192 Lxx. RUBUCEiB (hieen). [MoHnda. 



gular or subterete, compressed towards the extremities. Leaves oval 

 shortly pointed at the apex, wedge-shaped or nearly rounded at the 

 base, opposite or tliose opposite the peduncles often without the oppo- 

 site leaves, lucid, chartaceous or slightly fleshy, ranging up to 9 in. 

 long and 6 in. wide ; lateral veins about 6-8 pairs ; petiole under -J in. ; 

 stipules rounded, foliaceous, ranging up to | in. diameter, connate at 

 the base, caducous. Flowers about -^1 in. long or more, usually pen- 

 tamerous, sessile, 6-24 or more together in heads which in fruit range 

 from ^1 in. diameter or more ; common peduncles solitary or 2-3 

 together, usually leaf-opposed, ranging up to 3 in., more or less com- 

 pressed. Calyx green, truncate. Corolla thickly coriaceous, white, 

 green, or greenish yellow ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, scarcely acute. — M. 

 quadrangularis, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iii. p. 545. M. lucida, Benth. in 

 Hook. Niger Fl. 406, may be regarded as a variety with subterete 

 branches and comparatively slender peduncles ; it becomes a large 

 tree ; M. geminata, DC. Prodr. iv. 447, may be a state with the 

 lower surface of the leaves subpubescent. M. ? chrysorhiza, DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 450 (Psychotria ? chrysorhiza, Thonn. in Schum, Beskr. Guin. PI. 

 Ill) is apparently synonymous with this species. M. macrophylla, 

 Desf. Cat. Hort. Par., ed. 3, p. 404. 



The Indian synonymy is not given. 



TTpper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Perrottet and Leprieur ; Guinea, 

 Tkonning Cape CoQ.Ht, Brass ! Sierra Leone, Afzelms! G. Don! Barter! ("Brim- 

 stone tree," used for flooring, resists insects), Daniell ! (flowers May — July, Tolmgah 

 or brimstone tree) ; Th. Vogel! Smeatkman! (Rotomba Island), Kirk! Niger Expe- 

 dition, at Onitsha, Barter! (used in dysentery and fever, astringent), at Nupe, Barter ! 

 Fernando Po, Th. Vogel ! Barter ! (bitter and astringent, good in dysentery) ; Abbeo- 

 kuta. Barter! Dr. Irving! Cameroons River and Bagroo River, Mann! (excellent 

 wood, insects do not touch it). 



Slower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 



Widely spread over the shores of Tropical Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Queens- 

 land ; occurs also in the Seychelles Islands. 



Kortb Central. Monbuttu-land, betweep Kapili and Kibali, Schweinfurth ! 



2. UK. long'lflora, G. Bon, Gen. Syst. iii. p. 545. A glabrous 

 shrub, scandent or with pendulous branches, of 8-20 feet. Branches 

 subterete, wiry, patent, rather supra-axillary, at the extremities some- 

 what compressed. Leaves opposite, oval, acuminate or cuspidate, 

 wedge-shaped or nearly rounded at the base, thinly coriaceous, lucid, 

 2-6 by 1-3 in. ; lateral veins about 3-5 pairs, clearly marked below ; 

 petiole ^—^ in., rather slender ; stipules short, broad, connate and 

 sheathing. Flowers 1-2 in. long, 3-8 together, sessile ; heads ter- 

 minal or terminating short lateral branches, sometimes overtopped by 

 the axillary shoots ; common peduncles solitary or two together, 

 ^1^ in. long, slender in flower, robust and expanded upwards in fruit. 

 Calyx green, glabrous or puberulous ; limb cup-shaped, truncate or 

 nearly so. Corolla white or copper- coloured ^ lobes 6, lanceolate. 

 Fruit |-li in. diameter, of deep orange colour. 



T7pper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! G. Don ! Western Africa, Whitfield 

 Niger Expedition, at Eppah, Barter! Bagroo River, Mann! Gaboon River, Mann 

 Fernando Po, Th, Vogel! Barter! Mann! 



