200 Lxx. RUBiACEiE (hibbn). [Psychotria, 



j^-\ in. long, caducous, bidentate at the apex. Flowers rather numer- 

 ous, on short pedicels, in divaricately branched, quasi-axillary, subter- 

 minal or terminal pedunculate panicles of 1-4 in. diam. ; common 

 pcHt uncle J-3 in. long ; bracteoles obsolete. Calyx- limb truncate, 

 minutely toothed, half the length of the ovary. Corolla 5-lobed ; 

 throat bearded. Anthers 5, oblong, fixed at the back near the middle. 

 Berry ^^—^ in. long, faintly ribbed, of a fine red colour when ripe. — 

 Pavetta ? Icevis, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 415. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Th. Vogel! Barter! Gaboon Kiver, Mann! 

 18. p. leptopbylla, Hiern. Quite glabrescent. Branches 

 terete, dark-ashy, somewhat compressed towards the extremities. 

 Leaves oval, shortly narrowed at the apex, more or less wedge-shaped 

 at the base, thinly chartaceous, 4^6 by 2-2^ in., margins narrowly 

 revolute ; lateral veins about 12-15 pairs, spreading, rather close toge- 

 ther, upper internodes short ; petiole ^-1 in. ; stipules deltoid, 

 bidentate at the tip, very caducous. Flowers rather numerous, shortly 

 pedicellate, in divaricately branched rather dense axillary and subter- 

 minal panicles; common peduncles (in fruit) ^J in. ; bracteoles obso- 

 lete. Berries i -^ in. long, red when ripe. — Pavetta ? tenuifolia, Benth. 

 in Hook. Niger Fl. 415. 



ITpper Guinea. Fernando Po, Th. Vogel ! 



14. P. Doniana, B&nth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 419. A small shrub. 

 Branches slightly scabrid, terete, at the extremities compressed and 

 puberulous. Leaves opposite, obovate-elliptical, obtusely subacuminate, 

 attenuate at the base, membranous, paler beneath, not punctate, gla- 

 brous, 7-8^ by 2-2 J in., spreading, margins narrowly revolute ; lateral 

 veins about 14-15 paii^s, slender ; petiole ^-f in. ; stipules broadly 

 ovate, pale, glabrous, bidentate, |— ^ in. long, caducous. Flowers sub- 

 sessile, crowded several together in little heads on small trichotomous 

 lateral corymbs of about 1 in. diam. ; bracts subobsolete ; bracteoles 

 subulate, small ; common peduncle ^ in. long. Calyx-limb small, 

 shorter than the ovary, 5 ?-lobed. Corolla not seen. ' Berry J in. 

 diam.' 



Upper Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, G. Don ! 



15. P. kongruensis,. Hiern. A small shrub, 2-3 feet high, not 

 quite glabrous. Leaves oblanceolate, very shortly and obtusely acu- 

 minate, gradually narrowed downwards to near the base, glabrous, 

 chartaceous, 6-7 by 2-2 J in., margins very narrowly revolute ; lateral 

 veins about 17 pairs, cloarly marked as well as the oblique tertiary 

 veins : petiole J— ^ in. long ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, ^ in. long, hairy 

 with reddish hairs outside, tricuspidate. Flowers pentamerous, about 

 ^ in. long, on shorter pedicels^ several together in pedunculate sub- 

 terminal dense brachiate glabrous cymes of | in. breadth ; common 

 peduncle slender, about If in. long; bracts and bracteoles minute. 

 Calyx-limb as long as the ovary, subtruncate or shortly and irregularly 

 toothed. Corolla- tube short ; throat bearded. Anthers exserted. 

 Disk alternately ribbed and sulcate, scarcely equalling the calyx- limb. 



Upper Guinea. Mount John Elver, Kongui, 1° N. lat. Mann ! 



