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long, 3-4. mm. or more thick. Calyx-tube about 5 mm.; teeth 
5-6 mm. long and about the same width at base. Corolla-tube 1 em. 
wide at base and 1:2 em. long; lobes about the same length and 
6 mm. broad. 
Not far removed from D. Gilgiana Gürke, but distinct in the 
9 flowers; and near D. mamiacensis Gürke, from which it may be 
separated by the characters of the leaves, calyx and corolla. 
Jasminum Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis 
gracilibus fulvo-pubescentibus ; foliis suboppositis simplicibus 
oblongis vel ovatis vel suborbicularibus basi plerumque cordatis 
leniter acuminatis acutis obscure nisi infra super venas irregu- 
lariter ferrugineo-tomentosis puberulis, petiolo pubescente brevi ; 
floribus pedicellatis 7—8-meris in cymis ramosis plus minus 
elongatis laxis dispositis ; calycis lobis setaceis tubum plus quam 
duplo excedentibus ; corollae glabrae lobis anguste lanceolatis 
quam tubus haud multo brevioribus vel tubum subaequantibus. 
Oban ; n. 336. ; 
Leaves variable in shape and size, from about 3 cm. x 2 cm. to 
7 x 4 cm.; petiole to 1-3 cm. long. Floral pedicels to 2 cm. long. 
Calyz-tube barely exceeding 2 mm. in length; the setaceous lobes 
7 mm. long. Corolla-tube to 1:9 em. long; lobes 1:7 cm. long and 
barely 2 mm. wide at the base. 
Near the East African J. tomentosum Knobl., differing in the 
indumentum of the leaves and calyx-lobes and in the shape of the 
corolla-lobes. 
APOCYNACEE. 
This family is well represented in the collection, which includes 
the twelve following novelties. 
The specimen of Carpodinus violacea K. Schum. (n. 1445) has 
ROLE tendrils, hitherto unknown (see Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. 
pt. 1, 80). 
Vahadenia Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex subscandens 
glaberrimus ; foliis ellipticis nitentibus coriaceis vix acuminatis 
obtusissimis basi rotundatis vel subcordatis, venis secundariis 
paucis utrinque valde conspicuis, petiolo brevi; floribus breviter 
pedicellatis inter magnos in eymis compositis longe peduneulatis 
paucifloris, pedunculo axillari in cirrho plerumque commutato ; 
calycis segmentis subliberis latissime ovatis saepe sparse ciliatis 
involutis, basis glandulis ovatis vel lanceolatis multiseriatis A 
corollae tubo longo lobis latiuscule oblongis obtusis. 
Oban ; n. 1634. 
Leaves 10-13 cm. long, 5-6°5 cm. broad ; petiole about 5 mm. long ; 
secondary veins 5-7 pairs. JPeduncles about 10 cm. long. Pedicels 
9:5 mm. long. Calyz-segments about 4 mm. x 4 mm.  Corolla-tube 
2 cm. or more long ; lobes 1:5 em. long, 5 mm. broad. 
Distinet in the shape and venation of the leaves and their very 
