210 Lxx. EUBiACE^ (hiern). [Psychotria^ 



subcnspidate, wedge-shaped at the base, thinly coriaceous, 3-8 by 1-5 

 in., margins recurved, lateral veins about 12-14 pairs, rather patent 

 and curved ; petiole ^1 in. ; stipules broadly ovate, wavy, f-f in, long, 

 connate at the base, bifid, deciduous. Flowers sessile or subsessile, 

 capitate, many together ; bracteoles equalling or shorter than the calyx, 

 dentate or tricuspidate, amongst the flowers ; heads few together (or 

 solitary), arranged in brachiately branched (or simple) pedunculate 

 lateral and subterminal cymes ; bracts like the stipules, at the base of 

 the common pedicels of ^1^ in. ;• common peduncles 3-5 in., com- 

 pressed. Calyx-limb cup-shaped, ^ in. long ; teeth 5, ciliate. Corolla 

 white, i in. long. Anthers 5, exserted. Style exserted. Berry ^ in. 

 long, 10-ribbed, shortly pedicellate. — Gephaelis hidentata, Thunb. ex 

 Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. v. p. 214 ; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 421 

 ex parte. 



irpper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! and others ; Grand Bassa, Th. Vogd t 



46. P. Vog-eliana, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 420. A shrub, 

 3-15 feet high. Branches subterete, glabrate, towards the extremities 

 pubescent and more or less compressed. Leaves oval, subacuminate or 

 cuspidate, wedge-shaped or obtuse at the base, thinly coriaceous, 

 glabrate above, puberulous beneath at least on the midrib or the 14-16 

 pairs of lateral veins, 3-9 by 1^ in., margins flat or nearly so ; pe- 

 tiole ^1 in. ; stipules ovate, bifid or crimped. Flowers several together, 

 sessile, capitate ; bract.eoles small, mostly bidentate ; heads rather small, 

 numerous, arranged in axillary subterminal corymbosely branched 

 puberulous cymes ; bracts like the stipules ; common peduncles 1-3 

 in. Calyx-limb cup-shaped ; teeth 5, ciliolate. Corolla white, 5-lobed. 

 Anthers 5, exserted. Style exserted. Berries J in. long, 10-ribbed. 



upper Guinea, On the Quorra, at Ab6h, Th. Vogcl! Niger Expedition, at 

 Onitsha, Barter ! bank of the Nun River, Maim I 



47. P. latlstlpula, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 419. A shrub 

 of 5-6 feet or a small tree. Branches subterete, glabrate, at the 

 extremities somewhat herbaceous and compressed, puberulous. Leaves 

 elliptical or oval, acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, nearly glabrous 

 or puberulous on the veins beneath, chartaceous, paler beneath, 4-8 by 

 li_4 in., margins recurved or nearly flat, lateral veins about 20 pairs; 

 petiole 1-4 in. ; stipules oval or subrotund, bifid or cut, fimbriate- 

 ciliate, |-| in. long. Flowdrs shortly pedicellate, subcapitate, several 

 together ; bracteoles small at the base of the puberulous pedicels which 

 equal or exceed the flowers ; head§ small, numerous, in axillary divari- 

 cately branched ample cymes ; bracts like the stipules but nan-ower ; 

 common peduncle ^-1^ in. Calyx-tube cup-shaped, longer than the 

 ovary ; teeth 5, very short, ciliolate. Corolla-buds puberulous outside; 

 throat bearded. Anthers 5. Style bidentate. Berry subglobose, 

 ^ in. diameter, 10-ribbed. 



Vpper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! Th. Vogel ! 



48. P. Sdiweinfurthii, Biern. Shrubby, creeping; young 

 parts shortly pubescent. Leaves oval or elliptical, acuminate, wedge- 

 shaped at the base, chartaceous, glabrous and shining above, puberulous 



