Handid] lxix. rubiace/'e. 459 



within the praesidium ; fl. April IS')?. No. 3096- In the shady- 

 wooded parts of Barranco de Songue ; fl. and fr. end of May 18.')7. 

 Xo. 3096//. In forests at the base of gigantic rocks near Luxillo, 

 rather rare : young fr. Jan. 1857. No. 3096c. 



4. R. violascens Hiern, sp. n. 



A small tree, G to 9 ft. high, trunk I to \ ft. in diameter; 

 I)ranches divaricate ; branchlets tawny-tomentose, obtusely 

 angular : leaves opposite or verticillate 3 together, elliptical, 

 acutely cuspidate-acuminate at the apex, unequally wedge-shaped 

 at the base, firmly membranous, with scattered pubescence on 

 lioth faces, 3 to 5 in. long by U to 2h in. broad, flat, very 

 narrowly revolute on the margin, deep-green above, paler-green 

 beneath ; lateral veins 7 to 10 on each side of the midrib, starting 

 at about 45° ; petiole about \ in. long, densely tawny-pubes- 

 cent ; stipules subulate-cuspidate from a broad ovate base, 

 deciduous, rather exceeding the petiole ; flowers axillary, solitary, 

 subsessile, '2\ to 2j in. long, pentamerous ; calyx-limb about 1 in. 

 long, pubescent outside, the tube about h in. long, bi'oadly sub- 

 cylindrical, rather wider upwards ; teeth 5, subulate from a short 

 broad ovate base, about or nearly h in. long, somewhat unequal, 

 pubescent with tawny hairs ; coi^olla salver-shaped, rather fleshy, 

 2 to 2i in. long when expanded, tomentose outside, whitish, 

 slightly turning a violet colour, the lower half narrowly cylindrical, 

 the upper funnel-shaped ; lobes 5, ovate, acute, | to 1 in. long, 

 revolute, shortly tomentose on both faces, h to r! in. broad at the 

 base; anthers 5, linear, glabrous, exserted; filaments very short, 

 glabrous, inserted at the throat of the corolla; style shortly 

 exserted, glabrous, cleft near the apex. 



Bumbo. — In the more elevated forests of Serra de Chella, at an 

 elevation of 3500 to 4000 ft., sporadic and rather rare : fl. June 18(30. 

 No. 2580. 



5. R. terniflora Ficalho & Hiern. ms. 



A bush or small tree, 3 to 8 ft. high, with the habit almost of 

 a Magnolia ; trunk H to 2 in. in diameter when the plant is 4 

 to 5 ft. high ; branches lax, erect-spreading ; branchlets thick, 

 obtusely tetragonal, reddish, marked w^ith large scars of fallen 

 leaves, densely leafy and shortly tomentose at the tip, quickl}- 

 glabrate ; leaves opposite, obovate or elliptical, obtuse pointed or 

 cuspidate at the apex, more or less narrowed at the base, glabrate, 

 thickly coriaceous, very rigid, minutely squamulose-punctulate, 

 subglaucous-green beneath, the adult ones deep-green above, 2 to 

 8 in. long by | to 3| in. broad ; latei-al veins 7 to 9 on each side 

 of the midrib in clear relief beneath ; petioles short or very short, 

 ranging up 4 in. ; stipules cuspidate from a short broad base, 

 caducous; flowers campanulate-salver-shaped, 2 to 24 in. long, 

 handsome, arranged in opposite abbreviated sessile terminal 3- to 

 1 -flowered cymes, spreading or drooping; pedicels very short, 

 shortly tomentose, bracteolate ; bracteoles small, ovate, shortly 

 tomentose ; calyx (including the ovary) about | in. long, the limb 

 i to g in. long, cup-shaped, shortly tomentose on both faces. 



