384 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
same species. This fruit, the size of R. Bowieana, is distinetly 
ribbed. 
The Rothmannia longiflora, Salisb., may possibly be the 
same as R. Stanleyana; yet it were better to retain Hooker's - 
specific name, in order to avoid confusion with the R. Bowieana, 
which was called Randia longiflora by Salisbury. e 
2. Rothmannia malleifera, Hook.; folis coriaeeis subnitidis 
glaberrimis, calycis laciniis subulatis strictis tubo suo lon- 
gioribus, corolla extus dense tomentosa.—Gardenia malleifera, 
Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4307.—Gardenia Whitfieldi, Lindl. Bot. 
Reg. 1845 sub t. A7.—Sierra Leone, Don, Whitfield, Miss 
Turner. ; 
Fruit globose, larger than in R. Bowieana, and not ribbed. 
Lindley’s synonym, not being taken up in the indexes to the 
Register, had been nearly overlooked by myself, as it has been 
by other botanists. iiie. 
3. Rothmannia Bowieana ; foliis membranaceis, novellis hirtellis 
demum glabratis, calycis limbi 5-partiti laciniis linearibus 
subdilatatis patentibus, corolla glabra.—Gardenia longiflora, 
Ait.—Randia longiflora, Salisb.— Gardenia macrantha, Rem. 
Schult. Syst. 5. p. 237.—Randia macrantha, DC. Prod. 4. 
p. 988.—Randia Bowieana, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3409.— 
Gardenia longifolia, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 3. p. 499.— Sierra 
Leone, Don, Whitfield, and others. 
Fruit globose, or somewhat pear-shaped, not ribbed, and 
nearly an inch and a half in diameter. 
For the history of the synonymy of this plant see Hook. pst. 
Mag. sub t. 4307 ; to which I would only add that the Gardenia 
Devoniana, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1846, t. 63, appears to be (from 
the figure) a well-marked, broad-leaved variety at least, if not a 
good species; and that although both R. malleifera and R. 
Bowieana are in Don's Herbarium, it seems to be the latter 
species only, with membranous leaves, to which he gave the 
name of longifolia. 
The completely bilocular ovary readily distinguishes the 
genus from Gardenia, and the long funnel-shaped throat 
