Plate 2386. 



ADINA GALPINI, OHv. 

 RUBIACE.E. Tribe Nauclee.e. 



A, Galp'ni, Oliver (sp. nov.); arbor glaberrima, foliis 4 natim ver- 

 ticillatis coriaceis elongato- ovali-oblongis obtusiusculis basi in petioluni 

 sensim angustatis, vernatione vernicosis, stipulis deltoideis caduos, 

 peduiiculis strictis prope apicem involucratis folio multo brevionbus 

 l-cephalis, bracteolis anguste spathulato -linearibus calyce s&pius 

 brevioribus, calycis tubo anguste turbinato sericeo, limbo 5-partito 

 segmentis linearibus tubo paulo longioribus, corolla sericea- tubo calyce 

 2-plo longiore segmentis linibi lineari-oblongis quam tubo fere duplo 

 Mevioribus, ovula geniinata v. ternata oblonga pendula. 



Hab. So. Africa ; Transvaal and Swaziland, Gcdidn (No. 1213). 



Arhor 30-90 ped. alta, raniulis strictis obsolete tetragonis. Folia in 

 jumlis floriferis 4L-6 poll, longa, h-'i poll, lata, novella venncosa. 

 ^^dunculi ^-11 polL lorigi. Capitala globosa f poll. diam. 



^/Ir. Galpin describes this species as a tree of 30 to 90 ^^t, attaining 

 «'e larger dimension by river-banks, and adds that it affouls an 

 J^'fleut timber, 'closely resembling teak/ It is 'known as Uipe 

 f"^ A. GaJpini is clearly a congener, and indeed very dose ally o 

 Ifdanthus spafhelliferus. Baker {Journ. Bot. 18b2, 13^-fJ[?" 

 Madagascar, whicb differs in its long peduncles and '""^i bioade 

 ^^^f- As the ovules are not solitary in the Madagascar plat it 

 JH .as the genera now stand, be. removed from (^^^^'^^ 

 I'wemfurth's No. 238 (ser. iii.) f;-om I>^^'--rertit is «lso allied to our 



^- M. Baillon, I observe (//-'■ ^'^- ^■"- ft' '± bu le 

 ; "^^^«. In this however, I am unable to/«l'«^%^""\'he^ther 

 '^^^^ Cephalanthns as generically distinct. ^ «^;;"^ ' Svely^ to 

 JJ^^nced state of the flowers in our specimens, speak po.itivel) 



estivation of the corolla. - D. Oliver. 



p- •-, i. Vertical section 



of J", ^- ^''^eteole. 2. Detached flower. 3. Corolla laid open. 4. 

 "'■^7. All enlarged. 



