428 ON GARDENIA THUNBERGIA AND ITS ALLIES, 
15. С. ERUBESCENS, Stapf et Hutchinson (sp. nov.). 
G. triacantha, DC. var. parvilimbis, Williams, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 
sér. П. vii. (1907) p. 378. 
Arbor 5-6°5 m. altus, cortice platanoideo (fide Schweinf.). Rami 
juniores dense sericeo-tomentosi. Folia late obovata vel oblanceolata, basi 
cuneata, 45-16 em. longa, 2-9 ст. lata, chartacea, utrinque glabra, supra 
interdum purpurascentia, subtus glauca, nervis lateralibus 6-8, venis supra 
sepius distinctis subtus inconspicuis; petioli usque ad 4 mm. longi; stipule 
late, З mm. longs, tomentose. Receptaculum oblongum, 4-8 mm. longum, 
dense tomentosum. Calyx tubulosus; tubus 6-12 mm. longus, dense 
tomentosus, demum subglaber, intus longe pilosus, dentibus 6 filiformibus 
6-10 mm. longis. Corolla pallida, demum citrina (jide Schweinf.) ; tubus 
cylindricus, 2:5-7:5 cm. longus, medio circa 3 mm. diametro, utrinque 
tenuiter pilosus; lobi 6, elliptiei, 2-8 em. longi, 1:5 em. lati. Antheræ 6, 
fere inclusee, 7 mm. infra faucem insertz, supra medium affixee, 2 em. longe. 
Stylus 3-7 ст. longus, breviter pilosus; stigmatis lobi oblongi, obtusi, 
3-5 mm. longi. Ovarium placentis 6. Fructus ambitu oblongo-lanceolatus 
vel fere ellipticus, 5-8 cm. longus, 2:5-3 em. diametro. 
From the Bahr-el-Ghazal to the Senegal :—Mittu-land ; at Reggo, Schwein- 
Дит, 2792! French Sudan ; Nigalia, Chevalier, 160! Northern Nigeria ; 
Kontagora, common in the bush, Dalziel, 224!  Katagum District, Dalziel, 
161 (in part; flowering specimen)! French Guinea; Samu Country, 
near Tombia, in bush near the village, Scott Elliot, 4370! near Wallia, 
Scott Elliot, 4574! Gambia; Whitfield (in part)! (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
