Bandia.'] Lxx. rubiace^ (hiern). 99 



merous, erect, sessile, terminal in the forks of the branches, about 7 in. 

 long. Calyx 1 in. long, deeply lobed, pubescent; lobes elongate- 

 subulate. Corolla- tube narrowly cylindrical, green, pubescent on both 

 sides, striate; limb 2-2 J in. diam., deeply 7-8-lobed ; lobes oval, 

 mucronate-cuspidate. Anthers 7-8, ^ in. long, exserted. Stigma 

 clavate, bipartite, exserted. — Gardenia octomera^ Hook. Bot. Mag. 

 t. 5410. 



Vpper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann! (Hort. Kew! October, 1863); Old 

 Calabar, Dr. Bobb! Rev. W. C. Thoirison! 



13. R. ItlunssB, Schweinf. mss. in Herb. Shrubby. Leaves 

 obovate-oblong, acute, subcuspidate, obliquely subauriculate at the 

 base, thinly coriaceous, quite glabrous, subsessile, not verticillate, 10 

 by 3|-5 in. ; lateral veins about 8 pairs ; stipules. . . . Flow^ers 10^ in. 

 long. Calyx 3 in. long; limb spathaceous, glabrous outside, silky- 

 velvety inside,- slit down one side about half way; spathe rather 

 acute. Corolla-tube slender, silky- tomentose inside, funnel-shaped 

 above ; limb 3-^ in. diam. ; lobes broad rounded or obtusely pointed or 

 apiculate, 2 in. long. Anthers partly exserted. 



zrortb Central. Monbuttu-land, Schweinf urth ! (I have only seen a drawing 

 and one leaf.) 



Bandia africana, Gr. Don, Gen. Syst. iii. 502, very imperfectly described, is un 

 known to me. 



29. GAKDENIA, ElUs; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL ii. p. 89. 



Calyx-tube globose campanulate turbinate or oblong ; limb persis- 

 tent tubular lobed dentate truncate or spathaceous, sometimes foliaceous 

 or appendaged. Corolla salver- shaped funnel-shaped or campanulate, 

 much exceeding the caly?:; limb usually 5- (sometimes 4 or 6-11-) 

 lobed ; lobes spreading or recurved, contorted usually dextrorsely (as 

 seen from inside) in our species. Stamens as many as the corolla- 

 lobes, inserted at the mouth or on the tube of the corolla, sessile or 

 subsessile ; anthers linear, glabrous, fixed at the back above the base, 

 obtuse or acute, exserted or included. Disk annular or cushion- 

 shaped. Ovary l-celled ; style robust ; stigma club-shaped or fusiform, 

 terete or sulcate, usually bifid or lobed at the apex ; ovules numerous, 

 attached in longitudinal rows to 2 or more, rarely only 1, parietal pla- 

 centas. Fruit indehiscent, l-celled, often partially divided into cells by 

 the placentas. Seeds numerous, usually immersed in pulp. — Shmbs or 

 trees with opposite or rarely verticillate (3-4-nate) leaves and branches, 

 connate stipules, and usually rather or very large subsessile or pedun- 

 culate flowers, solitary or rarely corymbose, usually terminating short 

 branches or in the axils of the uppermost leaves. 



A rather large genus scattered over tho tropical and subtropical parts of the Old 

 "World. 



Flowers solitary. 



Branches glabrescent or hoary-puberulous, not tawny. 

 Corolla salver-shaped, with long slender tube. 

 Fruit oblong conical or globose. 



