218 Lxx. KUBiACEiE (hiern). [GrumiUa, 



Leaves ovate, subacnminate, shortly wedge-shaped at the base, thinly 

 coriaceous, of a deep green colour, 3-7 by 1^-3^ in., margins narrowly 

 revolute, lateral veins about 9-10 pairs ; petiole ^-1 in. ; stipules 

 ovate, |— 5 in. long, bifid, caducous. Flowers about ^ in. long, on short 

 pedicels, in weak branched terminal and subterminal pedunculate cymes; 

 common peduncle l-lj in. ; bracts and bracteoles small. Calyx-limb 

 small, subtruncate. Corolla white ; throat bearded. Anthers exserted. 

 Berries subglobose, about ^ in. diam., obscurely ribbed. 



Vpper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Crado Lake near Valava Island, 

 Barter! Lagos, Barter! 



7. G". sphserocarpa, Hiern. A shrub, 8-10 feet high. Branches 

 terete, smooth, compressed towards the extremities, glabresqent. 

 Leaves oval, shortly and narrowly acuminate, wedge-shaped at the 

 base, glabrate, deep green on both sides, firmly chartaceous, 3-6 by 

 1:^-2^ in., margins narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 12-15 pairs, 

 slender ; petiole \-\ in., puberulous or glabrate : stipules oval-ovate, 

 pubescent inside and along the middle of the back outside, ciliate, 

 bidentate at the apex, ^ in. long. Flowers pentamerous, many together, 

 about ^ in. long, on short pedicels, in subcorymbose divaricately 

 branched pedunculate cymes of 1^2 in. diam. ; common peduncles 

 |-2 in. long ; bracts cuspidate from a short broad base, at the top of 

 the peduncle ; bracteoles smaller. Calyx green ; limb small, subtrun- 

 cate. Corolla white ; throat bearded. Anthers exserted. Berries 

 subglobose, \ in. diam., indistinctly ribbed. Testa wrinkled. 



Upper Gainea. Fernando Fo, Mann ! 



8. Cr. articulata, Hiern. A somewhat hairy shrub ; hairs 

 reddish. Branches somewhat compressed towards the extremities. 

 Leaves oval, very shortly acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, char- 

 taceous, glabrate above, hairy along the midrib beneath, of the same 

 colour on both surfaces, 4-7 by 1^3-| in., margins scarcely revolute, 

 lateral veins close, about 15-16 pairs, conspicuous beneath; petiole 

 ■§—1^ in. ; stipules oval-ovate, \ in. long, bidentate, hairy outside near 

 the base. Flowers j in. long, pentamerous, mostly sessile or subsessile, 

 articulated at the base, a few together, in many-flowered divaricately 

 branched terminal pedunculate panicles of 4-6 in. diameter ; common 

 peduncle about 3-| in. long ; bracts small, apiculate from a broad base. 

 Calyx-limb as long as or longer than the ovary, subtruncate, ciliolate. 

 Corolla white, shortly lobed ; throat densely bearded. Anthers in- 

 cluded. Style bidentate or nearly entire. Ovules coarsely wrinkled. 

 Disk lobulate-sulcate. 



irpper Guinea. Eppah, Barter ! 



9. G-. sulphurea, Schueinf. niss. in herh. suh Psychotrid. A 

 puberulous undershrub, 5 feet high. Branchlets compressed, subher- 

 baceous. Leaves broadly ovate or oval, obtusely harrowed at the 

 apex, wedge-shaped at the base, puberulous on both sides, thinly 

 coriaceous, 5-6 by 2-3 J in. or some smaller, lateral veins about 12-16 

 pairs, margins nearly flat ; petiole, ^-\ in. ; stipules broadly ovate, 



