456 LXix. RUBiACE^. [Heinsid 



dark-ashy towards the base ; branches opposite ; leaves obovate- 

 oblong or broadly oblanceolate, cuspidate pointed or rounded at 

 the apex, wedge-shaped towards the unequal base, dull green 

 above, paler and silky-tomentose beneath, rather thick but not 

 coriaceous, 2| to 4| in. long by 1 to 1| in. broad ; lateral veins 

 numerous, clothed with dense spreading hairs beneath ; petiole 

 I to I in, long ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, gradually long- 

 acuminate, exceeding the petioles, undivided ; flowers fragrant, 

 white, axillary, solitary, 2 to 3 in. long ; peduncles an inch long ; 

 calyx obconical, herbaceous-green, sub-costate, nearly an inch long ; 

 limb much exceeding the tube, 5-partite, the segments erect-spread- 

 ing, linear-spathulate or lanceolate, acute, a little unequal, | in. 

 long or rather longer, furnished inside at the base with subulate 

 coloured glands ; corolla salver-shaped ; tube cylindrical, much 

 exceeding the calyx-limb, about 2 in. long, densely tomentose 

 outside, sparingly pilose or almost naked inside, its limb 5-partite, 

 the lobes lanceolate, acute, spreading at the time of the flower, 

 about I in. long, imbricate in the bud ; throat pilose ; anthers 

 included, subsessile, linear, nearly \ in. long, subulate, acute at 

 the apex, dorsifixed, inserted a little below the corolla-throat ; 

 disk epigynous, elevated ; ovary 2-celled ; cells with indefinite 

 ovules ; placentas adnate to the septum. 



PuNGO AxDOXGO. — In dense forests, on a ferruginous-sandy soil, 

 at the base of the mountains of Serra de Pedras de Guinga, near 

 Candumba ; fl. Jan. 1857. No. 3084. 



15. BERTIERA Aubl. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 77. 



1. B. macrocarpa Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 394 (1849) ; 

 Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 84. 



Prince's Island. — A small tree or arborescent shrub, 6 to 10 ft. 

 high ; trunk straight ; branches patent ; leaves coriaceous, rather 

 glossy ; flower-buds from whitish to slightly rosy. In dense rather 

 elevated forests, on the way towards Pico de Papagaio, sporadic ; 

 young fl. Sept. 1853. No. 3086. 



16. DICTYANDRA Welw. ex Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 85. 

 1. D. arborescens Welw., I.e. ; Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 86. 

 GoLUNGo Alto. — A considerable tree of 15 to 35 ft. high in the 



primitive forests, but in the secondary woods a stout shrub of 8 to 12 

 ft. ; trunk dark grey ; trunk sometimes attaining 2 to 2h ft. in 

 diameter ; timber used for hut-building ; branches opposite, widely 

 spreading, very much elongated and leafy ; branchlets compressed 

 tetragonal ; leaves evergreen, chartaceous-coriaceous, rigid, black-green 

 on both faces or rather paler beneath ; nerves impressed ; stipules 

 sheathing, ovate, gradually acuminate from a very broad base, per- 

 sistent ; flowers rigidly coriaceous ; calyx herbaceous-green, campanu- 

 late at the time of the flower, its lobes glandular at their base, the 

 glands cylindric-subulate, erect, black, grouped two or three together ; 

 corolla herbaceous-green outside, canescent, salver-shaped, the lobes of 

 the limb quickly inflected, convolute at their margins, greenish-yellow 

 inside, the tube turning milk-white, naked inside, a little dilated 

 towards its base, inserted between the calyx-throat and the thick milk- 



