Tsycliotria.'\ lxx. rubiace^ (hiern), 215 



\-\\ in. ; bracts minnte or obsolete, or occasionally one foliaceous pair 

 present. Calyx-limb small, subtmncate. Corolla white ; tnbe slightly 

 curved ; lobes 5, spreading. Anthers exserted. Berry shortly ovoid, 

 obscurely ribbed, black, ^ in. long. 



nXozamb. Distr. Zanzibar Island, Hildehrandt! 



61. P. nubica, Del. PI. Mer. p. m (1826). A shrub. Branches 

 glabrescent. Leaves elliptical, narrowed at both ends, glabrous above, 

 pubescent beneath on the rather prominent lateral veins, 3 in. long ; 

 petiole short, pubescent ; stipules triangular. Flowers pentamerous, 

 ^ in. long, 3-6 together, forming little clusters arranged in trichoto- 

 mously branched terminal convex cymes of nearly 4 in. diam. Calyx- 

 limb short ; teeth short, obtuse. Corolla pubescent outside ; limb 

 campannlate ; lobes 5, half the length of the tube, pubescent on both 

 sides. Stamens 5, inserted at the mouth of the corolla ; anthers ver- 

 satile. Style exserted by ^— J in. 



IVile Xiand. Sennaar, near Singu6, CailUaud. 



The description is taken from Delile ; I have seen no specimen, and cannot feel 

 sure that it has been assigned to the right genus. 



UNKNOWN SPECIES. 



Pyschotria angrustifolia, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iii. p. 595, nnn Poir., an erect 

 nearly simple shrub, with oval-lanceolate acuminate leaves, and terminal panieled 

 pale red flowers, from Sierra Leone, on the banks of rivulets, is unknown to me. Afr. 

 Bentham, in the Niger Flora, p. 421, suggests that it is probably a Pavetia or a Tarenna. 



62. GBUMILEA, Gaertn. Fruct. i. p. 138, t. 28, f. 2 (1788). 



Calyx -limb cup-shaped, shortly toothed, wider than the ovary, per- 

 sistent. Corolla shortly tubular ; throat hairy ; lobes 5, ovate, reflexed 

 in the flower, valvate in the bud, induplicately so towards the tip. 

 Stamens 5, inserted at the throat of the corolla, partly exserted, gla- 

 brous ; anthers linear, fixed at the back above the base ; filaments about 

 half the length of the anthers. Disk elevated, glabrous. Ovary 

 2-celled ; style shortly exserted, bifid at the tip ; ovules solitary, erect, 

 somewhat compressed and coarsely wrinkled. Berry crowned by the 

 calyx-limb, oval-oblong or subglobose, ribbed ; pyrenes 2 ; pericai*p 

 coriaceous. Seeds solitary ; albumen deeply ruminated. Embryo 

 rather curved, small, dorsal ; radicle inferior. — Shrubs with opposite 

 leaves and branches, oblong or oval stipules and small congested or 

 paniculate hermaphrodite flowers arranged in terminal cymes. 



A genus of moderate size, apparently confined to the Old World. 



Flowers capitate in solitary sessile heads 1. G.psychotrioides. 



Inflorescence paniculate, not capitate in solitary sessile heads. 

 Stipules undivided. 



Calyx toothed or shortly lobed. 



Leaves succulent, coriaceous 5|— 7 in. long . . . 2. G. succulenta. 



Leaves chartaceous, 3- -5 in. long 3. 6^. Kirkii. 



Calyx truncate, subentire 4. ^. macrocarpa. 



