226 Lxx. RUBiACE^ (hiern). [Gephaelis. 



culate Bnbterminal heads of 1^-5 in. diameter ; common peduncle 

 8-12 in. long, scarlet, compressed, curving outwards and downwards 

 beyond the foliage and becoming thickened as it bends upwards at the 

 tip ; involucre scarlet. Calyx-limb cylindrical, 5-6-cleft ; lobes ciliate. 

 Corolla white or yellow, exceeding the calyx ; tube coriaceous, ^-j in. 

 long ; lobes spreading. Anthers exserted. Ovary 3-4-celled. — Gamp- 

 topus Manniif Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5755. 



ITpper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! ; Old Calabar. 



9. C. latifolia, Hiern. A glabrous shrub. Leaves broadly oval, 

 subacuminate, shortly narrowed at the base, coriaceous, 6-10 by 

 4-7 in., lateral veins about 12 pairs ; petiole 3-4^ in. ; stipules oval, 

 bidentate, 1 in. long. Flowers ^ in. long or more, on short puberulous 

 pedicels, numerous, in rather branched involucrate pedunculate subter- 

 miral heads of 2-3 in. diameter ; common peduncles about 5 in. long. 

 Calyx-limb hemispherical, puberulous, small, dentate. Corolla tubular, 

 shortly 5-lobed, much exceeding the calyx. Fruit ^ in. long, 3-celled, 

 ribbed. 



Vpper Guinea* Gaboon Kiver, Mann ! 



10. C. cong-ensis, Hiern. Shrubby, glabrous. Branches terete, 

 towards the extremities somewhat compressed. Leaves obovate-oval, 

 obtuse, rounded or shortly pointed at the apex, wedge-shaped at the 

 base, thinly coriaceous, of nearly the same colour on both surfaces, 4-5^ 

 by 1^2 J in., margins nearly flat, lateral veins about 9-10 pairs, in- 

 conspicuous ; stipules connate and sheathing, about ^ in. long, free 

 portion ovate, short. Flowers pentamerous, about \ in. long, sessile, 

 many together, in sessile terminal heads. Bracts about § in. long, 

 ovate, acute or cuspidate, connate, involucrate ; bracteoles wanting or 

 inconspicuous. Calyx-limb longer than the ovary, with about 5 vague 

 short rounded teeth. Corolla rather exceeding the calyx, cleft ; throat 

 bearded. Ovary apparently 2-celled ; style bifid glabrous. Fruit sub- 

 globose, longitudinally furrowed, \ in. diameter. 



Iaovtbt Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith ! 



QQ TRICHOSTACHYS, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 PL ii. p. 128. 



Calyx-tube campanulate or obovoid ; limb larger, campanulate or 

 oblong, 4-6-lobed, persistent; lobes spreading, hispid or ciliate. 

 Corolla not much exceeding the calyx, funnel-shaped or subcampanu- 

 lat« ; throat hairy ; lobes 4-6, ovate or lanceolate, spreading, valvate 

 in the bud. Stamens 4-6, inserted in the throat of the corolla ; fila- 

 ments short ; anthers included, linear, glabrous or hairy, fixed at the 

 back above the base. Disk cushion-shaped or elevated. Ovary 

 2-celled ; style slender, glabrous, with 2 short obtuse branches ; ovules 

 solitary, erect. Fruit small, ovoid or subglobose; pyrenes 2, plano- 

 convex, crustaceous, small. Seeds smooth ; testa membranous ; albu- 

 men fleshy ; radicle inferior. — Small subherbaceous plants with opposite 



