Fsychotria.'] LXX. RUBiACEiE (hiern). 199 



at the base, glabrous, charfcaceous, rather paler beneath, 2J-3^ by 

 }-l in., margins revolute; petiole ^--^ in., hispidulous ; stipules 

 ^-J in. long, from an ovate or lanceolate base, shortly hairy at the 

 back, terminating in 2 setaceous points. Flowers pentamerous, ^ in. 

 long, on slender pedicels, several, forming terminal corymbose or 

 hemispherical panicles of ^— | in. diam. ; common peduncle ^ in., very 

 slender ; bracts minute or obsolete. Calyx green ; limb small ; teeth 

 short. Corolla white ; tube funnel-shaped, straight ; throat bearded. 

 Anthers included. Style short, bifid. Young fruit oblique. 

 Upper G-ulnea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



10. .P. umbellata, Thonning in Schwu. Beskr. Guin. PL p. 109, non 

 Arrah. A much branched shrub ; branches alternately compressed, gla- 

 brous; Leaves lanceolate, shining, scarcely petiolate, 2-4 in. long, almost 

 without veins, shining ; stipules acuminate, bidentate at the apex, de- 

 ciduous. Peduncles axillary, angular, 2 in. long, bmchiate-trifid ; 

 pedicels of each branch clustered at the apex in a little umbel. 

 Calyx-limb obsoletely 5-toothed. Corolla tubular-campanulate, whitish ; 

 tube pubescent inside, -^^ in. long ; limb 5 -cleft, lobes ovate, acute, 

 reflexed, half as long as the tube. Filaments 5, inserted at the mouth 

 of the corolla-tube, equalling the corolla, erect ; anthers oblong, white. 

 Ovary very small ; style filiform, a little longer than the corolla-tube ; 

 stigma rather thick, blunt, bifid. Fruit globose, crowned with the 

 remains of the calyx-limb, red, shining, size of a currant. Seeds 2, 

 hemispherical. 



upper Giiinea. Guinea, about Adah, not very common, Thonniiig. 

 The description is taken from Thonning ; I have seen nc specimer. 



11. P. monticola, Sieryi. A small tree, about 15 feet high, not 

 quite glabrous. Branches terete, towards the tips somewhat compressed 

 and leafy. Leaves elliptical, narrowed at both ends, acute or narrowly 

 acuminate, chartaceous, slightly hairy beneath along the midrib or at 

 the forks of the 9-10 pairs of clearly marked lateral veins, Q-^\ by 

 2-3;^ in,, margins narrowly revolute ; petiole f-1^ in. ; stipules lan- 

 ceolate, bifid, thickened at the back over the lower half with a reddish 

 hairy boss, nearly \ in. long. Flowers about ^ in. long or rather less, 

 on short pedicels (elongated in fruit), several together, in divaricately 

 branched rather lax pedunculate ebracteolate rounded glabrous panicles 

 of 1 in. or more diam. increasing to about 3^ in. diam. in fruit ; com- 

 mon peduncle 1-3 in. diam. Calyx hemispherical, yV in. diam. ; limb 

 longer than the ovary, subtruncate. Corolla 6-lobed. Anthers included. 

 Style bifid. Fruit (immature) ovoid, ^ in. long, faintly ribbed. 



Upper Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, at the summit of the peak, Mann .' 



12. P. calva, Hiern. A quite glabrous smooth sliining shrub, 

 about 10 feet high; the youngest parts sometimes ciliate or downy. 

 Branches terete, towards the extremities compressed, nodes rather 

 dilated. Leaves ( val, shortly narrowed at the apex, wedge-shaped^ at 

 the base, thinly c .>riaceous, 3-8 by 1^-3 in., lateral veins about 7-8 

 pairs ; margins recurved ; petiole J-lf in. ; stipules ovate, apiculate, 



