184' Lxx. eubiace;e (hiern). [Goffea. 



9. C. Afzelii, Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. ser. ii., i. p. 174. 

 Glabrous. Branches reddish, smooth, terete, at the extremities com- 

 pressed. Leaves elliptical or somewhat ovate, obtusely acuminate, 

 wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, 1^3 by f-li in. ; lateral 

 veins about 4-5 pairs, very slender ; petioles ranging up to ^ in. long ; 

 stipules apiculate from a broad base. Flowers pentamerous, 2 together, 

 axillary, pedunculate, bracteolate ; peduncle solitary, bearing near its 

 base 4 small bracts consisting of 2 unequal pairs connate at the base 

 into a calyculus and bearing at its apex 2 foliaceous large shortly 

 stalked bracteoles at the base of the calyx. Calyx-limb short, wider than 

 the ovary, 5-toothed. Corolla-lobes oval, obtuse. Anthers 5, inserted 

 on the naked throat below the mouth of the corolla, sessile, fixed by 

 the middle of the back. Style bidentate, glabrous. 



ITpper Guinea. Sierra Leone (flowers in bud, probably rather small), Afzelius ! 

 Seen only in very young flower in Afzelius' herbarium. 



10. C. subcordata, Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., ser. ii., i. 

 p. 174. A shrub with slender terete hispidulous branches, hispid- 

 pubescent at the extremities ; branchlets patent. Leaves oval, obtusely 

 acuminate, mucronulate, cordate rounded or somewhat hollowed at the 

 base, firmly chartaceous, glabrescent above except the puberulous mid- 

 rib, hispidulous beneath on the midrib and on the 4-5 pairs of lateral 

 veins which have little hairy tufts in the axils, ranging up to 3^ by 

 1^ in. ; petiole to ^ in., hispid- pubescent ; stipules caudate-apiculate 

 from a short deltoid base, altogether ^-\- in. long. Flowers J-f in. 

 long when expanded (4-)5-6 (-7)-merous, 1-2 together and axillary, 

 also several together in abbreviated hemispherical cymes, subsessile or 

 slightly pedicellate, fragrant. Calyx-limb about -^^ in. long, glabrous, 

 cleft, invested by the double involucre ; lobes rounded ; each involucre 

 composed of 2 pairs of opposite herbaceous bracteoles connate into a 

 tube, hispidulous ; outer involucre with 2 deltoid and 2 subulate lobes, 

 nearly equalling the calyx (or sometimes with 1 pair foliaceous and 

 exceeding the calyx) ; inner involucre with 2 oval cuspidate petiolate 

 foliaceous lobes much exceeding the calyx and 2 depresso- deltoid api- 

 culate lobes rather exceeding the calyx. Corolla pure white ; lobes 

 oval, obtuse, ^ in. long. Anthers wholly exserted, i% in. long, fixed at 

 the back ^ above the base ; filaments ^ in. long. Berry red. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Rev. W. C. Thomson ! 



11. C. rupestris, Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., ser. ii., i. 

 p. 174. A small deciduous nearly glabrous shrub. Branches terete, 

 cinereous ; young shoots puberulous. Leaves (young, 1 in. long) oval, 

 somewhat narrowed at both ends ; lateral veins about 4 pairs ; petioles 

 short ; stipules ovate, apiculate, about equalling the petiole. Flowers 

 precocious, 1 in. long just before expansion, | in. long when expanded, 

 white, fragrant, sessile, several together, clustered at the ends of the 

 branches, terminal, pentamerous ; bracts (young leaves ?) foliaceous, 

 ^ in. long, oval ; bracteoles herbaceous, broadly ovate, apiculate, in 2 

 pairs ; outer pair exceeding the ovary, inner pair small about equalling 



