Ancylanthos.'] Lxx. eubiaceje (hiern). 159 



pedicels and calyx shortly tomentose. Calyx-lobes broadly ovate, 

 subacute or obtuse, 4- in. long. Corolla 1 in. long, densely tomentose, 

 rather rigid, bright brick-red ; lobes -^ in. long, ovate- subulate. Berry 

 about ^ in. diameter. — DC. Prodr. iv. p. 468 ; Welw. Apont. p. 588, 

 n. 54 (1859). 



Xiower Guinea. Angola, teste Desfontaines ; Rocky thickets from Ambaca to 

 Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch ! 



2. A. fiilg'idus, Weho. mss. A shrub of 3-5 feet, rather densely 

 virgate-ramose. Branches rigid, stout, densely clothed with red tomen- 

 tum, spreading ; branchlets with paler almost velvety hairs. Leaves very 

 rigidly coriaceous, 1-2 by J-1} m., broadly ovate-cordiform, obtuse, 

 margins recurved and waved, upper surface dark green subscabridly 

 pubescent with sunken veins, under surface greenish white velvety 

 tomentose with broad stout reddish ly tomentose, midrib and many 

 stout reticulate veins ; petiole very short ; stipules subulate from a 

 broad base, j in. long. Flowers as in A. ruhiginosus, but calyx-lobes 

 rather more obtuse, 1 in. long, and corolla rather shorter and more 

 densely tomentose and of a brighter more orange red, lobes ovate, 

 apiculate. Berry about |— J in. diameter ; seeds ^ in. long. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola, Huilla district, in the thickets and rocky woods, alt. 

 4000-6000 feet, from Mumpulla to LopoUo, Welwitsch ! 



3. A. cinerascens, Welw. mss. An erect shrub about 4 feet 

 high, pale tawny-tomentose when young ; branches erect-patent, supra- 

 axillary, rather slender, rigid, densely clothed with short soft tomen- 

 tum. Leaves 2^3^ by |-lf in. elliptical or oblong, obtuse or subacute 

 at the apex, rounded or somewhat wedge-shaped at the base, rather 

 scabridly hairy above, pale tawny or grey-white, softly or villous- 

 silky beneath ; petiole very short. Flowers in dense fascicles at the 

 lower nodes of the branches, shortly pedicellate. Calyx ^-^ in. long, 

 densely silky tomentose, lobes subulate-lanceolate. Berry yellowish 

 red, as in ^. rubiginosus, nearly -^ in. long. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola, in rather dense woods of MutoUo in the Pungo 

 Andongo district, alt. 3500 feet, Welwitsch ! 



4. A. cistifoUus, Weliv. mss. A shrub 1^-3 feet, sparingly 

 branched. Branches rigid, stout, black-hoary, naked below ; branch- 

 lets tawny-tomentose. Leaves rigidly coriaceous, 3-5 by |-f in. 

 narrowly linear or oblong-lanceolate, acute at the apex, subobtuse at 

 the base, above with scattered curly short hairs and rufous villous 

 midrib, buff-coloured ancj woolly beneath with villous stout midril) 

 and obscure lateral nerves, margins re volute ; petiole ^-^ in. ; stipules 

 lanceolate-subulate, equalling or exceeding the petiole. Flowers in 

 dense axillary subglobose fascicles ; peduncles pedicels and calyx 

 shaggy with tawny hairs. Calyx-lobes subulate- lanceolate, subacute, 

 as long as the tube, about J in. long, persistent. Berry of the genus 

 (Welw.), § in. long ; pyrenes about 4. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola. Sporadic in Mimosa woods in the Scrra dc Pcdras 

 de G-uinga, alt. 3500 feet, Welwitsch I 



