212 Lxx. RUBiACE^ (hiern). \_Psychotria.. 



minate, usually mucronate, attenuate at the base, thinly chartaceous, 

 ^labrate above, pubemlous along the midrib and paler beneath, scat- 

 tered with small black points, S-5^ by 1-lf in., margins narrowly 

 revolute subrepand, lateral veins about 8-9 pairs not conspicuous ; pe- 

 tiole ^-^ in. ; stipules ovate, longer than the petiole, apiculate, bifid or 

 bidentate, J-| in. long. Flowers pentamerous, ^-^ in. long, on short 

 pedicels, several together, in rather dense corymbose or hemispherical 

 axillary or quasi-axillary pedunculate cymes of 1^ in. diam. ; common 

 peduncle 1 in., " 4-sided, sub-bialate" (Schweinf. mss. in Herb.) ; bracts 

 and bracteoles caudate, hairy within. Calyx-limb shortly and irregu- 

 larly 5-6-toothed, as long as the ovary ; teeth short notched at the 

 apex. Corolla white, sweet-scented like Elder (Sambucus) ; tube 

 straight, subcylindrical ; throat bearded; lobes 5, ovate-lanceolate. 

 Anthers 5, exserted. Style glabrous, bidentate at the tip. 



Xtrile :Laiid. Djur-land, at Seriba Ghattas, Schwein^furth ! 

 •52. P. stlctophylla, Siern. A very nearly glabrous shrub, 4-5 

 feet high. Branches ashy. Leaves oval-oblong, acuminate, wedge- 

 shaped at the base, firmly chartaceous, of nearly the same colour on 

 both surfaces, 3-^5 by 1-1 J in., margins narrowly revolute, lateral 

 veins about 6 pairs ; stomata conspicuous, crowded amongst reddish 

 resinous tissue ; stipules lanceolate- acuminate from an ovate rigid base,, 

 undivided, ^ in. long. Occasionally pairs of smaller leaves ^1;^ in. 

 long, with sheathing stipules, intervene. Flowers pentamerous, about 

 ^ in. long when expanded, subsessile, a few together in terminal brac- 

 teate pedunculate small brachiate cymes of about ^| in. ; common 

 peduncle \-\ in. long ; bracts yV-i in. long, accompanied by small 

 bipartite stipules ; bracteoles small, subulate. Calyx-limb as long as 

 the ovary, with irregular subulate teeth. Corolla deeply 5-lobed . 

 throat densely bearded. Style minutely hairy. 



TTpper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Mann ! 



53. P. obscura, Benth. in Hool: Niger Fl. 419. A nearly gla- 

 brescent scandent shrub. Branches smooth, terete, glabrate, towards 

 the extremities compressed and puberulous. Leaves ovate-oval, sub- 

 acuminate, obtuse or somewhat wedge-shaped at the base, glabrescent 

 above, rather paler and puberulous at least along the midrib and 10 

 pairs of lateral veins beneath, chartaceous, 2-4 by f-lj in. ; petiole 

 ^— i- in. ; stipules bipartite, |-^ in. long ; segments lanceolate, bicus- 

 pidate at the tip. Flowers \ in. long when expanded, subsessile, white, 

 in divaricately branched bracteate axillary subterminal pedunculate 

 cymes ; bracts like the stipule-segments, | in. long ; bracteoles smaller ; 

 common peduncle 1^-2 in. long, puberulous. Calyx-limb small, 

 shortly toothed. Corolla-tube slightly curved, double the length of the 

 5 lanceolate recurved lobes ; throat bearded. Anthers 5, exserted on 

 rather long filaments. Fruit \ in. long, red, 10-ribbed. Albumen of 

 the seeds not ruminated. 



ITpper Guinea. At A?cra, Th. Vogel ! 



54. P. crispa, Hiern. A nearly glabrous shrub, about 6 feet 

 high. Branchlets somewhat angular or compressed and sulcate, sub-^ 



