Favetta.'] Lxx. rubiaceje (hiern). 175 



when expanded exclusive of the style, subsessile or very shortly 

 pedicellate, many together in globose terminal sessile clusters ; brac- 

 teoles below the pedicels. Calyx turbinate, glabrous, nearly \ in. long ; 

 limb I in. long; lobes ^ in. long, filiform-subulate from an ovate base. 

 Corolla glabrous outside ; tube thinly pubescent inside from the mouth 

 half way down ; lobes oval, mucronate, fV in. long. Anthers )- in. 

 long, exserted ; filaments compressed horizontally, lanceolate, yV in. 

 long, recurved. Disk glabrous, annular, fleshy. Style exserted by 

 1^2 in., glabrous except the narrowly fusiform obtuse undivided 

 puberulous stigma. 



Xiower Guinea. Loango, Soyaux .' 



17. P. hlspida, Hiern. A shrub, 6-8 feet high, hispid on the 

 branches, petioles, leaves, calyces, etc., with dull-tawny hairs. Leaves 

 elliptical or somewhat obovate, acuminate or cuspidate, wedge-shaped 

 at the base, with scattered short hispid hairs above, more densely hispid 

 beneath especially on the midrib and on the 13-15 pairs of lateral veins, 

 chartaceous, 5-11 by l|-3f in. ; petiole J-1 in. Flowers tetramerous, 

 |-f in. long when expanded exclusive of the style, on short hispid 

 bracteolate pedicels, in rather dense sessile terminal subglobose 

 branched cymes of about 5 in. diameter, bracteoles linear- subulate, 

 like the calyx-lobes. Calyx nearly the length of the corolla- tube, 

 green, deeply lobed ; lobes erect. Corolla glabrous throughout, mem- 

 branous, white ; lobes § in. long, ovate-oblong, apiculate, spreading, 

 equalling the tube. Anthers scarcely \ in. long ; filaments ^ in. long. 

 Disk glabrous. Ovary short, turbinate, 2-celled ; style exserted by 1 J 

 in., glabrous, rather tapering upwards, undivided ; ovules solitary, 

 immersed in the fleshy placentas. Fruit nearly \ in. diameter ; endo- 

 carp papery ; seed ^ in. diameter. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



18. P. g'enipaefolia, Schum. BesJcr. Guin. PI. p. 78 (1827), non 

 Benth. Branchlets terete, hollow, hispid-pubescent, at length glabrate. 

 Leaves elliptical, acuminate, obliquely attenuate at the base, chartaceous, 

 rather shining and at first hirsute-pubescent, at length glabrate and 

 subscabrous above, hirsute especially on the veins beneath, 3-9 by 1-3 

 in. ; lateral veins about 7-9 pairs; petiole ^-1 in., subterete, hirsute; 

 stipules connate below, pubescent, terminating in a long setaceous 

 acumen, altogether f — | in. long. Flowers tetramerous, f in. long when 

 expanded exclusive of the style, on short hirsute pedicels which are 

 ebracteolate except the base, many together in dense abbreviated brac- 

 teate and bracteolate sessile or subsessile globose panicles of 2-4 in. 

 diameter. Calyx when straightened f in. long, hii-sute outside ; limli 

 foliaceous, ^ in. long, deeply 4-lobed, persistent ; segments obovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, venose, somewhat hirsute inside. Corolla glabrous on 

 both sides ; tube slender, rather arching ; lobes oval-oblong, scarcely ^ 

 in. long, subapiculate, spreading. Anthers ^-^ in. long, apiculate, 

 spreading; filaments ^ in. long, compressed, linear. Disk c^Iabrous. 

 Ovules oblong. Style exserted by 1^ in., quite glabrous, undivided, 

 scarcely thickened towards the tip. Fruit globose, rather shining, 



