<®rts(nal ^rttries. 



ON A NEW SPECIES OF GARDENIA FROM 

 WEST TROPICAL AFRICA. 



By W. p. Hiern, M.A. 



(Tab. 195.) 



Gardenia Kalbreyeri, Hiern. — G-. fruticosa, iiiermis ramis 

 patentibus glabrescentibus, foliis oppositis obovatis apice acute 

 cnspidato-acuminatis basi vel prope basim cuueatis firmiter 

 chartaceis bre\iter j)etiolatis supra costa excepta glabrescentibus 

 subtus palliclioribus secus costam nervosque plus minusve liirsutis, 

 stipulis iutra-petiolaribus ovatis acumiiiatis iutegris vel ajpice 

 bifidis, floribus solitariis terminalibus semi-pedalibus, calycis 

 limbo infundibulari quinque-fido tubo infundibulari truncate 

 integro sed exteris additis lobis ovatis ovalibusve obtusis 

 imbricatis ex tubo prope apicem at sub apicem tubi exorientibus 

 annuluni brevem intra medium limbum integentibus, corolla 

 hypocrateriformi bis calycem excedente extra scabrido-sericea tubo 

 elongate intus glabro limbo patente diam. semipedali profunde 

 quinque-lobo, antheris linearibus exsertis, ovario oblongo sulcato, 

 stylo elongato-clavato apice lobato breviter vel vix exserto, placenta 

 unica. 



Habitat in Guinea superiore ad oppidum Old Calabar dictum, in 

 locis apertis ; legit mensi Maio anni 1877 Kalbreyer ! , No. 212. 



A shrub of twelve to fifteen feet. Branches straight, terete, 

 somewhat furrowed towards the apex, reddish, appressedly puberu- 

 lous above, glabrate below. Leaves 3f-5^ in. long by l|-24 in. 

 broad (on the specimen in the British Museum), dark and glabres- 

 cent above, except that they are sometimes scattered with appressed 

 hairs especially along the flat top of the midrib; margin very 

 narrowly revolute, sparingly ciliate ; lateral veins about ten to 

 twelve on each side of the midrib, feeble, rather darker than the rest 

 of the lower surface of the leaf; petiole ^-f in. long, sparmgly 

 hairy ; stipules erect, connate at the base, appressedly hairy outside, 

 ^ m. long, deciduous. Flowers " very h-agrant, large, lily-shaped, 

 yellowish, with brown spots " (Kalbr. sched.) Peduncle stem-like, 

 -h--: in. long, with a pair of stipular bracts near the ajDex. Calyx - 

 limb 2i in. long, sparingly and appressedly hairy outside, glabrous 

 inside ; free portion of the tube 1-^ in. long, coriaceous ; lobes 

 unequal, f-1^ in. long. Corolla about 6 m. long when expanded, 

 pale outside, fleshy-coriaceous; tube slender; lobes oval, 2f in. 

 long by 1^ in. broad, rather pointed at the apex and rather con- 

 volute dextrorsely (as seen from above) at the base. Anthers 



X. 8. VOL. 7. L-^PRIL, 187b. J o 



