UGANDA RUBIACE-E 265 



Hab. Kibale Forest, Toro, 4500 ft. ; Bugshaxve, 1234. (Also 

 at Kew, Entebbe; E. Brown, 363). 



Foliorum limbus solemniter 10'0-16'Ox 8-0-10-0 cm.; costa? 

 secundaria utrinque circa 8, paucse basales subapproximat*e, omnes 

 arcuato-ascendentes, utrobique eminentes; petioli saepissirne 2-5- 

 4-5 cm., pubescentes. Stipuhe 10-1-7 cm. long., longitrorsum 

 striatulaa. Corymbus (corollis exclusis) 2-5 cm. long. Pedicelli 

 0-5 cm. long; ovarium fere 1*0 cm. long. Calycis limbus 0*2 cm., 

 lobi 0-5-0*6 cm. long. Corollae dilute luteae rubro-lineatae tubus 

 circa 2*5 cm. long., inferne 0-7 cm., superne 1-5 cm. diam. ; limbi 

 lobi circa 1-5 cm. long. Anthene faucibus insert®, oblongse 

 obtusae, 1-3 cm. long. Stylus 2-5 cm. long., stigmate 0-7 cm. baud 

 exempto. Fructus circa 9-0 x 2-5 cm. 



The affinity is with G. zanguebarica Hiern, but this has so many 

 points of difference as to render details unnecessary. 



Flowers fleshy, with odour of over-ripe apples, faint yellow with 

 red streaks. Mr. Brown's note, however, says that the flowers are 

 "purple, spotted yellow." There is therefore some variation in 

 this respect. 



Oxyanthus oxycarpus, sp. nov. Frutex elatus, rariramosus, 

 glaber, ramulis bene foliosis compressiusculis deinde subteretibus 

 in nodis tumidis novellis summum leviter puberulis, foliis pro rata 

 parvis anguste ovato-oblongis apice cuspidulatis ipso obtuse acutis 

 basi in petiolum brevem angustatis tenuiter coriaceis, stipuli3 inter 

 se liberis a basi lata subulato-acuminatis extus ima basi puberulis 

 ceteroquin glabris, floribus mediocribus in racemis paucifloris 

 bracteatis admodum abbreviatis ordinatis, bracteis parvulis ovato- 

 lauceolatis acuminatis dorso puberulis margine ciliatis, pedicellis 

 abbreviatis a bracteis plane superatis, calycis tubo (ovario) anguste 

 obovoideo quam limbus breviore limbo fere adusque medium diviso 

 lobis inter se subaequalibus lanceolatis acuminatis, corollae tubo 

 lobos longe excedente utrinsecus glabro vel fere glabro, filamentis 

 brevibus antheris linearibus apice acuminatis loculis basi obtusis, 

 ovario 2-loculari, stigmate anguste fusiformi lobis oblongis praedito, 

 bacca ovoidea sursum attenuata apice obtusa subtereti 1-loculari peri- 

 carpio coriaceo in sicco olivaceo circumdata, seminibus numerosis. 



Hab. Toro, forest near the Semliki river ; Bagshawe, 1300. 



Planta sec. cl. detectorem plus quam biorgyalis. Folia saepissime 

 8-0-9'Ox 3 0-3-5 cm., in sicco viridia ; costse secundaria utrinque 

 6-7, patulse, juxta marginem arcuatae, parum prominulaB ; petioli 

 0-5-07 cm. long., fac. sup. excavati. Stipuhe 0-5-0-7 cm. long. 

 Racemi 3-4-flon, ± 0*5 cm. long., crassiusculi. Pedicelli circa 

 0-3 cm., bractesB circa 0-4 cm. long. Flores dilute viridescentes. 

 Ovarium 0-2x0175 cm. Calycis limbus 0-45 cm. long.; hujus 

 lobi circa 0*2 cm. long. Corolla cito pansura 6*5 cm. long. ; 

 limbus 1-0 cm. long. Filamenta 0*1 cm. long., antherse 0-35 cm. 

 Bacca 2-5 cm. long., summum vix 1-5 cm. diam., apice sub calyce 

 persistente ad 0-4 cm. angustata, in sicco longitrorsum striatula, 

 pallide subnitens. Semina brunnea, 0-5x0-5 cm. 



Easily distinguished from O. speciosus DC. by the short inflores- 

 cences, the relatively broad corollas, and the pointed berries. 



