Psychotria.'^ Lxx. rubiacej; (hiern). 205 



pedunculate panicles of about 1-2 in. diameter; bracts obsolete; 

 peduncle l|^-lf in. Calyx ^ in. long ; limb cup-shaped, longer than 

 the ovary, shortly 5-lobed. Fruit thickly ovoid, ribbed, | in. long, 

 crowned by the persistent calyx-limb. 



Upper Guinea. Cape Coast, Brass ! 



20. P. Afzelll, Hiern. A glabrous shining shrub. Branches 

 terete, brachiate. Leaves elliptical, acuminate, wedge-shaped at the 

 base, chartaceous, rather paler beneath, 2-6 by f-2J in., margins 

 revolute, lateral veins about 6-8 pairs ; petiole ^| in. ; stipules broad, 

 undivided, short. Flowers 5-6-merous, ^| in. long, on very short 

 pedicels, in dense short terminal corymbose panicles of 1-3 in. diameter ; 

 common peduncle short; bracts and bracteoles small. Calyx-limb 

 short, with 4-6 erect small or minute teeth. Corolla whitish ; limb 

 curved or straight, lobes 5-6 ; throat hairy. Stamens 5-6 ; filaments 

 short, hyaline ; anthers erect, yellowish, about as long as the corolla- 

 lobes. Style subpubescent or glabrous ; stigmas 2, pale yellow, 

 pubescent or glabrous. Berry \-^ in. long, ribbed. 



Vpper Oulnea. Sierra Leone, Afzelkts! Bagroo River, Mann! Brass, Barter! 

 Onitsha, Barter ! 



30. P. cristata, Hiern. Quite glabrous except the inflorescence, 

 shrubby. Branches smooth. Leaves oval or elliptical, acuminate, 

 somewhat wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, shining on both sides, 

 rather paler beneath, 3^7 by 1^-3^^ in., margins narrowly revolute, 

 lateral veins about 7 pairs, rather slender ; petiole ^| in. ; stipules 

 short, cleft? Flowers about i in. long, pentamerous, very shortly 

 pedicellate, in dense corymbose terminal sessile trichotomous puberulous 

 cymes of 1^3 in. diameter ; bracts and bracteoles very small.* Calyx- 

 limb shorter than the ovary, not broader than it, short dentate. 

 Corolla white ; tube subcyiindrical ; throat yellow, naked ; lobes 5, 

 spreading, keeled and crested at the back. Anthers linear, partly ex- 

 serted. Style scarcely lobed, included. 



ZSrile Ziand. Niamniam-laud, Schvjeinfurth ! 

 Iffortta Central. Near Munsa, <ScAwri}?/wrM / 



31. P. abrupta, H^mi. A small nearly glabrate shrub. Branches 

 subterete, covered with pale corky bark, the branchlets abruptly 

 narrower, somewhat angular. Leaves elliptical, narrowed at both 

 ends, glabrous, chartaceous, 2-7 by J-3 in., those at the time of 

 flowering young and many smaller ; margins nearly flat, lateral veins 

 about 7 pairs, slender ; petioles ranging up to | in. or subobsolete 

 by the decurrence of the leaves; stipules ovate, undivided, ^ in. 

 long. Flowers about ^ in. long, on very short pedicels, several to- 

 gether, in small terminal heads ; l)racteoles minute ; common peduncles 

 solitav}', erect, very short in flower, lengthening in fruit and sometimes 

 attaining IJ in. long. Calyx-limb short, broad, subtruncate, glabres- 

 cent. Corolla- lobes 5 ; throat bearded. Stamens exsertud, filaments 

 longer than the linear-oblong anthers. Style short, bifid at the apex. 

 Berry ribbed, \ in. long, crowned by the persistent calyx-limb, 



Mozamb. DUtr.. Zaml esi-land, Shiramba Dembe and Shigogo, Kirk ! 



