THE GEXrS AMARALIA 5 



5. A. BiGNONi^iiFLOKA Welw. ex Hiern in Vhr. Trop. Afr. iii. 

 (1877) 112. Fro parte A. caltjcina K. Sch. loc. cit. Gardenia 

 higuoiiiceji.ora Welw. Apont. (1S58) 585. Sherbournia foliosa 

 Hieri), Cat. Welw. Afr. PL ii. (1898) 466, iion Don. aS'. hiynonioi- 

 ftora Hua, loc. cit. 396. Randia heinsioidts Hua, loc. cit. non 

 R. heinsioides Schwf. MS. ex Hua. 



Hab. Angola : Golungo Alto, Gossweiler 4410 ! Eastern Queta, 

 December 1854. Welwitsck 2571 ! Cazengo, Gossweiler 721 ! 5363 ! 

 Hbb. Mus. Brit. & Kew. 



Allied to A. heinsioides, but the corolla is smaller and differently- 

 coloured, and less exserted from the calyx, which has obtuse broad 

 lobes. According to Welwitsch the corolla is rose-violet, purple 

 inside, and the calyx purple. 



6. A. heinsioiJes, sp, n. Randia Jieiusioides Schwfth. MS. ex 

 Hua in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun, xiv, (1901) 391. Rro parte 

 ISherbournia bifjnoniaejiora Hua, loc, cit. 



Frutex scandens ramulis nisi novissimis sericeis glabris striatis 

 griseis ; folia plerumque late elliptica, ad ca. 15 cm. x 7 cm., leviter 

 acuminata basi saepius tandem cordata, supra glaberrima subtus nisi in 

 venis sericea glabra, venis secundariis utrinque 5 v. 6 ; stipulce mox 

 deciduse anguste oblongai obtusissiniie 12-15 mm. longie. Flares 

 magni per paria in axillis in pedunculo crasso sericeo 1 cm. longo 

 disposiii. Calycis extus lyyviter sericei mox glabrescentis tubus supra 

 ovarium hemisphiericus 14 mm. diam., lobi oblongi apice rotundati 

 2"2 cm. X 7 mm. Corollce tubus 4*5 cm. excedens sub lobos 3*3 cm. 

 latus, lobi latissimi rotundi 1'8 cm, X 2*1 cm, Fructus hevis elongato- 

 ellipsoideus 3 cm. x 1'2 cm, 



Flah. Central Africa : Monbuttu-land, Kussumbo, 16 March, 

 1870, Schweinfurfh, 3142 ! Niam-Niam-land, Diamvonu, 6 March, 

 1870, Schweinfurth, Ser. ii. 15 ! Sierra Leone : near Kafogo, 6 April, 

 1892, ^^cott Elliot 5602! Gold Coast: Finsenase, near Obuasc, 

 21 March, 1912, Chip}) 149 ! Hbb. Mus. Brit. & Kew. 



Distinguished by its large, broad, cordate leaves, and large flowers 

 with relatively narrow calyx-lobes. Schweinfurth says that the corolla 

 is whitish outside, purplish inside, Avith rose-coloured lobes ; the 

 stigma is white. Nom. vulg. (A. Banga) " Mbittah." A specimen 

 was until recently in cultivation in the Hope Gardens, Jamaica (Herb. 

 Bot. Dep. Jam. 19 !), flowering in March; but 1 learn that the plant 

 has now been removed. 



7. A, HuAXA, nom. nov. SJ/erbonrnia cahjcina Hua, loc. cit. 398. 



Rab. Nigeria: ^\)\)2\\ Barter \ Bagroo U., Ji^y^yi 819 ! Yoruba, 

 7 May, 1890, Moloney ! Hb. Kew. 



This species is characterized by the strongly sulcate ovaiy and 

 relatively stout, riljbed fruit, and narrow leaves with six pairs of lateral 

 veins at most. Hua associates Mann's plant with tliis, correctly, 

 I believe ; for although the lattei- bears no fruits, the " calyx- tube " 

 shows every promise of being strongly costate : also the calyx-lobes 

 are much smaller and more acute than those of JL. Sherboiirnicc, to 

 which Mann's specimen might otherwise be relegated, 1 have included 

 the Yoruba plant under the same head on similar evidence. 



