208 Lxx. rubiacej: (hiern). [Psychotria. 



bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, mostly exceeding the calyx. Calyx 

 about f in. long, silky-pubescent; limb unequally 5 -partite, segments 

 lanceolate. Corolla-lobes ciliate towards the top at the back ; tube 

 rather curved; throat bearded. Anthers included. Ovary small, 

 ovules compressed. 



TTpper Guinea. Gaboon Eiver, Mann f 



39. P. g'lobosa, Hiern. A small shrub of 3 feet. Branchlets 

 somewhat sulcate, and at the extremities compressed, puberulous at 

 the nodes. Leaves oval, subacuminate, narrowed to an obtuse ba^^e, 

 glabrate, thinly coriaceous, about 4^ by 2^ in., margins narrowly re- 

 volute, lateral veins spreading, about 15 pairs ; petiole about I in. : 

 stipules oval, puberulous, tricuspidate, loosely sheathing below, f in. 

 long. Flowers (unexpanded) % in. long, sessile, numerous, densely 

 packed in terminal sessile bracteate heads of about 1 in. diameter ; 

 bracts linear-lanceolate, ciliate, unequal, some about equalling the 

 flower. Calyx-limb about ^ in. long, deeply and unequally 5-lobed ; 

 segments like the bracteoles. Corolla-limb globose in bud, i-^ in. 

 diameter, puberulous on both surfaces, usually 5-lobed ; lobes obtuse. 

 Anthers linear-oblong, about double the length of the filaments. 

 Style bifid at the tip. 



Upper Guinea. Ami as Bay, 3/a/2« / 



40. P. insidens, Hiern. A nearly glabrous under-shrub, 1-2 

 feet high. Branches terete, with pale bark ; young shoots herbaceous, 

 puberulous. Leaves oval, shortly acuminate, wedge-shaped at the 

 base, subglabrescent, chartaceous, 3-5 by |-2 in., margins narrowly 

 revolute, lateral veins about 7 pairs, slender, tertiary veins at length 

 clearly marked beneath : petiole ^| in., puberulous ; stipules ovate, 

 undivided, puberulous. Flowers pentamerous, ^j-^ in. long, on very 

 short puberulous pedicels, umbellately arranged in dense terminal 

 sessile or subsessile clusters of f-J in. diameter which are bracteate 

 at the base. Calyx green, puberulous; limb exceeding the ovary, 

 hemispherical with 5 very small teeth which are pale in the dry state. 

 Corolla white ; tube cylindrical, densely bearded inside. Anthers 

 linear, included ; filaments short. Style bidentate, shortly exserted. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, at elevation of 1000 ft., Ma?in ! 



41. P. subherbacea, Hiern. A nearly glabrous shrub, with 

 terete subhcrbaceous branches somewhat compressed at the extremities. 

 Leaves elliptical, subacuminate, attenuate at the base, thinly char- 

 taceous, of the same colour on both surfaces, 4-6 by 1^2^ in., margins 

 nan-owly revolute, lateral veins about 8-10 pairs, slender ; petiole 

 l_i. in^ . stipules deltoid, subapiculate, |-^ in. long, undivided. Flowers 

 pentamerous, nearly ^ in. long, straight, sessile or subsessile, crowded 

 many together in very shortly pedunculate terminal capitate cymes of 

 ■^ in. diameter ; bmcts subulate, small ; bracteoles miuute. Calyx 

 glabrous ; limb about as long as the ovary, 5-cleft. Corolla-tube 

 subcylindrical ; throat thinly bearded. Anthers probably exserted in 

 full flower. Style included. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann / 



