214 Lxx. EUBiACEvE (hiern). [FsijchotHa, 



deltoid, apiculate, connate at the base, ^-J in. long, undivided. 

 Flowers J in. long, subsessile or shortly pedicellate, pentamerons, in 

 dense globose terminal cymes of l-l-J in. diam. ; common peduncle 

 very short ; bracteoles lanceolate, about equalling the pedicels. Calyx- 

 limb hemispherical, nearly as long as the ovary, 5-cleft. Corolla-tube 

 more or less curved ; throat pubescent ; lobes 5, small. Anthers 5, 

 well included. 



Upper Guinea. Prince's Island, Mann ! 



58. P. Ansellil, Hiern. A glabrous, scandent, shining shrub. 

 Branches rambling, terete, smooth. Leaves more or less elliptical, 

 much acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, 3-5 by f-lf in., 

 margins revolute, lateral veins about 7-8 pairs ; petiole ^i— | in. ; sti- 

 pules very short, depresso- deltoid, apiculate, caducous. Flowers -^ in. 

 long, on shorter pedicels, in rather lax or rather dense terminal tricho- 

 tomous pauicles ; common peduncles ranging up to 1§ in. ; bracts and 

 bracteoles very small. Calyx-limb small, with 5 small teeth. Corolla- 

 tube slender, straight or somewhat curved ; throat downy ; lobes 5, 

 short, reflexed. Anthers 5, partly exserted. Disk elevated. Style 

 bifid at the apex. — Ghasalia? laxiflora, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 

 416. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, G. Don ; Grand Bassa, Ansell ! " West Africa," 

 Adm. Grey ; Old Calabar (fl. crimson and yellow), Rev. W. C. Thomsoiil 



59. P. zangruebarica, Hiern. A small glabrous lucid shrub. 

 Branches tereie, towards the extremities compressed. Leaves narrowly 

 oval, not or scarcely acuminate, wedge-shaped or attenuate at the base, 

 chartaceous, slightly paler beneath, l-|-4 by f-1^ in., margins nar- 

 rowly revolute, lateral veins about Q>-7 pairs ; petiole ^—^ in. ; stipules 

 short, broad, apiculate, undivided, leaving a deciduous ring of hairs 

 inside. Flowers pentamerons, -l-f in. long, subsessile or shortly pedi- 

 cellate, few together in little clusters arranged in trichotomously 

 branched corymbose or hemispherical pedunculate or sessile terminal 

 cymes of 1-2 in. diam. ; common peduncles ranging up to |in. ; bracts 

 and bracteoles small. Calyx-limb shorter than the ovary, 5-cleft; 

 teeth deltoid. Corolla-tube slender, rather curved. Berries ovoid- 

 globose, \ in. long, bisulcate and faintly ribbed. 



Mozamb. Distr. Bagamoyo and Monfia Island, Zanzibar Coast, Kirk! Eo- 

 vuma Bay, 10° S. lat., Kirk! 



60. P. umbratlcola, Vathe in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. xxv. p. 230 

 (1875), sub Chasalia. A glabrate leafy shining shrub, 6-7 feet high ; 

 branches strict, smooth, terete, somewhat compressed towards the ex- 

 tremities. Leaves oval, scarcely or shortly acuminate, wedge-shaped 

 at the base, firmly chartaceous, rather paler beneath, 2-4 by 1^-2^ in., 

 margins narrowly and subrepandly revolute, lateral veins about 5-6 

 pairs, slender ; stipules very short, shortly apiculate, broad, undivided, 

 leaving a ring of hair inside ; petiole J— ^ in. Flowers nearly 1 in. 

 long, congested, a few together, sessile, in hemispherical trichotomous 

 pedunculate terminal cymes of 1-2 in. diam. ; common peduncle 



