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length, the upper, free portion gradually narrowing to the truncate 

 apex, which is 4 mm. wide. Older stipviles with sheath up to 1 cm. 

 long, and ragged free part ahout 8 mm, long. Ovary 1*6 cm. long, 

 6 mm. wide above, gradually passing into the 'pedicel, 1 cm. long. 

 Crt/y^-lobes 2-3 cm. x 7 mm. OoroZ/rt-tube — the slender tubular part 

 2'5 cm., 3-4 mm. broad ; upper, inflated part, about 3 mm. deep, and 

 1 cm. wide immediately under the lobes ; lobes about 2*5 cm. long, 

 1"1 cm. broad, above the middle, and 3 mm. at the truncate base. 

 Anthers about 1 cm. long. Style (including stigmas) 3*5 cm. long. 

 Fruit over 3 cm. long, exclusive of the persistent calyx, which is not 

 at all accrescent, and 2 cm. iu diameter across the middle. 



This species is allied, a])parently, to G. carinata Wall., of the 

 Malay peninsula, but is easily distiuguished by the leaf-shape, the 

 shorter corolla-tube, and glabrous ovary. 



Beside the preceding Handia and Gardenia species, in which 

 there is but little or no doubt of the genus, the following may be 

 either of one or the other, the material available being insufficient : — 



Mandia, or Gardenia. No. 808 ! A great tree, with bright green 

 fruit. Korkoko ranges, 2900 feet. Fr. 19 March. 



No. 339 ! probably of § Gynopachys, allied to B. densiflora 

 Benth., but distinct in the large fruit, subeordate, coarsely sulcate, 

 with a blunt rib running along the rather depressed and flat top, and 

 down either side. The fruit is 4"5-5 cm. deep, and about the same 

 along the top, the widest jjart. 



Flectronia caitdata Val. in Nov. Guin. \\\\. 478. A small tree 

 with green fruits. Meroka, 2500 feet. Fr. ApriL No. 889 ! 



Pavetta tarennixora, sp. nov. 



Yerisimiliter frutex, ramulis cortiee membranaeeo squamoso in- 

 dutis valde quadrangularibus necnon sulcatis. Folia membranacea 

 obovata basl cuneata apicem versus breviter acuminata, petiolo brevi 

 tamen manifesto, utrinqvie nisi subtus in venis })rominulis primariis 

 liic inde obscure hirtella glabra, vente primari* laterales utrinque 

 ca. 7-8. Flores 4-meri parvi in panieulis corymbosis multifloris 

 necnon laxiusculis dispositi termifialibus v. axillis in superioribus 

 oriundis amplissimis, foliis brevioribus, ramulis valde complanatis 

 necnon sulcatis, appresse pubescentibus ; hractece ovatse inferiores 

 maiusculjE eoncavei, superiores ad laneeolatip, y. lineares, subsetaceae 

 inconspicvisa. Pedicelli longiuseuli graciles bracteolo minimo basin 

 versus onusti. CWZy/c?> (cum ovario) campanulati limbus subglabra- 

 tus obscure lobulato-dentatus nonnunqriam apiculatus, subciliolatus, 

 insuper glabrescens, crassiusculus ; discus carnosus conspicuus cylin- 

 dricus. Gorollfp lobi oblongo-lineares obtusi glabri, tubum gracilera 

 fere sequantes extus glabrum in siccitate nigr^scentem, intus in ore 

 necnon fauclbus gossypinum. Staminum antherse lineares exsertae 

 apiculata; mox torsse, tilamentis brevissimis. Ovarium biloculare ; 

 ovula septi ab apice subpendula ; stylus tenuis filiformis longissime 

 exsertus, apice indiviso. 



Mt. Sogere. No. 454 ! 



One of the several species allied to P. inilica Linn.,, but it is 



