Psychotria.'] Lxx. rubiace^ (hiern). 211 



along the midrib and paler beneath, 4^5 J by 1^-2^ in., margins very 

 narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 13 pairs, rather slender ; petiole 

 ^^ in. long; stipules broad, ^f in. long, connate below, apiculato 

 or cut, ciliate, hairy outside near the base. Flowers ^-^ in. lone on 

 short pedicels, crowded several together, in hemispherical terminal 

 pedunculate bracteate panicles, pentamerous ; common peduncle about 

 2^ in., shortly pubescent, rather slender, erect ; bracts narrowly ellip- 

 tical, ^-| in. long, somewhat dentate. Calyx-limb as long as the 

 ovary, shortly cleft ; teeth often ciliate at the tip. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, straight ; throat thinly pubescent ; lobes thickened at the back 

 near the tip. Anthers exserted. Style bifid with spreading branches. 

 lUile Xiancl. Niamniam-land, Schweinfurth ! 



49. P. lucens, Hiern. A glabrous shining shrub. Branches 

 compressed towards the extremities. Leaves oval, acuminate, wed^e- 

 shaped at the base, thinly chartaceous, paler beneath, 6-8 by 2J^-4 in. 

 margins very narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 13-14 pairs, slender, 

 clearly marked beneath ; petiole -^-l in. ; stipules oval-oblong, glabrous' 

 shortly bifid, ^ in. long. Flowers tetramerons, about ^ in. loner, on 

 short pedicels, numerous, in terminal rather lax rounded pedunculate 

 bracteate panicles of about 3 in. diam. ; common peduncle 1J^-2J^ in. 

 long ; primary branches about 5, umbellate ; bracts lanceolate, tamper- 

 pointed, about ^ in. long. Calyx-limb as long as the ovary, shortly cleft. 

 Corolla deeply lobed ; throat bearded. 



Upper Guinea. Prince's Island, Barter ! 



50. P. reptans, Benth. in Rook. Niger Fl. 418. A small climb- 

 ing or procumbent shrub. Branches subterete, glabrescent, toward? 

 the extremities hirsute-puberulous subrufous more or less compressed. 

 Leaves elliptical, acuminate, wedge-shaped or occasionally subobtus'^ 

 at the base, glabrate above, rather paler and puberulous beneath at least 

 along the midrib and 12-18 pairs of lateral veins, chartaceous, 1^-5 by 

 ^2 in., margins very narrowly revolute ; petioles ranging up to ^ in*., 

 hirsute puberulous; stipules deeply bifid, |-| in. loug, deciduous, 

 lobes lanceolate, acute, ciliate, arising from the dilated base of the 

 stipule. Flowers about J in. long, dimorphic, sessile or subsessile, a 

 few or several together in little heads arranged in axillary and subtc;r- 

 minal divaricately branched bracteate hirsute-puberulous panicles ; 

 bracts ^-^ in. long, lanceolate ; bracteoles smaller ; common peduncle 

 |-2 in. Calyx subcampanulate ; limb rather exceeding the ovary, short I v 

 5-cleft; lobes deltoid, recurving at the tip. Corol la- tube straight or 

 slightly curved ; throat bearded ; lobes 5, lanceolate, each furnished ar 

 the back near the apex with a short thick process which is conspicuous 

 in the bud, reflexed in flower. Stamens 5, exserted or included, cor- 

 responding with the included or exserted style. Fruit ovoid-oblono-, 

 strongly ribbed, J-^ in. long, crowned with the persistent calyx-limb. 



Vpper Culnea. Sierra Leone Hb. Afcelins .' TIf. Vogd .' G. Don ! Baproo 

 Eiver, Mann I Cape Coast, Brass! (Anthers exserted). 



51. P. mucronata, Hiern. A nearly glabrous undershi'ub, about 

 2-3 feet high, not much branched. Leaves oval or elliptical, not acu- 



