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No. 1243. " Climbing high, forest. Corolla outside dark-green 

 and reddish; inside pale-yellow." The same species was collected by 

 Gossweiler as far south as Cazengo, in Angola. 



Randia miceais'tha K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxiii. 438 

 (1897). 



No. 1216. Small tree, forest. Large white stigma " conspicuous." 

 The type was collected by Pogge in the Kasai (Congo) district. 

 There are several previous records from the Cameroons ; and a variety 

 occurs so far south as Angola. 



Eandia cladantha K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxviii. 02 

 (1901). 



No. 1270. (No note.) One of the "Amaralioid" species (v. 

 Journ. Bot. Iv. 7 (1917)) ; it has been recorded only from Nigeria and 

 the Cameroons. 



Ra^dia steeptocaulon K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxiii. 

 440 (1897) ; Wernham in Journ. Bot. Iv. 8 (1917), inch syn. 



No. 1267. " Vine, forest. Corolla cream-coloured, with carmine 

 sprinklings, shading at tips and inside." Another " Amaralioid " 

 species. 



Rakdia octomeea Hiern in Flor. Trop. Afr. iii. 98. B. octomeria 

 (sic) Benth. et Hook. fil. Gen. PL ii. 89. Gardenia octomera Hook. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5410 (1863). 



No. 1403. " Small shrub, stem 4 ft. long; forest, corolla green." 

 This species was described and figured by Sir W. .1. Hooker {loc. 

 cit.) from a plant gathered by Gustav Mann in the island of Fernando 

 Po. It affords a good example of the difficulty in separating the 

 genera Bandia and Gardenia— ?i difficulty recognized by the author 

 just quoted in his description {loc. cit.). Hitherto the species has 

 been recorded subsequently from Nigeria only, so that the present 

 record represents an interesting eastward extension of the distribution. 



Randia (§ Euclinia) megalostigma, sp. nov. 



Arbor (?) ramulis validiusculis coi*tice rugosulo mox indutis mani- 

 feste striato. Folia magna crassiuscule pergamacea, obovato-lanceo- 

 lata apice vix acuminata obtusa vix tantum acuta, basi subtruncata v. 

 nonnunquam subcordata, subsessilia v. petiolo valido brevissimo, 

 utrinque glaberrima ; venae primarise utrinque 6-7 prominulse laterales ; 

 stipiilce brevem in vaginam connatse tubularem latere quoque breviter 

 inter petiolos apiculatam diutius persistentem. Flores magni 1-2 in 

 axillis subsessiles. Calyx coriaceus matui-us campanulato-infundibu- 

 laris, dentibus angustissimis oblongis brevibus vix acutis onustus, 

 breviorem in ovarium angustum leniter desinens infra sensim in prdi- 

 cellum brevissimum angustatum, hracteolis 2-3 brevibus late trian- 

 gularibus onustum subcoreaceis plus minus distantibus. Corolla? 

 brevissime necnon dense ferrugineo-tomentosaB tubus e basi longe 

 cylindricus, insuper leniter infundibulariter dilatatus, lobi ovati 

 acuminati acuti patentes demum deflexi. Stigma bilobum magnum 

 carnosum ramulis obtusisbimis. 



