Lobbiane. N. O. Rubiacee. 
TAB. DOCCXXIV. 
Ranpia speciosa, //ook. 
Fruticosa glaberrima, foliis petiolatis coriaceis ellipticis obovatisve 
obtuse apiculatis nitidis (junioribus vernicosis) pinnatim venosis 
venis patentibus approximatis subtus prominentibus trans- 
versim copiose venulosis, floribus terminalibus solitariis sessili- 
bus, calyce cylindraceo-campanulato ore truncato, corolle (inter 
maximas) tubo elongato cylindraceo gracili limbi 8-partiti lobis 
ovato-oblongis obliquis patentissimis, staminibus 8, stigmate 
clavato-capitato sulcato. 
Has. Singapore, Zhomas Lobb (n. 483). 
It is a pity this fine plant has not yet been introduced to our 
stoves. I have seen only the specimens which have been sent 
home by Mr. Lobb to Mr. Veitch, and this species I can no- 
where find described. It would seem to exude a good deal of 
resinous matter, especially the young branches. The flower is 
peculiarly large, not only long in the tube, but full four inches in 
the diameter of the limb. This limb is divided to the base into 
eight lobes (and there are as many stamens). The calyx is large, 
and between campanulate and cylindrical, quite entire at the 
mouth. The very base only is united to the ovary. G. enneandra 
of Dr. Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or, v.2.t.574, has a flower some- 
what resembling this, but the tube is shorter, the limb has nine 
segments and stamens, the calyx is toothed, and the foliage is 
widely different and nearly sessile. 
