TITE JOimXAL OE EOTANT 
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NEW TROPICAL AFRICAN RUBIACEtE. 
By R. D’O. Good, B.A. 
Sabicea nobilis, sp. nov. Frutex tomentosus erectus; foliis 
integris corclatis rarius ovatis basique rotundatis acuminatis supra 
glabris nervis villosis exemptis subtus indumento denso griseo-tomen- 
toso tandem deciduo obtectis ; petiofis longis validis tomentosis ; 
stipulis quam petioli multo brevioribus lanceolatis dense tomentosis ; 
injiorescentiis densifloris tomentosis in axillis sessilibus; bracteis 
lanceolatis acuminatis floribus brevioribus tomentosis ; calyce cupuli- 
forme dense hirsuto lobis lanceolatis tubo multo longioribus ; corollas 
tubo calyce circiter duplo longiore ore dilatato villosulo lobis paten- 
tibus ovatis acutis dorso villosis ; staminibus inclusis infra os altixis 
tilamentis brevissimis ; slip male bifido ; ovario 2-loculare. 
Hab. Portuguese Congo, among young upgrowth and skirting the 
forests at Belize, Maiombe; Gossweiler, 7550 ! 7043 ! 
A dark-green shrub up to 2 metres high. Branches horizontal, 
extremities copper-red before dowering. Leaves up to 23 x 10 cm., 
with 24-30 veins and having a dense felted indumentum on the under 
side. This indumentum is ultimately deciduous, and when it has 
fallen the nerves of the leaf form a prominent network. Stipules 
2 cm x 8 mm. Petioles up to 8 cm. Calyx deeply 5-fid, lobes 5 mm. 
long. Corolla white, tube 8 mm. long, lobes about 2 mm. long. 
This species forms an addition to those members of the group 
“ Sessiles,” subgenus Eusabicea (Wernham Monograph, 1914), which 
are exceptional in having an erect habit. This character, together with 
the felted inflorescences and bilocular ovary show affinity with 
8. cirborea K. Schum, which, however, differs markedly in leaf and 
calvx. 
Sabicea fulvovenosa, sp. nov. Frutex scandens crebre ramosus ; 
foliis breviter petiolatis integris obovatibus acuminatis basi gradatim 
angustatis supra scabriusculis venisque pilosis subtus in nervis sub- 
tiliter pubescentibus fulvis; stipulis ovatis acuminatis liirsutis petiolo 
brevioribus; inf orescent Us sessilibus axillaribus 5-fioris bracteatis 
liirsutis; calycis tubo piloso lobis insequalibus late triangularibus 
acuminatis pilosis tubo brevioribus; corollas tubo calycem multo 
excedente infundibulari extus dense sericeo-villoso lobis ovato-lanceo- 
latis intrinsecus liirsutis; staminibus inclusis filamentis brevissimis; 
stiymate 4-ramoso ; ovario 4-loculare. 
Hab. Portuguese Congo; common in thickets and appearing in 
abandoned native plantations, at Caio-Rio, Lufo-Hombe region, 
Maiombe; Gossweiler , 7887 !. 
A much-branched climber. Branches brownish pubescent. Leaves 
8-10x4-5 cm. with 16-18 veins. Petioles 1-5-2 cm. long. Stipules 
cyme; each flower enclosed in 
6x4 mm. 
a pair of hairy bracts 
Calyx 6 mm. long, 
long. 
Inflorescence a 5-flowered 
the whole within an outer 
Corolla white, about 2 cm. lono-, 
O / 
pair of bracts, 
lobes 3 mm. 
