Ixora.] Lxx. rubiace^ (hiern). 167 



culate, connate at the base, ^-^ in. long. Flowers tetramerous, short, 

 on short pedicels, crowded in short terminal sessile panicles of ^ io. ; 

 bracteoles ovate, small, the uppermost at the base of the calyx. Calyx 

 -jJy in. long, glabrous ; limb concave ; lobes deltoid, subapiculate. 

 Corolla-tube apparently short ; lobes oval, obtuse, J in. long. Fruit 

 subdimidiate-oblique, ^ in. long or rather more. 

 Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Mann ! 



12. X. mlnutiflora, Hiern. A shrub, 8 feet high. Branches 

 terete. Leaves elliptical, acuminate at both ends, firmly chartaceous, 

 6-8 by 2^2^ in. ; lateral veins about 14 pairs, slender, inconspicuous ; 

 petiole \-^ in. ; stipules ovate, apiculate, connate at base. Flowers 

 sessile, very small, crowded in sessile very short terminal clusters ; 

 bracteoles subulate, at the base of the calyx, very small. Calyx gla- 

 brous, about y/y in. long or perhaps rather more ; limb subtruncate, 

 with 4-5 minute teeth. Corolla- tube apparently very short ; lobes 4, 

 oval, obtuse. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Mann ! 



13. Z. xnodesta, Hiern. A glabrous glossy shrub, 10 feet high. 

 Branchlets terete, somewhat compressed towards the extremities. 

 Leaves obovate-elliptical, narrowly acuminate, wedge-shaped at the 

 base, membranous, 10-12 by 3^-4 in. ; lateral veins about 10-12 

 pairs ; petiole l2-2 in. ; stipules much apiculate from a broad ovate or 

 subtruncate base, J-^ in. long. Flowers tetramerous, small, subsessile, 

 in very short dense bracteolate lateral panicles, near the ends of the 

 branches ; bracteoles ovate, not very small. Calyx about ^^ in. long, 

 bracteolate ; limb broader than the inferior portion, hemispherical, 

 4-cleft ; teeth broadly ovate. Corolla glabrous except the bearded 

 throat; lobes apiculate (in bud). Style glabrous, bidentate. Ovules 

 solitary, immersed in the fleshy pendulous funicule or placenta. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Mann ! 



0&. PAVETTA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 114. 



Calyx-tube turbinate or campanulate ; Hmb 4- or very rarely 

 5-lobed or subtruncate, persistent or deciduous ; lobes short or elong- 

 ated. Corolla usually salver-shaped ; tube cylindrical or funnel- 

 shaped, usually slender ; throat bearded or pubescent, sometimes gla- 

 brous ; limb 4- or very rarely 5-partite, segments oval or oblong, 

 spreading or reflexed, contorted dextrorsely (as seen from inside) in 

 the bud. Stamens 4 or very rarely 5, inserted at the mouth of the 

 corolla, exserted, spreading or reflexed ; anthers linear, glabrous, nearly 

 equalling the corolla-lobes, fixed by the back at or near the base, after 

 flowering usually twisted ; filaments short or half the length of the 

 anthers. Disk annular, fleshy. Ovary small, 2-celled (very rarely 

 4-celled) ; style exserted by at least the length of the corolla-lobes, 

 slender; stigma narrowly fusiform or slightly club-shaped, undivided 

 or bidentate at the tip ; ovules solitary, usually peltately immersed or 



