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2'.j 0111. longi acutissiini, tiilms I cm. loiigus. Fntcius gIol)OSU«> 

 aiirantiacus G-S cm. diam. 



Jlnh. Liberia : (iola. in old farm-land, 20 April, 1910, Bunting ! 

 Herb. Mus. Jirit. 



Distinct in its tree-babit and globose fruit. The numerous seeds 

 are embedded in u gelatinous pulp which is eaten by the natives. 



:^. A. SnEKUorHM.K, nom. nov. Gardenia Sherhottrnice Hook. f. 

 B(.t. Mag. (hS-14) t. 4044. Jiandia ^herbornice Hook. Fl. Niger 

 (IJS4J)) .'is5. S/trrhourniafoIiosa G. Don in Loud, EncycL PL Supp. 

 ii. (ls.35) l'V22 ; Hua, ioc. cif. 895. Bro parte Amaralia hicpionicd- 

 Jlora Wchv. ex Hiern in Flor. Trop. Air. iii. (1877) 112. Bro parte 

 A. cali/cina K. Sebum, in Engler Pllanzenf. lY. iv. (1891) 78. 



/////;. Hart. Slierl)ourne\ from Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone: 

 without more ])recise locality, Afzelius 1 Barter ! Sniythe 10 ! 

 ll'iffonV. Regent, May 185/, Barter \ 8 December, Scott Elliot 

 41 10 I Sherboro, Scott klliot 5703! 5704! Kuiiisa, Kafoga, Limba, 

 r» April, 1S92, Scott Elliot 4002 ; Jaja, 7 January and 9 May, 1914. 

 Bun ting 4! 49! Liberia: Sinoe liasin and Monrovia, VVhytel 

 Ashanti : Kumassi, Assin Yan, Cummins 143 ! Cameroons : Yaunde 

 (SU) metres elev.), Zenker 870 ! 788 ! Hbb. Mus. Brit. & Kew. 



The critical characters in this ease are the rather narrow leaves 

 acute at the base, with no more than half-a-dozen ])airs of secondary 

 veins, the small corolla, white or cream, exserted barely half its length 

 fi-om the very ample glubrescent greenish calyx, and the unribbed red 

 (Cummins) fruit. The Horal colours, which agree with those of the 

 cultivated specimens, are given on the authority of Mr. Bunting, a 

 careful collector, who tells us that the plant climbs by means of its- 

 l)etit»les. According to Scott Elliot, a common name about Kafoga for 

 this species is " Kwia," and the plant is used by natives for coughs. 



4. A. CALYciNA K. Sebum, in Engler, Pflauzenf. iv, iv. (1891) 78. 

 Pro imrte A. Ijignoniajlora Hiern in Fl. Trop. Afr. iii, (1877) 112, 

 (ianlrnia cali/cina Don, (len. Syst. iii. (1884) 497, Bandia Doniana 

 Hcnth. in Howk. Niger Flora (1849) 385. 2!fon Sherbournia calycina 

 Hua/. f. 898. 



I lab. Sien-a Leone: Don 110! et s. n. ! Hbb. Mus. Brit. & Kew^ 



Tliis species has been the subject of considerable confusion. 

 K. Sclnunann (loc.cit.) includedall the then-known s\)ec'w?,oJiAma7'alir( 

 under this name, but we adopt it in a restricted sense, it being the lirst 

 sjH'cilic name under which the s])ecies was described. Don [toe. cit.) 

 clearly intimates that the fruit is not cosbite ; but Hua {he. cit.) 

 idcntilii's his Shrrboiirnia calycina, based on a specimen with stronglv- 

 ribbcd fruits collected by Harter at Eppah, with Don's s})ecies, 

 ('(•mparison of the types, and of a considerable amount of other 

 correlated material, has c<>nvinee(l me that this is incorrect; and that 

 ]lun's S/irrbonrnia calycina must be renamed, and treated as a new 

 s])ecies (r. infra, no. 7). 



The distinctive characterislir«< of the species are the small corolla 

 ami the smooth fruit. 



