RUBIACEE (H. F. Wernham) 47 
4'5 cm. long, lobes 1:5 cm. or more long and 5-6 mm. broad; tube 
glabrous within for 9 mm. above base, this part being succeeded by 
the densely villous region, over 1 em. long. Anthers 2 cm. long. 
DIPLOSPOROPSIS Wernham, Gardeniearum gen. nov. 
Calycis tubus obconicus calyculatus ; limbus in lobis majusculis 
latiusculis partitus. Corolla hypocraterimorpha tubo mediocre 
fauce glabra; limbi lobi 5 patentes, stricte contorti. Stamina 5 
fauci corollae inserta filamentis tenuibus brevissimis ; antherae 
dorso aflixae inclusae lineares. Discus tumidus. Ovarium 
2-loculare; stylus brevis glaber, ramis oblongis ; ovula in quoque 
loculo 2 in placenta parviuscula a septi apice pendula vix 
impressa, majuscula, compressa. Fructus... . 
Arbores foliis oppositis, floribus in axillis fascieulatis inter 
mediocres. 
A genus allied to Tricalysia and Diplospora, distinguished by the 
arrangement of the ovules and the included anthers, which recall 
those of Randia. 
Diplosporopsis eoffeoides Wernham sp. nov. Arbor glabra; 
foliis magnis obovatis utrinque angustatis basi auriculatis apice 
caudato-acuminatis brevissime petiolatis, venis supra impressis 
infra prominentibus ; stipulis lanceolatis longe setaceo-acuminatis 
dorso costa mediana conspicua ; florum fasciculis glabris paucifloris 
conferte sessilibus ; calyculi simplicis segmentis ovato-lanceolatis, 
calycis tubum sulcatum fere excedentibus ; calycis lobis majusculis 
ovatis subacutis; corollae tubo graciliusculo in staminum regione 
parum ampliato, lobis oblongis acutis tubi dimidium excedentibus. 
(Pl. 8.) ! 
Oban ; n. 1649. 
Leaves 80 cm. long together with acumen (nearly 2:5 em. long), 
and 11-12 cm. broad; petiole rarely more than 7 mm. long. Stipules, 
including the almost hair-like acumen, 2:5—3 cm. long. Calyx-tube 
3-4 mm. long, lobes 4 mm. long. Corolla-tube 1:5 cm, long; lobes 
1 em. long, 3°5 mm. broad. 
Diplosporopsis Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Arbor nisi flores 
glaberrima ramulis complanatis ; foliis magnis, brevissime et 
valide petiolatis, ellipticis vel obovatis basi cordatis subauriculatis 
inaequalibus, venispraesertimsubtus conspicuis, breviter acuminatis 
apice obtuso ; stipulis magnis late ovatis longe ac leniter acuminatis 
acutis ; floribus in fasciculis axillaribus paucifloris sessilibus ; calycis — 
lobis pro rata parvis rotundatis obtusis ciliatis intus basi villosis ; 
corollae tubo insuper extus minutissime appresse pubescente, lobis 
carnosiusculis ovato-oblongis obtusis apice reflexo utrinque minute 
pubescentibus ; antheris longe linearibus. 
Oban ; n. 1056. 
Uppermost leaves 21 cm. long, 9 cm. broad; ordinary leaves — 
