170 Lxx. RUBIACE^ (hiern). [Pavetta. 



ovate, mostly obtuse, small. Calyx turbinate, ebracteolate, -rr-g i°- 

 long; limb tV* xV ^^- ^^ng, subtruncate or with 4 broad shallow rounded 

 lobes. Corolla glabrous except the pubescent throat; lobes oval, 

 obtuse, ^-fV in. long, spreading or reflexed. Anthers nearly equalling 

 the corolla-lobes ; filaments short. Disk glabrous. Style exserted by 

 yV-f in -5 glabrous except the minutely puber ulcus subfusiform stigma. 

 Ovules solitary, impressed on the surface of the fleshy placentas. 

 Upper Guinea. " Cameroon River Collection," Mann! 



3. P. monticola, Hiern. A shrub, 12-15 feet high, glabrous in 

 most parts. Branches terete. Leaves elliptical or somewhat obovate, 

 caudate-cuspidate, wedge-shaped at the base, rather glossy, of nearly 

 the same colour on both surfaces, glabrous except slightly hairy tufts 

 in the axils of the 7-9 pairs of lateral veins and occasionally of the 

 tertiary veins, chartaceous, 4-6^ by 1^2| in., the uppermost ones 

 (bracts) about 3 by 1 in. ; petiole ^1 in. ; stipules broadly ovate or 

 truncate, cuspidate, connate at the base, \-^ in. long. Flowers tetra- 

 merous, \ in. long, on puberulous ebracteolate pedicels of |^-f in., in 

 rather dense (not divaricately branched) corymbose panicles of 2-3 in. 

 diameter ; peduncle § in. with '2 large f oliaceous bracts at the top 3 in. 

 by 1 in. Calyx ^ in. long ; limb campanulate, J in. long, cleft, puberu- 

 lous ; lobes shortly ovate, obtuse, keeled. Corolla glabrous outside, 

 pubescent near the throat inside ; lobes oblong, | in. long, reflexed. 

 Anthers narrowly linear, exserted, scarcely as long as the corolla-lobes, 

 at length twisted. Style exserted by f in., puberulous above ; stigma 

 narrowly fusiform, undivided. 



Vpper Guinea. Summit of the Peak of St. Thomas, Mann ! 



4. P. bidentata, Hiern, A glossy pale-green shrub, 8 feet high, 

 glabrous except the puberulous inflorescence. Branches somewhat 

 compressed towards the extremities. Leaves narrowly elliptical, nar- 

 rowed at both ends, membranous, 9-12 by 2|-3^ in. ; lateral veins about 

 13-14 pairs, slender ; petiole ^1^ in. ; stipules much apiculate from 

 a truncate base, \-\ in. long. Flowers tetramerous, \-\ in. long, on 

 puberulous equalling or shorter rather slender pedicels, numerous, in 

 globose dense terminal sessile or shortly pedunculate corymbs of 3 in. 

 diameter ; bracteoles ovate, small. Calyx green, -^^^ in- long, ebrac- 

 teolate, obsoletely puberulous ; limb hemispherical, broader than the 

 small ovary ; lobes 4, broad, shallow. Corolla glabro'us except inside 

 the pubescent throat, white ; lobes tV^ i"^- long, oval, obtuse, spreading 

 or reflexed. Anthers rather shorter than the corolla-lobes ; filaments 

 short. Disk glabrous. Style exserted by nearly \ in., bidentate at 

 the tip, glabrous or puberulous opposite the throat of the corolla. 

 Ovules solitary, impressed on the fleshy placentas. 



TTpper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



5. P. owariensis, P. de Beauv. Fl. Ow. et Ben. i. 87, t. 52. 

 A glabrous shrub, about 6 feet high. Branches terete. Leaves ellip- 

 tical, acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, rather shining, 



