FLORA NIGRITIANA. 449 
Rovrriuta, Wall. et Hook. gen. nov. e tribu Taberne- 
montanearum. 
Calyx 5-partitus, glandulis baseos (eirca 12) in annulum dis- 
positis. Corolle tubus infundibuliformis ; faux coronata li- 
gulis 10 :quidistantibus basi in annulum connatis ; limbi 
laciniz 5, latze, æstivatione sinistrorsum convolute. . Stamina 
tubo inserta, inclusa, filamentis brevissimis, antheris sagittatis 
longe acuminatis. Nectarium nullum. Ovaria 2, adpressa, 
glabra. Stylus filiformis, apice in massam 5-sulcatam an- 
theris cohzerentem dilatatus, ultra dilatationem vix productus 
et brevissime emarginatus, (summo vertice stigmatifer ?) 
Fructus ex R. Br. Voacange v. Urceole. 
l. Roupellia grata, Wall. et Hook. in Bot. Mag. tab. 4466. 
ined.—Sierra Leone, Whitfield. 
Frutex glaberrimus, habitu Tabernemontanas Africanas refe- 
rens, quoad formam corollæ diversissimus et insignis. Folia 
opposita, breviter petiolata, semipedalia v. etiam majora, ovalia 
v. oblongo-elliptica, breviter acuminata, basi acuta, crassius- 
cula, venis primariis a costa media divergentibus subtus 
prominulis, rete venularum parum conspicua; petiolus ad 
caulem parum dilatatus et intus glandulis 2 parvis acutis 
quasi stipulatus. Cyme terminales, sessiles, 6-8-flore, fere 
umbelleformes, — Bractec-ovato-lanceolatz, acute acuminate, 
dorso carinate, 13-2 lin. longe. Pedicelli bracteis longiores, 
calyce breviores. Calycis lobi obovati, 6-8 lin. longi, mem- 
branacei, apiee colorati. Corolla alba, roseo tincta; tubus 
Sesquipollicaris, superne ampliatus, intus extusque glaber ; 
laciniz late obovate, margine crispze, pollice paullo longiores; 
corone ligule lanceolato-lineares, erecte, pulehre roseæ, 4-5 
lin. longe. Stamina ad originem partis ampliate tubi in- 
serta; filamenta brevia, crassa, leviter papulosa ; antherz m 
acumen tubum coroll subsuperantem productz, medio tan- 
tum pollinifere. Ovarium insidens disco crasso, haud tamen 
in nectarium producto. ; 
This handsome plant, now flowering in our stoves, was re- 
cognized by Brown as the Cream Fruit of Afzelius, referred 
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