Cuviera.'] Lxx. rubiacej: (hiern). 157 



lateral veins about C-10 pairs, not conspicuous ; petiole ^-J in. 

 stipules ovate, apiculate, ^ in. long, connate and sheathing below, 

 keeled, hairy within. Flowers greenish, J-f in. long in bud, on short 

 slender pedicels, very numerous, in ample divaricately branched rather 

 lax axillary and terminal shoi'tly pedunculate dichotomous panicles of 

 2-6 in. diameter ; bracteoles elliptic-linear, |-1 in. long, accrescent. 

 Calyx green ; segments f — ^ in. long, linear- oblong, spreading, persist- 

 ent. Corolla green and orange ; segments lanceolate, caudate-acute, 

 I in. long, spreading. Ovary 5-celled ; style glabrous. Fruit obliquely 

 egg-shaped, |-^- in. long, obtusely 5-sided ; pyrenes 5 or fewer. — DC. 

 Prodr. iv. 468 ; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 407 ; C. africana^ Spreng. 

 Syst. Veg. i. 760. 



ITpper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Sjneathman ! and others ; Grand Biissa, Th. 

 Vogel ! Ambas Bay, Mann ! 



2. C. Bubuliflora, Benth. in Houk. Niger. Fl. 407. An arbores- 

 cent shrub or a small tree of 15 feet, glabrous. Branches subterete, 

 smooth, opposite. Leaves oblong, shortly acuminate, oblique and 

 hollowed or rounded or somewhat narrowed at the base, chartaceous, 

 rather paler beneath, 6-15 by 2-4J in. ; lateral veins about 12-14 pairs, 

 slender ; petiole ^ in. long ; stipules deltoid, connate at the base, keeled 

 near the apiculate apex, ^J in. long, hairy within. Flowers numerous, 

 on short pedicels, in divaricately branched axillary and lateral sub- 

 sessile dichotomous panicles of 2-3 in. diameter ; bracteoles linear, 

 narrowed at both ends, ^1^ in. long, accrescent as well as the calyx- 

 segments. Calyx whitish ; segments narrowly or at length broadly 

 linear, ranging up to 1 in. long. Corolla green ; segments about -^ in. 

 long, lanceolate, caudate-acuminate. Style glabrous. Ovary 5-celled. 

 Fruit 1 in. long, obliquely egg-shaped. 



ITpper Guinea. Fernando Po, on the sea -shore, Th. Vogel/ Mann! Aboh, 

 growing in the water, Th. Vogel I 



3. C. longriflora, Hiern. A glossy shrub of 25 feet or a small tree 

 of 20-25 feet, glabrous or nearly so. Branches subterete, smooth. 

 Leaves oval-oblong, cuspidate, oblique and hollowed at the base, 

 spreading, thinly coriaceous, paler beneath, 6-12 by 2-4 in. ; lateral 

 veins about 10-12 pairs, inconspicuous ; petiole ^f in. ; stipules del- 

 toid, keeled at the apex, hairy inside, \ in. long. Flowers IJ in. dia- 

 meter when expanded, on short pedicels, several together, in axillary 

 panicles of 2-3 in. diameter ; bracteoles narrowly elliptical, f-1^ in. 

 long ; peduncle about 1 in. Calyx- segments lanceolate, ^-| in. long. 

 Corolla- segments f in. long, lanceolate, acute. Anthers drooping. 

 Ovary 5-celled ; style pilose-hirsute below ; stigma cernuous. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, 2-3,000 feet alt., Mann ! 



4. C trilooularis, Hiern. A small glabrous tree. Branches sub- 

 terete, smooth. Leaves ovate-oval, acuminate, rounded and subobH- 

 que at the base, thinly coriaceous, glossy, of nearly the same colour on 

 both sides, 4-5 by l|-2 in. ; lateral veins about 8-10 pairs ; petiole 

 \-^ in. ; stipules apiculate, ovate, keeled, \ in. Flowers on short 



