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5. C. rubescens, Hiern. A nearly glabrous shrub, about 6 feet 

 high, of a pale reddish colour towards the extremities and on the lower 

 surface of the leaves. Leaves obovate-oval, obtusely pointed or scarcely 

 acuminate, narrowing towards the obtuse base, chartaceous, 10-12 by 

 ^2~^4 ^^- ' lateral veins about 24 pairs, rather slender ; petiole -^J in. ; 

 stipules suborbicular or somewhat obovate, connate at the base, bifid, 

 fimbriate- ciliate, f-l^ in. long, lobes apparently bicuspidate. Flowers 

 pentamerous, J in. long, numerous, sessile, densely crowded in terminal 

 shortly pedunculate hemispherical heads of about 1^ in. diameter ; 

 common peduncle f-1 J in. long ; involucral bracts ample, imbricated, 

 as long as the head ; inner bi*acteoles narrow, ciliate. Calyx-limb 

 deeply lobed, lobes narrow, ciliate. Corolla rather shorter than the 

 calyx. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled. 



Vpper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Mann f 



6. C. clausa, Hiern. A small undershrub, herbaceous and hir- 

 sute-hispid towards the extremities. Leaves oval-oblong, subacuminate, 

 wedge-shaped at the base, chartaceous, scabrous-hairy on both sides, 

 spreading, 8-10 by 2^3§ in., lateral veins about 12-17 pairs, slender, 

 petiole ^-f in., hirsute-hispid ; stipules ample, connate, bicuspidate, 

 J in. long, hispid. Flowers pentamerous, about J in. long, numerous, 

 crowded, sessile, in hemispherical dense axillary and terminal shortly 

 pedunculate heads of 1-1^ in. diameter; common peduncle ^— ^ in. 

 long ; involucral bracts ample, imbricated, equallinsr the heads ; inner 

 bracts narrower, pilose-hispid and -ciliate. Calyx-limb cleft half way, 

 persistent ; lobes lanceolate, pilose-hispid. Ovary densely hispid, 

 2-celled. Corolla closed, apparently not opening, calyptritbrm, not 

 exceeding the calyx. Fruit narrowly ovoid, f in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Gaboon Eiver, Mann ! 



7. C. spathacea, Hiern. A shrub, about 10-12 feet high, nearly 

 glabrous. Leaves oval, shortly acuminate, obtuse or someWhat wedge- 

 shaped at the base, firmly chartaceous, 9-16 by 4-6 in., lateral veins about 

 22 pairs, clearly marked as also the connecting tertiary veins beneath ; 

 stipules ovate, bifid, ^in. or more. Flowers pentamerous, ^f in. long, 

 numerous, subsessile, crowded in terminal or subterminal shortly pe- 

 dunculate hemispherical heads of 1-1^ in. diameter ; common peduncle 

 ^-J in. long ; involucre very coriaceous, entire except the apex, nearly 

 equalling the flower. Calyx- limb tubular-spathaceous, oblique at the 

 apex, open, cut half way down one side, shortly ciliate at the top. 

 Corolla about twice the length of the calyx. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled. 

 Fruit dicoccous ; cocci ribbed. 



Upper Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, 2000 feet alt., Mann ! 



8. C. Mannil, Benih. et Hook. f. Gen. PI ii. 128. A leafy shrub, 

 15 feet high. Branches robust, green. Leaves oval-obovate, subacu- 

 minate, wedge-shaped at the base, glabrous, thinly coriaceous, sliining, 

 8-12 by 8-6 in., lateral veins about 10-12 pairs, midrib red below ; 

 petiole IJ— 3 in. ; stipules broadly oval, J in. long, bidentate, connate at 

 the base. Flowers §-1 in. long, densel}' crowded, subsessile. in pedun- 



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