Rdudia.] Lxx. RUiuACEii: (hiern). 97 



Leaves elliptical or obovate-oblong, acnminate, narrowed at base, 1^-5 

 by f-2J in., chartaceous, the terminal ones often three together ; lateral 

 veins about 5-6 pairs, slender, often with glands near the union with 

 the midrib ; petiole ^—^ in ; stipules short, broad, ciliolate, caducous. 

 Flower^solitary, terminal,often on short lateral branches, suberect, sessile 

 or subsessile, 5-9 in. long, fragrant, bracteolate at base. Calyx oblong, 

 ^-1 in. long, glabrous, green ; limb with 5 short ovate lanceolate or 

 jsubulate teeth, or irregularly toothed, usually 5-ribbed above, lined 

 with short pale hairs inside. Corolla-tube elongated, narrowly tubular, 

 gradually funnel-shaped and 5-ribbed above, pubescent or puberulous 

 outside, green or purple, cottony inside below ; limb spreading, 2-4^ in. 

 diam., white inside spotted with purple ; lobes ovate, obtuse, widened 

 above the base, puberulous inside, reflexing, 1-lJ in. long, dex- 

 trorsely contorted in bud; throat glabrous. Stamens and style 

 included or partly exserted. Anthers sessile, about 1 in. long. Fruit 

 oval or oblong or globose, pointed, 1^-3 in. long. — Eothmarinia longi- 

 ffora, Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 65 (1807) ; Gardenia Stanleyana, Hook, 

 ex Jjindl. in Bot. Reg. 1845, t. 47 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4185 ; E.othmannia 

 Stanleyana, Hook. Niger Fl. p. 383 ; Gardenia speciosa, A. Rich, in 

 Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. p. 240 (1834). 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Whitfield ! Afzelius ! Cape Coast, Brass ! Gam- 

 bia, Capt. Boteler! Abbeokuta, Irving! Nupe, Barter! Fernando Po, Barter! 

 Mann ! 



xrortb Central. Monbuttu-land, Schweinfurth! 



9. R. xnacrantha, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 388. A climbing shrub, 

 0-30 feet high, glabrous except puberulous veins on the lower surface 

 of the leaves. Leaves oval or obovate-oblong, opposite, deciduous, 

 crowded near the extremities of the branches, cuspidate or caudate at 

 apex, narrowed at base, 2^8 by f-3J in., lateral veins about 8-9 

 pairs, inconspicuous ; petiole ^1 in. ; stipules persistent, glumaceous, 

 ovate or lanceolate, crowded at the extremities of the branches, obtuse, 

 |-f in. long. Flowers solitary, pentamerous, fragrant, terminal, often 

 terminating short branchlets, erect, subsessile, 6-10 in. long. Calyx- 

 tube oblong ; lobes subfoliaceous, linear or linear-spathulate, spreading, 

 ^ in. long, persistent. Corolla-tube slender, cylindrical, green or 

 yellowish ; limb whitish 2-2^ in. diam. ; lobes oval, obtuse, dextrorse ly 

 contorted in bud. Anthers and style partly exserted. Fruit globose 

 or somewhat pear-shaped, not ribbed, 1-1^ in. diam. — B. longijiora, 

 Salisb. ! Parad. Lond. t. 93, non Lam. ; Gardenia longiflora. Ait. Hort. 

 Kew. ed. 2, i. p. 368 (1810) ; G. macrantha, Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veg. 

 V. p. 237 (1819) ; G. ? longifolia, G. Don ! Gen. Syst. iii. p. 499 

 (1834) ; R. Bowieana, A. Cunn. ex Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3409 (1835) ; 

 G. Devoniana, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1846, t. 63 ; Bothmannia Boivieana, 

 Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 384; Euclinia, spec, Salisb. ex DC. I.e. 



Vpper Guinea. Sierra Leone, G. Don ! Whitfield ! Afzelius ! Srruathman ! 

 Wilford! Cameroon Mountains, alt. 2-3,000 ft., Mann! Niger, Eppah, ^ar^cr/ 



10. R. macrooarpa, Hiern. A smooth shrub 12-20 feet high, 

 glabrous in most parts ; branchlets subglaucous. Leaves oblanceolate, 

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