Pogeliane. N. O. Rubiacee. 
TAB. DCCLXXXII—III. 
Garpenia VoGeLit, Hook. fil. ms. 
Inermis glaberrima, foliis oblongis breviter cuspidatis cus- 
pide acuto v. obtuso basi acutis vy. breviter cordatis (in 
eodem ramo) margine integro repandis rigide membra- 
naceis subtus pallidioribus, stipulis in vaginam brevem 
sepius hine hiantem concretis, floribus terminalibus soli- 
tariis sessilibus, corolla tubo gracili superne leviter am- 
pliato, limbi 5-partiti laciniis late linearibus, stylo et stami- 
nibus haud exsertis, bacca (sicca, immatura) cylindraceo- 
fusiformi limbo calycis tubuloso apice 5-dentato pluries 
longiore. 
Has. In Afric. trop. occid., loco dicto Ibu, Vogel, n. 58, in 
verb. Hook. 
Folia 6-10 poll. longa, 2-34 poll. lata, si basi cordata, bre- 
vissime petiolata, si ibidem acuta petiolo 5-8 lin. longo 
Sustenta, reticulato-venosa, venis nervisque lateralibus 
utrinque prominulis. Flores 6-7 poll. longi, albi (ex Vogel); 
tubo corolle limbum calycis tubulosum pluries superante, 
laciniis tubo 3- y. sub 4-plo brevioribus. Genitalium struc- 
tura in icone desideratur, in flore unico suppetente seml- 
collapso hand rite inquirenda. Bacca (sicca) crassitie di- 
_ gitis sed matura verosimiliter crassior, structura interna 
mihi ignota. : 
So long as the limits of the genera Gardenia and Randia 
remain loosely defined, this may rank in the former, where 
_ Dr. Hooker has placed it. As a species, it appears to be very 
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