Pavetta.'] lxx. RUBiACEiE (hiern). 177 



little pits in the axils ; petiole ^| in. ; stipules apiculatc from a broad 

 subtruncate base, ^-^ in. long, covering a ring of caducous hairs. 

 Flowers tetramerous, ^ in. long when expanded, exclusive of the style, 

 on rather shorter puberulous pedicels, many together, in crowded 

 terminal sessile corymbs of about 2 in. diameter. Calyx ^—^ in. long, 

 puberulous outside, ebracteolate ; limb unequally 4.1obed ; lobes oval, 

 rounded or obtuse, ^V^to i"- long, recurving, deciduous. Corolla 

 glabrous except the bearded throat ; lobes 4, reflexed, ovate-obk)ng, 

 subobtuse, nearly ^ in. long. Anthers i in. long, reflexed, apiculate ; 

 filaments rather short, recurving. Disk hispidulous, cushion-shaped. 

 Ovary short. Style exserted by ^ in., puberulous above, undivided. 

 Fruit -^ in. diameter ; seeds | in. diameter, excavated on the inner face. 

 — Baconia monfana, Hook. f. in Joutn. Linn. Soc. Lond. vii. p. 196. 

 Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, 7000 feet, Mann ! 



21. P. temifolia, Rooh. /. ex Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 

 xxix. 86, t. 51, sub Ixora. A nearly glabrous shrub, apparently 

 evergreen ; stem erect ; branches temate angulat*. Leaves ternate, ellip- 

 tical, subacuminate, wedge-shaped at the subsessile base, chartaceous, 

 glossy above, concave beneath, glabrous except little hairy depressions 

 in the axils of the 6-7 pairs of lateral veins beneath, 2-4 by ^-1 in. ; 

 stipules abruptly subulate from a broad subtruncate base, keeled, ^^ 

 m. long. Flowers tetramerous or occasionally pentamerous, jasrame^ 

 scented, J in. long, on rather shorter puberulous pedicels, numerous, in 

 dense sessile corymbs of 1-2 in. diameter. Calyx ^ in. long, campanu- 

 late-turbinate, puberulous outside , lobes rounded, imbricated or 

 occasionally contorted in the same direction as the corolla, -Ar in. lon^ 

 Corolla white, glabrous except the bearded throat; lobes reflexed 

 ovate-oblong, i in. long or rather more. Anthers i in. long ; filaments 

 rather short. Disk cushion-shaped, glabrous. Ovary short. Style 

 exserted by ^ in., undivided, glabrous. Ovules solitary, immersed in 

 the fleshy ipl&centB&.—Stylocoryne, sp., T. Thorns, in Speke, Journ., 

 App. p. 636. 



xrue Xiand. Karagu^, by water, Speke and Grant / 



22. P. grardenlaefoUa, Rochst. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss, ii. n. 

 1141 (1842). A small shrub or ranging up to 10 feet, nearly gla- 

 brous. Branches opposite, pale, subterete, erect-patent, leafy at the 

 extremities. Leaves narrowly elliptical or somewhat obovate, more or 

 less pointed at the apex, wedge-shaped at the shortly petiolate or sub- 

 sessile base, firmly chartaceous, often marked with immersed glands 

 1-3^ by ^-1 in. ; lateral veins about 6 pairs, very slender, inconspicu- 

 ous ; stipules broadly ovate, apiculate, |~^ in. long, coverincr caducous 

 hairs. Flowers tetramerous, white, ^f in. long, on short glabrous 

 rather slender pedicels, several together, in short, lateral and subter- 

 minal, shortly pedunculate subfasciculate often drooping corymbs of 

 ^l^ in. long. Calyx glabrous, turbinate-campanulate, ebracteolate 

 yV in. long ; limb shortly 4-cleft, teeth obtuse, broad. Corolla gla- 

 brous outside, puberulous inside the throat ; lobes about equalling the 

 tube, oval, obtuse. Anthers nearly as long as the corolla- lobe ; fila- 



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