Ooffea.] Lxx. RUBiACEiE (hiern). 183 



just before expansion, ^-^ in. long when expanded ; bracteoles 4, in 2 

 pairs, one pair deltoid-apiculate, the other pair longer, outer lanceolate, 

 all connate at the base into a tube nearly equalling the ovary, the free 

 parts much exceeding the obsolete calyx-limb. Corolla lobes 5-6, oval 

 or oblong, |-f in. long. Stamens 5-6 ; anthers wholly exserted, 

 |— i in. long, fixed at the back rather below the middle, about twice the 

 length of the filaments. Fruit ellipsoidal, smooth, ^ in. long, 2-celled, 

 2-seeded. Seeds f in. long, smelling of coffee. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, at 2-3,000 ft. alt., Mann ! 



6. C. melanocarpa, Welw. ex Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 

 ser. ii., i. p. 173. A glabrous shrub, 4-6 feet high, or sometimes a 

 small tree of the same height. Braachlets slender, erect-patent ; bark 

 pale. Leaves opposite, oval, acuminate, usually wedge-shaped at the 

 base, membranous, of the same colour on both surfaces, 2-6 by J-2;^ in. ; 

 lateral veins about 4-5 pairs, slender, inconspicuous ; petiole ^-| in. ; 

 stipules depresso- deltoid, very short, apiculate. Flowers few together 

 or solitary, subsessile, axillary, sometimes also in the uppermost axils, 

 in company with the leaves, about ] in. long when expanded ; bracteoles 

 calyculate, falling short of the annular abbreviated denticulate calyx- 

 limb ; buds gummy. Corolla caducous ; lobes 5, about | in. long ; 

 throat bearded. Anthers nearly or wholly included. Style included. 

 Berry subglobose, quite black, ^— | in. diam. 



Xiower Guinea. Golungo Alto, in dense -woods, at St. de Bumba, near the 

 Delamboa River, Welwitsch ! 



7. C. hypogrlauca, Welw, ex Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 

 ser. ii., i. p. 173. A small glabrous tree, 8-20 feet high. Branches 

 patent, from a straight erect trunk, forming a lax crown. Leaves op- 

 posite, oval or somewhat ovate, acuminate, rather wedge-shaped at the 

 base, thinly coriaceous, shining, whitish or glauce&cent beneath, 3-9 by 

 1-3^ in. ; lateral veins about 4-6 pairs, rather slender ; petiole ^— ^ in. ; 

 stipules lanceolate-subulate from a broad base, -^-f in. long. Flowers 

 solitary or 2-3 together, subsessile; bracteoles imbricate, rounded, 

 some apiculate. Berries solitary, subglobose, green when immature, 

 ^-J in. diam., crowned by the persistent 5-partite broadly imbricated 

 calyx-limb. Calyx-lobes broad, rounded. 



Xiower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, in wooded places near Catete, and by the 

 River Tangue, Welwitsch ! 



8. C. t mlorooarpa, LG. Prod/r. iv. p. 499 (1830), mm lluiz 

 et Pavon. A shrub with glabrous branchlets. Leaves elliptic- oblong, 

 shortly acuminate, 2J by f-| in., glabrous ; stipules acuminate-subu- 

 late, deciduous, undivided, solitary. Fruits ellipsoidal, 3 times the 

 length of the pedicel, crowned by the cup-shaped 5-dentate calyx-limb. — 

 G. Perrottetii (?), Steud. ex Buck, Index DC, pars i., prref. p. ix. 

 (1842). 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, at Cape Roiige Casamancia, L^rirur ^- Perrottet. 

 — I have seeen no specimen of this species. 



