102 Lxx. RUBiACE^ (hiern). [^Gardenia. 



coeding the ovary, hairy inside ; limb often irregularly lobed ; lobes 

 obtnse, glabrous, mostly i-f in. long, apparently starting from below 

 the apex of the truncate tube. Corolla- tube glabrous outside or 

 nearly so ; throat thinly bearded ; limb 1^-3 in. diameter ; lobes 

 rounded. Style shortly pubescent, stout ; stigma G-11-lobed. Ovary 

 1-celled ; placentas 6-11. Fruit as large as a common egg, somewhat 

 flattened, green; pericarp woody ; seeds plentiful, flattened. — Decameria 

 Jovis-to7iantis, Welw. Apontamentos, p. 579, nota 12. 



Xiower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Alta Queta, Welmtschf Bumbo, Welwitsch ! 

 Perhaps only a variety of the variable G. 7'hunbergia, Linn. f. 



3. G-. reslniflua, Hiern. An hispidulous or scabrid bush of 12 

 ft. high, with resinous secretion ; branches often ternate, leafy towards 

 the extremities. Leaves obovate, cuspidate, narrowed towards the 

 oblique subsesFile base, 1-2^ by |-1^ in. ; lateral veins opaque, rather 

 close, parallel ; stipules shortly sheathing. Flowers solitary, terminal, 

 about 1 in. long, pentamerous, shortly pedunculate ; peduncle slender, 

 girt by the uppermost stipules. Calyx shortly hairy, about f in. long, 

 persistent, with short subglobose tube ; lobes subfoliaceous, linear or 

 linear-oblong, ^ in. long, obtuse. Corolla salver- shaped, fragrant, 

 puberulous ; lobes oval, obtuse, dextrorsely contorted in bud, white, 

 turning yellowish, ^ in. long. Fruit globose, ^— J in. diameter, pu- 

 berulous ; pericarp thin ; placentas 2. 



Mozainb. Bistr. Lake Nyassa, Cape Maclear, Lupata and Tete, Kirk! 



4. Gr. asslmllls, Herh. Afzel. Shrubby, glabrous, pallid, un- 

 armed. Branches terete, 4^2-nate, Leaves opposite or in whorls of 

 three, oval or obovate, much acuminate, wedge-shaped and subequal at 

 the base, glossy, pallid on both sides especially beneath, chartaceous,. 

 ranging up to 4 by 1^ in. ; lateral veins about 5-7 pairs, opaque ; 

 ultimate nerves pellucid ; margins flat or nearly so ; petiole scarcely any , 

 or narrowly winged ; stipules connate below, ovate, :^— | in. Flowers 

 subsessile or shortly pedunculate, 4 in. long, solitary in each terminal 

 axil, i.e. usually 3 together, terminal or terminating short shoots. 

 Calyx-tube oblong ; free portion tubular, ^ in. long, ^|- in. diameter, 

 foliaceous, glabrous except the sparsely, sometimes hispid, tube, or 

 ciliolate truncate margin, furnished outside just below the truncate 

 margin with 6 somewhat unequal, spathulate, obtuse, foliaceous, gla- 

 brous lobes of |-J by \-\ in. Corolla-tube very slender, glabrous ; 

 limb 3 in. diameter, 6-partite ; segments oval ; anthers included. 

 Ovary glabrous, 1-celled ; ovules numerous, not immersed in the 3 

 parietal placentas. Stigma subcapitate, 3-cieft at apex. Fruit fusiform, 

 3J by 1 in., longitudinally wrinkled; pericarp woody, not very thick; 

 placentas 3. Seeds numerous, compressed, \ by ^ in. 



Vpper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Herh. Afzelius ! Brass ! Wilford / 



6. C8-. nitida, Hook. Bat. Mag. t. 4343. A glabrescent shrub; 

 branches not ternate. Leaves narrowly elliptical, acuminate, attenuate k 

 to the subsessile or shortly petiolate base, glossy, 4-6 by l2~'^2 ^^'j 



