Tsychotria.l Lxx. rubiace^ (hiern). . 213 



herbaceous. Leaves elliptical, narrowly acuminate, wed^e-shaped at 

 the base, chartaceous, glabi'ute above, obsoletely puberulous along the 

 midrib and the 20 pairs of lateral veins, 4-7 by l§-2f in., margins 

 nearly flat ; petiole ^-^ in. ; stipules obovate- rotund, cut, -i in. long, 

 deciduous ; margins crimped, fimbriate-ciliate. Flowers small, 

 shortly pedicellate, several together, subcapitate ; bracteoles small ; 

 bracts like the stipules but narrower and not cut ; heads small 

 arranged in pedunculate divarica.tely branched ample axillary sub ter- 

 minal cymes ; common peduncle about 4 in. Calyx-limb puberulous, 

 very short ; teeth 5, very short. Corolla-bud puberulous outside, o- 

 lobed ; throat bearded. Style glabrous, bifid at the apex. Berry sub- 

 globose, i in. diam. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, 1° N. lat., Mann! 

 00. P. trachystyla, Hiern. A puberulous shrub, about 6 feet 

 high. Branches terete, compressed towards the extremities. Leaves 

 narrowly elliptical, acuminate, attenuate at the shortly petiolate base, 

 chartaceous, glabrous except the hispidulous midrib beneath, of the 

 same colour on both surfaces, spreading, 9-10 by 2-2^ in., margins 

 narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 9-10 pairs, tertiary veins 

 ti'ansverse ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, puberulous, connate below, bifid 

 above, ^-f in. long. Flowers J-^ in. long, very shortly pedicellate, in 

 small clusters arranged in brachiate bracteate apparently terminal py- 

 ramidal panicles of about 4 in. long ; common peduncle about 1 in. 

 long; bracts foliaceous, ^1 in. long; bracteoles smaller, subulate. 

 Calyx puberulous ; limb short, 5-toothed. Corolla straight, shortly 

 5-lobed. Anthers 5, included. Style subclavate, puberulous upwards, 

 bidentate. 



Vpper Guinea. Mount John River, Kongui, 1° N. lat., Mann.' 



56. P. Soyaiizli, Hiern. A small somewhat branched shrub, 

 2 feet high. Branches terete, pubescent towards the extremities. 

 Leaves obovate-elliptic, acuminate, attenuate at the base into a short 

 petiole, chartaceous, glabrous above, puberulous along the veins and 

 rather paler beneath, 4-5 by 1^2 in., lateral veins about 10 pairs, 

 slender; stipules ^ in. long, bifid, ciliate, with bidentate lobes. 

 Flowers pentamerous, ^ in. long, several together, on very short pedi- 

 cels crowded in solitary rather dense terminal pedunculate bracteate 

 cymes of nearly 1 in. diam. ; common peduncle 1^ in. long, bifiiriously 

 hairy ; bracts narrowly elliptical, ^ in. long, at the top of the peduncle. 

 Calyx glabrous ; limb shorter than the ovary ; teeth short, recurving, 

 Corolla glabrous outside, much exceeding the calyx ; throat pu- 

 bescent; lobes subcornuate at the back near the tip. Style short, 

 bifid. Fruit red. 



I^ower Guinea. Loango, Soyaux! 



57. P. vlrens, Hiern. A glabrous shining undershrub, 2-3 feet 

 high. Branches terete, compressed and herbaceous above. Leaves 

 narrowly elliptical or oblanceolate, acuminate, attenuate at the base, 

 chartaceous, paler beneath, 5-9 by 1^-2^ in., margins very narrowly 

 revolute, lateral veins about 10-12 pairs, slender, pale beneath ; stipules 



