Psychotria.] Lxx. RUBiACEiE (hihrn). 



42. P. InAindibularis, Hiern. A glabrous shrub, about 4 feet 

 high. Branches terete, the young shoots with 2 raised hnes. Leaves 

 oval, rather abruptly acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, 

 of nearly the same colour on both surfaces, 2^-4^ by |-2 in., mar^'ins 

 narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 5-G pairs, slender ; petiole 

 -l-^ in. ; stipules lanceolate or ovate, connate or sheathing below, about 

 ■^ in. long, apparently bidentate at the apex. Flowers about ^ in. lou^ 

 when expanded, pentamerous, sessile, numerous, in terminal subsessile 

 crowded clusters of about ^-§ in. diameter ; bracts ovate, usually bifid 

 with subulate lobes. Calyx-limb shorter than the ovary, with 5 very 

 small teeth. Corolla yellow ; tube funnel-shaped, thinly pubescent 

 inside, straight. Anthers 5, apparently included ; filaments two-thirds 

 of the length of the anthers. Style glabrous, included, shortly bifid. 

 upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal; Manti .' 



43. P. subnuda, Hiern. A glabrous shrub, 4-6 feet high. 

 Branches smooth, terete. Leaves oval, abruptly acuminate, attenuate 

 at the base, membranous, of the same colour on both surfaces, 2-^6 by 

 1-3 in,, margins very narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 7-9 pairs, 

 slender ; petiole J-| in. ; stipules ovate, small, minutely bidentate. 

 Flowers pentamerous, nearly \ in. long, sessile or subsessile, numerous, 

 in dense shortly pedunculate heads of about \ in. diameter ; common 

 peduncle |— | in. ; bracts like the stipules or dentate, upper ones smaller. 

 Calyx-limb as long as the ovary, with 5 small ovate teeth. Corolla- 

 throat nearly naked. Anthers cohering in the bud. Style scarcely 

 lobed. Fruit bisulcate, indistinctly ribbed, \ in. long or rather more , 

 seeds with a broad excavation on the face. 



Vpper Guinea. Old Calabar Kiver, Mann ! 



44. P. long'lstylls, Hiern. A small shrub, glabrous except the 

 inflorescence. Branches terete, pale. Leaves oval, subacuminate, 

 more or less w6dge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, shining, of nearly 

 the same pale green colour on both surfaces, 2^5 by l\-^\ in., 

 margins narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 6 pairs, slender ; petiole 

 ^-\ in. ; stipules ovate, subapiculate, undivided, about ^ in. long. 

 Flowers J in. long when expanded exclusive of the exserted 

 style, sessile or subsessile, pentamerous, several together, in terminal 

 bracteate sessile or subsessile heads -^ in. long ; bracts numerous, 

 puberulous, the outer ones imbricated, ovate, like the stipules, the 

 inner ones more subulate, irregularjy scattered. Calyx puberulous; 

 limb rather shorter than the ovary, shortly lobed. Corolla-tubo 

 subcylindrical, straight ; lobes very thinly pubescent inside ; throat 

 bearded. Anthers well included. Style well exserted, branches short, 

 arching outwards. 



Upper Guinea. River Gaboon, Mann .' 



45. P. bidentata, Hiern. A glabrate climbing shrub or bushy 

 tree. Branches subterete with greyish bark, at the extremities more 

 or less angular or compressed. Leaves elliptical, acutely acuminate or 



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