112 Lxx. RUBiACEiE (hiern). [Ajnaralia. 



33. AMARALIA, Welw. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, ii. p. 90. 



Calyx-tube turbinate at base, sliortlj produced above tbe ovary, 

 thickened and silky inside ; limb ample, hemispherical or campanulate, 

 5-partite, persistent ; lobes oval, obtuse, coriaceous, sinistrorsely con- 

 torted (as seen from inside) in bud. Corolla campanulate, ftinnel- 

 shaped at base, exceeding the calyx, coriaceous, silky outside, glabrous 

 inside except the densely pilose constriction near the base ; lobes 5, 

 rounded, short, reflected, contorted dextrorsely in aestivation. Stamens 

 5, included, inserted on the corolla-throat ; anthers sessile, linear, 

 rather thick, fixed at the back above the base. Ovary 2-celled (or, by 

 failure of meeting of the two placentas, 1 -celled) ; style clavate, 

 sulcate ; stigma white, not without difficulty separable into 2 parts ; 

 ovules numerous, immersed in vertical rows in the two placentas. 

 Fruit oblong, many-seeded ; seeds reticulated. — A scandent unarmed 

 shrub or a tree with subsarmentose branches, opposite evergreen leaves, 

 oblong obtuse stipules and rather large axillary solitary or geminate 

 flowers. 



A monotypic genus. 



1. A. bigrnoniaeflora, Welw. ex Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plavt. 

 ii. p. 91. Puberulous or glabrescent. Leaves elliptical oval or oval- 

 oblong, more or less acuminate, wedge-shaped, rounded or cordate at 

 the base, chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, 2-9 by f-4^ in., latei'al 

 veins about 6-8 pairs, not conspicuous above ; petiole ranging up to 

 § in. ; stipules caducous, ^| in. long, leaving a hairy line above the 

 scar. Flowers 1-2| in. long, fleshy-coriaceous, rigid, purplish ; pe- 

 duncles ^-1 in. long ; pedicels when present ^ in. ; bracteoles ovate. 

 Calyx-limb |-1 in. long. Corolla white outside and purple inside, or 

 orange-coloured variegated with purple. Anthers ^ in. long. Fruit 

 3-4 in. long, I4-I3 in. thick, red. — Gardenia hignoniopfiora, Welw. 

 Apont. p. 585, n. 13 (1859) ; G. calycina, G. Don ! Gren. Syst. iii. 

 p. 497, "flowers pale red;" G. Sherhournice, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 

 4044 ; Ba7idia Boniana^ Benth. ! in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 385 ; JR. Sher- 

 bornice, Hook. Niger Fl. p. 385. 



ITpper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzdius ! and others. 

 xrortb Centralr Monbuttu-Land, Schweinfurth ! 

 Utile ]«and. Niamniam-land, Schweinfurth! 

 Kower Guinea. Angola, Golungo Alto, Welwitsch ! 



34. MORELIA, A. Rich, ex DC. Prodr. iv. p. 617 (1830), et 

 in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. v. p. 232 (1834). 



Calyx-tube campanulate ; limb cup-shaped, subtruncate, 5-toothed, 

 persistent. Corolla-tube short, rather exceeding the calyx, cylindrical ; 

 throat bearded ; lobes 5, spreading, oval, longer than the tube, dex- 

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

 inserted at the mouth of the corolla-tube, exserted, glabrous ; anthers 

 linear, shortly apiculate, basifixed ; filaments very short. Disk 

 depressed, inconspicuous. Ovary 4-celled ; style fusiform, undivided, 



