Gardenia.] lxx. rubiace.e (hiern). 105 



1^—1 J in., lateral veins about 6-9 pairs ; petiole ^— ^ in. long, puberu- 

 lous ; stipules short, broad, caducous, leaving a line of hairs above the 

 scar. Flowers apparently solitary, terminating abbreviated branches 

 in the forks of longer ones ; bracts filiform. Calyx-limb with scattered 

 hairs outside, shaggy inside, f in, long ; lobes 5, ovate, caudate- 

 acuminate, ^ in. long. Ovary urceolate-oblong, ] -celled. Placentas 2. 

 Fruit ellipsoidal, 2^ in. long, glabrous. 

 irile Xiand. Niamniam-land, Sckweinfurth ! 



12. G-. femandensls, Hiern. A nearly glabrous shrub, 12 ft. 

 high ; branches not verticillate. Leaves oval, subcuspidate, obtuse or 

 rounded at the base, chartaceous, 6-8 by 8 3 4| in., lateral veins about 

 6 pairs ; petiole |-1| in. ; stipules ovate, obtuse, clasping, ciliolate, 

 connate or contiguous at base, ^-^ in. long. Flowers 1:J— 1-^ in. long, 

 shortly pedicellate, in dense corymbose cymes terminating the terminal 

 and axillary shoots of the year with leaves as yet not fully developed. 

 Calyx-limb campanulate, xV"!" ^^- J^^"^» green, 5-cleft; lobes ovate, 

 obtuse, fimbriate-ciliate. Corolla salver-shaped, white, very fragrant ; 

 tube narrow, gradually funnel-shaped above ; limb spreading, 5-partite ; 

 lobes oblong, obtuse, dextrorsely contorted in the bud (as seen inside). 

 Anthers 5, half exserted. Style filiform ; stigma bifid. Placentas 2. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



13. G-.? zang'uebarica, Hiern. A densely branched glabrous 

 shrub, a yard high or more; branches not verticillate. Leaves elliptical, 

 subacuminate, somewhat wedge-shaped at the base, thinly coriaceous. 

 3-4J by IJ-lf in., rather shining, lateral veins about 6-8 pairs, not con- 

 spicuous ; petiole ^-^ in. ; stipules ovate acuminate, ^-| in., appressed, 

 subpersistent, covering a. ring of hairs inside the base. Flowers more 

 than -^ in. long, subsessile, a few together, in terminal and quasi - 

 axillary short clusters. Calyx-limb 5-partite, ^ in. long; lobes 

 lanceolate, acuminate. Ovary 1-celled ; placentas 2. Fruit (perhaps 

 monstrous in the specimen seen) pyriform, 3 in. long. 



Mosiamb. Blstr. Zanzibar coast, shore-woods at Bagamojo, Hildebrandt ! 

 In the absence of the corolla, the genus of this species cannot be satisfactorily 

 ascertained ; it may belong to Mitriostigma. 



30. MACROSPHYRA, Hook. f. in Benth. et Hook. f. 

 Gen. PI. ii. p. 86. 



Calyx-tube oblong, equalling the ovary, pubescent ; limb 5-partite, 

 persistent; lobes lanceolate-subulate equalling the tube. Corolla 

 salver-shaped ; tubes lender, elongated, funnel-shaped and pubescent 

 above, glabrous inside ; lobes 5, ovate, widely clawed at base, dex- 

 trorsely contorted in aestivation (as seen from inside). Stamens 5, 

 inserted between the corolla-lobes; anthers linear, exserted, srssile, 

 glabrous. Disk annular, fleshy. Ovary 1-celled; style robust, veiy 

 long, glabrous, much exserted; stigma capitate, bifid, large; ovnles 

 numerous, inserted in many rows on the two parietal stipitate pla- 



