46 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 
multo ampliato, lobis late ovatis acutiusculis basi intus maculatis : 
antheris oblongis ut stigma clavatum vix exsertis. 
Oban ; n. 917. 
Leaves 17-19 cm. long, 6-7 em. broad; petioles up to nearly 
2 em. long ; secondary veins 7-8 lateral pairs. Floral pedicels 9 cm. 
or more long. Calyx-tube 9:8 cm. long, 7 mm. wide above; teeth 
1 em. long or more. Corolla-tube 20-25 cm. long, about 2:5 cm. 
wide at the mouth; lobes 4:5 cm. long, about 2:5 em. wide. Anthers 
5.5 cm. long. 
Near R. malleifera Benth. & Hook. fil, but differs in its much 
longer eorolla-tube which is gradually and but little widened towards 
the top. 
DOROTHEA Wernham, Gardeniearum gen. nov. 
Calyx turbinatus denticulatus vel subinteger calyculatus. 
Corolla zygomorpha tubo plus minus elongato incurvo in maturi- 
tate fere ad basin fisso, intus infra medium villoso ; limbi lobi 
plerumque 6, ascendentibus vel suberectis stricte contorti. 
Stamina 6 fauci corollae inserta ; antherae dorso affixae, sessiles, 
anguste lineares. Discus brevissime cylindricus, sparse pilosus. 
Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus simplex validiusculus glaber e medio 
floris pendulus, stigmate indiviso ; ovula in loculis haud numerosa, 
in placentis carnosis oblongis a septi apice pendulis immersa. 
Fructus... 
Arbores vel frutices. Folia opposita. Flores inter majusculos 
in cymis paucifloris axillaribus dispositi. 
A genus allied to Randia, but at once distinguished by the 
characters of the corolla and style. 
Dorothea Talbotii Wernham sp. unica. Arbor ramulis glabris 
gracilibus mox cortice dilute cinereo indutis ; foliis ellipticis 
utrinque angustatis glabratis acutis brevissime petiolatis, venis 
secundariis paucis infra conspicuis ascendentibus ; stipulis per- 
sistentibus deltoideis subacutis intus villosis ; Jloribus pedicellatis 
in cymis sessilibus axillaribus 2~3-floris dispositis ; bracteolis 
ovatis plerumque 2 paribus in caleyculo connatis pubescentibus ; 
calycis extus sericeo-pubescentis tubo infundibulari rugoso, limbo 
discolore insuper angustato margine subtruncato vel denticulato ; 
corollae tubo extus argenteo-sericeo-pubescente in alabastro valde 
curvato demum rectiore intus inferne glabro insuper usque ad 
faucem densissime villoso deinde insuper breviter pubescente, 
lobis undulatis oblongis acutiusculis utrinque pubescentibus per 
paria dispositis ; antheris elongatis basi vix bilobatis apice acutis 
corollae fissione apparentibus conspicuis, (Pl. 7.) 
Oban ; n. 1546. 
Leaves 12-18 em. long, 4:5-8:5 cm. broad; petioles seldom as 
much as 5 mm. long. Stipules 5 mm. long. Pedicel about 5 mm. 
long. Calyz-tube and limb each 5 mm. long. Corolla-tube about 
