99. 
glabri ;stipulae mox deciduae, lanceolatae, subacutae, ad 1°5 cm. 
longae, glabrae. Paniculae axillares, quam folia paullo Sai hoecs, 
floribundae ; axis et rami puberuli, ores pallide flavi, demum 
roseo-purpurei, breviter pedicellati, subumbellatim —— 3 pedi- 
celli ad 1 mm. longi, puberuli. Receptaculum subglobosum, 1 mm 
longum, puberabaio, Calycis segmenta subulata, circ <a "1 mm. 
longa, se extra puberula. Corollae lobi lineares, Se 
1 cm. lon abri. -Antherae vix 1 mm. longae. Ovarium bilo- 
oulare 3 ; atylon brevis, bifidus, glaber. Fructus non visus 
ROPICAL Arrica. Upper Guinea: Sierra Leone; York 
Pass, Lane-Poole, 46 (1 June, 1911). 
1317. caus (Rothmannia) sokotensis, Hutchinson [| Rubiaceae- 
Gardenieae]; affinis G. succosae, Baker, sed ramis puberulis vix 
poe foliis minus coriaceis venis laxis, floribus longe pedicellatis 
iifert 
Frutex parvus; rami teretes, circiter 3 mm. diametro, dense 
puberuli vel subtomentelli, nodis plerumque 1-2 cm. distantibus. 
Folia subsessilia, elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica, utrinque miei iro 
basi bi um subinaequalia, rarius paullo cuneata, 5-8 cm. longa, 
2-5 cm. lata, in fibers a, firme chartacea, utrinque minute puberula, 
nervis dabei ebeld utrinque 10-13 supra paullo subtus valde 
Osa abi Dai ae ae ae ; stipulae ovato-triangulares, 
subacutae, ongae, mm. latae, plus minusve mem- 
branaceae, extus i iberaiaes Fires ad apices ramulorum brevium, 
solitarii, pedicellati; pedicelli 1-1:5 cm. longi, a viscide 
puberuli. eceptaculum oblongo-obconicum, 2-2°5 mm. longum, 
puberulum. Calycis tubus campanulatus, 3 mm. longus, tenuis, 
extra leviter viscidus, fere glaber; lobi lineares, be dorso 
carinati, subaequales, 7-8 mm. longi, glabri, Laer orolla alba ? ; 
tubus infundibuliformis, 1:2 cm. longus, basi 1: OS ee 
1 cm. diametro, utrinque minutissime beats: 3 lobi 5, suborbi- 
culares, truncati, 0°5 cm. longi et lati. Antherae i nfra_ medium 
affixae, lineares, 7 mm. longae, inclusae. Ovarium ob placentas 
centro sese attingentes et cohaerentes spurie 2-loculare; stylus 
mm. lon glaber, profunde bilobus, lobis 6 mm. longis com- 
planatis. Fructus ellipsoideus, 1 cm. longus, 0°5 cm. diametro, 
minute sea ; pericarplum membranaceum. Semina ; 
punctulata 
TROPICAL AFRICA. Upper Guinea: Northern Nigeria; Sokoto, 
a low shrub on rocky hills, Dalziel, 402. 
Vernacular—* Gauden duchi.” 
This plant is remarkable on account of its close affinity with the 
species quoted above which is found only in Madagascar. In habit 
and in the structure of its flowers it is very similar, but it differs 
sufficiently, in the characters given, to be entitled to specific ran 
1318. Stereospermum leonense, Sprague [Bignoniacene] : 3 affine 
S. acuminatissimo, K. Schum., a quo foliolis longius petiolulatis 
brevius acuminatis, calycis lobis rotundatis vel obtusis inconspicue 
apiculatis, corolla minus infundibuliformi limbo pro rata minore 
distinguitur. 
Arbor mediocris, Aamuli haud exstantes. Folia exstantia usque 
ad 43 cm. longa, 6-juga, glaberrima; petioli 6-7 cm. longi, ut 
rhachis atrobrunnei, - Pee canaliculati, in basin valde ampliati; 
