Pavetta.] LXX. etjbiace^ (hiebn). 1G9 



Corolla glabrous throughout. Branches 



hispid 17. P. hispida. 



Calyx-lobes obovate-oblong, foliaceous . . . . 13. P. gcnipcpfoUa. 

 Calyx-lobes imbricate or contorted in aestivation or un- 

 unequal (Baconia). 

 Leaves opposite. Flowers tetramerous. 



Disk glabrous. Calyx-lobes imbricated sub- 

 equal 19. P. Baconia. 



Disk hispidulous. Calyx-lobes unequal . . . . 20. P. Hookeriana. 

 Leaves ternate-verticillate. Flowers tetramerous or 



occasionally pentamerous 21. P. ternifolia. 



Inflorescence axillary or lateral. 

 Corymbs sessile or subsessile. 



Nearly glabrous. Corolla-lobes about equalling the 



tube 22. P. gardenicBfolia. 



Leaves hoary-velvety beneath. Corolla-lobes about 



half the length of the tube 23. P. cmiescens. 



Corymbs on long peduncles. 



Eigid. Corymbs ascending. Style exserted by 1^ in. 24. P. rigicUi. 

 Lax. Corymbs drooping. Style exserted by |-1 in. . 25. P. gracilipes. 



1. P. brachycalyx, Hiern. A shrub, 6-10 feet high, glabrous 

 in most parts. Branches terete. Leaves narrowly elliptical, acumi- 

 nate at both ends, chartaceous, glabrous, paler and glaucescent beneath, 

 2-6^ by j-2 in. ; lateral veins about 5-7 pairs, slender, often with glan- 

 dular depressions in the axils ; petiole ^1 in. ; stipules broadly ovate, 

 caducous, yi^-^ in. long, connate at the base ; upper internodes very 

 short. Flowers ^— ^ in. long, tetramerous, sessile, on short puberulo us 

 minutely or obsoletely bracteolate pedicels, in dense globose subsessile 

 or very shortly pedunculate divaricately branched terminal panicles of 

 2-^3 in. diam. ; common peduncle ^-J in. (or longer in the case of the 

 subterminal lateral panicles which sometimes occur). Calyx ^-^in. 

 long ; adherent portion small, turbinate, puberulous ; limb broader, 

 hemispherical, nearly glabrate, -j^ in. diam., subtruncate or with 4 

 broad shallow subapiculate lobes. Corolla glabrous except within the 

 bearded throat; lobes ^-j\ in. long, reflexed, oval, obtuse. Anthers 

 ^-^ in. long, at length twisted ; filaments short. Disk hispidulous on 

 the inner margin or glabrous. Ovules pendulous from a fleshy funicle 

 or placenta. Style exserted by ^-t^ in., glabrous below, pubescent at 

 the fusiform undivided stigma or bidentate at the tip. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, at 2-3,000 ft. (Disk hispidulous on the 

 inner margin), Mann ! Gaboon Kiver (Disk glabrous ; flowers smaller than iu the 

 former specimen), Mann! Sierra del Crystal (Disk glabrous; flowers very small; 

 corolla yellow), Mann ! 



2. P. Mannil, Kiern. Glabrous, glaucescent. Branches deeply 

 sulcate towards the extremities in the dry state. Leaves elliptical or 

 slightly obovate, abruptly and narrowly acuminate, wedge-shaped at 

 the base, membranous-chartaceous, rather paler beneath, 7-9 by 2f-3^ 

 in. ; lateral veins about 9 pairs ; petiole |-J in. ; stipules from a broad 

 ovate base. Flowers tetramerous, \ in. long when expanded exclusive 

 of the style, on shorter pedicels, numerous, in divaricately branched 

 sessile terminal ample corymbs of about 4 in. diameter; bracteoles 



