TABULA 299]. 
GARDENIA SOKOTENSIS, Hutchinson. 
RuBIACEAE. Tribus GARDENIEAE. 
G. (§ Rothmannia) sokotensis, Hutchinson in Kew Bull., 1912, p. 99 ; 
affinis G. suecosae, Baker, sed ramis puberulis vix resinosis, fous minus 
corlaceis venis laxis, floribus longe pedicellatis differt. 
Frutex parvus ; rami teretes, circiter 3 mm. diametro, dense puberuli 
vel subtomentelli, nodis plerumque 1-2 cm. distantibus. Folia sub- 
sessilia, elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica, utrinque rotundata, basi interdum 
aaa ween rarius paullo cuneata, 5-8 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata, 
integra, firme chartacea, utrinque minute puberula, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque 10-13 supra paullo subtus valde — venis laxis 
subinconspicuis; stipulae ovato-triangulares, subacu m. 
tus, 3 mm. longus, tenuis, intra multiglandulosus, extra leviter viscidus, 
fere glaber ; lobi lineares, obtusi, dorso carinati, subaequales, 7-8 mm. 
longi, glabri, virides. Corolla alba 3 ?; tubus infun iformis, 1°2 em. 
longus, basi 1°75 mm., apice vix 1 ¢ cm. diametro, utrinque ginetnelase 
puberulus ; lobi 5, suborbiculares, truncati, 0°5 cm. longi et lati. An- 
therae infra medium affixae, lineares, 7 mm. longae, inclusae. Ovarium 
ob placentas centro sese attingentes et cohaerentes spurie 2-loculare st 
stylus 7 mm. longus, glaber, profunde bilobus, lobis 6 mm. longis co 
planatis. Fructus ellipsoideus, 1 cm. longus, 0°5 cm. diametro, anerd 
puberulus ; pericarpium membranaceum. Semina ©, punctulata 
Tropicat Arrica. Northern Nigeria : Sokoto, a low shrub on rocky 
hills, Dalziel, 402. 
The most interesting feature regarding Gar denia sokotensis is its close 
affinity with G. succosa, Baker, a species so far known only to occur in 
Madagascar. ‘ shows no distinct relationship with any other African 
species known 
The genera Randa and Gardenia, as at present defined, are separated 
merely by the position of the placentas ; in the former the ovary is two- 
