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- this species, however, is quite distinct. It is H. repanda, 
ers. 
RUBIACEAE. 
Oldenlandia grandifiora, Hiern; F.T.A. iii. 57. 
Zaria, 25 March, No. 38 and Maigana, No. 46. 
Mussaenda arcuata, Poir. ; F.T.A. iii. 68. 
In Mr. Bourke’s garden, from valley near Naraguta, No. 28. 
Flowers creamy-white, with orange hairs at the throat, turning 
brown on the second day. The enlarged petaloid sepals so 
characteristic of the genus are only occasionally developed in 
this species, which ranges from Sierra Leone across Northern 
Tropical Africa down the eastern part of the continent as far 
as the Zambesi basin. An interesting and useful garden plant. 
Feretia canthioides, Hiern; F.T.A. iii. 116. 
Near Zaria, 25 March, No. 39; bushes about 4 ft. high, 
flowering without leaves; flowers creamy-white, flushed with 
ink 
This species has been gathered in Senegambia, Northern Nigeria, 
and in the Central Chari region, but not, so far as we are aware, 
from any intermediate localities. The flowers are sweet-scented 
and produced in great profusion along the almost leafless shoots, 
and like the Ochna it is a very desirable plant for cultivation 
in gardens in the Northern Provinces. 
Belonophora Morganae, Hutchinson, sp. nov. [Rubiaceae- 
Alberteae]; affinis B. coffeoidei, Hook. f., sed foliis lanceolato- 
ovatis, stipulis angustioribus, receptaculis glabris differt. 
ruiex; rami floriferi subteretes, glabri, internodiis 3-4-5 cm. 
longis. Folia lanceolato-ovata, sensim acuminata, subacuta, 
basi subacuta vel leviter rotundata, 10-16 cm. longa, 3-6-5 cm. 
lata, pallide viridia, firme chartacea, glabra; nervi laterales 
utrinsecus 5-6, arcuato-ascendentes, infra prominuli, venis 
transversis laxis a costa sub angulo recto abeuntibus; petioli 
vix | cm. longi, utrinque anguste alati; stipulae interpetiolares, 
e basi lanceolato filiformi-subulatae, 1-1-5 cm. longae. glabrae. 
Flores axillares, 3-4-nati, subsessiles, bracteis imbricatis ovatis 
ciliatis subtendentibus. Receptaculum urceolatum, 2mm. longum, 
glabrum. Calycis lobi imbricati, late ovati, 1-75 mm. longi et 
lati, coriacei, marginibus angustissime hyalinis. Corollae tubus 
cylindricus, 1 cm. longus, circiter 2 mm. crassus, glaber ; lobi 5, 
oblique oblongo-elliptici; apice rotundati, 6-8 mm. longi, 3-5-4 mm 
lati, subcoriacei, obscure venosi, glabri. Amntherae inclusae, 
medio corollae tubi insertae, 4:5 mm. longae. Ovartum 2- 
loculare; stylus brevis, 4-5 mm. longus, ad medium bilobus. 
Fructus non visus. 
TropicaL Arrica. Northern Nigeria: Jos, Mrs. Cope 
Morgan. Collected by Mrs. Cope Morgan, with other plants, 
and sent to me on the morning I left the plateau.—a. W. H. 
