Grumilea.'] Lxx. rubuce^ (hiern). 217 



base, glabrous, firmly chartaceous, 3-5 by ^-If in., lateral veins abont 

 14-16 pairs, spreading, slender, margins revolnte ; petiole ^^ in. ; 

 stipules broad, ovate-oblong, undivided, ^-3 in. long, caducous. Flowers 

 aiTanged in little heads, subsessile, forming divaricately branched, 

 terminal, pedunculate bracteate panicles which are often overtopped by 

 the lateral branches ; common peduncle compressed, f-2 in. long, pu- 

 berulous or glabrate. Calyx-limb short, 5-toothed. Corolla unknown. 

 Berry J in. long, 10-ribbed. Albumen of the seeds ruminated. 



IKXozamb. Bistr. Mount Zomba, in the thick jungle under the rocky 

 northern ridge, Kirk! 



4. G-. macrocarpa, Hiern. A glabrous shining tree, 30 feet high. 

 Branches subteretc, somewhat compressed towards the extremities. 

 Leaves broadly cval, shortly pointed, nearly rounded or somewhat 

 wedge-shaped at the base, 4-8 by 2-4J in., margins revolute, lateral 

 veins about 10-12 pairs, spreading, often with glandular pits at the 

 junction with the midrib ; petiole |— l^^ in. ; stipules oval, obtuse, undi- 

 vided, I in. long, caducous. Flowers \ in. long (or rather more) 

 before expansion, on pedicels ranging up to about the same length, 

 numerous, in rather lax divaricately branched pedunculate terminal 

 cymes of 3-6 in. diam. ; bracteoles small ; common peduncle 1-2J in. 

 Calyx-limb hemispherical, truncate, snbentire, ^ in. diam. or ra.ther 

 more. Corolla-tube straight, erect ; throat bearded ; lobes 5, as long 

 as the tube, oval-oblong, obtuse. Anthers 5, linear, three times the 

 length of the filaments. Ovary small, somewhat compressed. Style 

 glabrous, | in. long, bidentate. Fruit turbinate, |-| in. long, crowned 

 by the persistent calyx-limb, indistinctly ribbed, 2-celled. Albumen 

 ruminated. 



Upper Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, at elevation of 4,000 feet above the 

 sea, Mann! 



5. G. venosa, Hiern. A glabrous shining leafy shrub, 8-15 feet 

 high. Branches terete. Leaves oval, narrowly acuminate, usually 

 wedge-shaped at the base, thinly coriaceous, turning reddish brown in 

 the dry state especially beneath, 3-8 by l-|-3 in., margins revolute, 

 lateral veins about 9-12 pairs, conspicuous beneath ; petiole J-1 in. ; 

 stipules ovate, bidentate, ^— f in. long, connate at the base, fragile. 

 Flowers ^ in. long, pentamerous, on shorter pedicels, very numerous, in 

 rather dense much branched corymbose paniculate terminal peduncu- 

 late cymes of 3-6 in. diam. ; common peduncle §^-3 in. long, robust ; 

 bracts and bracteoles minute or obsolete or occasionally one pair of 

 foliaceous bracts present. Calyx green or greenish white ; limb hemi- 

 spherical, equalling the disk and as long as the ovary, ciliolate, sub- 

 truncate or somewhat toothed. Corolla white ; tube straight. Anthers 

 partly exserted. Style included, shortly bilobed. Berries shortly 

 globose, ^ in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann! 



6. G-. micrantha, Hiern. A glabrous shining shrub, about 10 

 feet high. Branches terete smooth, towards the extremities compressed. 



