb, A puberulous 

 undershrub, 5 feet high. Leaves ternate, shortly oval, obtuse, sub- 

 sessile, rounded and emarginate at the base, chartaceous, glabrate, 

 1-3 by ^2 in. ; lateml veins about 4-5 pairs ; stipules apiculate from 

 a broad truncate base, covering a ring of caducous white hairs, 

 tV-8 ^°- J'lowers -^-J in. long, 4-1 together with rather slender pedi- 

 cels of J-f in., on a short common peduncle. Calyx truncate, entire, 

 yV in. long, glabrous ; tube campanulate. Corolla- tube yellowish green 

 or whitish, oblong-funnel-shaped, arching, glabrous outside ; lobes 5, 



