46 SOUTH NIGERIAN PLANTS 



multo ampliato, lobis late ovatis acutiusculis basi intus maculatis ; 

 anfheris oblongis ut stigma clavatum vix exsertis. 



Oban ; n. 217. 



Leaves 17-19 cm. long, 6-7 cm. broad ; petioles up to nearly 

 2 cm. long ; secondary veins 7-8 lateral pairs. Floral pedicels 2 cm. 

 or more long. Calyx-tube 2-3 cm. long, 7 mm. wide above; teeth 

 1 cm. long or more. Corolla-tube 20-25 cm. long, about 2" 5 cm. 

 wide at the mouth ; lobes 4-5 cm. long, about 2*5 cm. wide. Anthers 

 5.5 cm. long. 



Near B. malleifera Benth. & Hook, fil., but differs in its much 

 longer corolla-tube which is gradually and but little widened towards 

 the top. 



DOROTHEA Wernham, Gardeniearum gen. nov. 



Calyx turbinatus denticulatus vel subinteger calyculatus. 

 Corolla zygomorpba tube plus minus elongate incurvo in maturi- 

 tate fere ad basin fisso, intus infra medium villoso ; limbi lobi 

 plerumque 6, ascendentibus vel suberectis stricte contorti. 

 Stamina 6 fauci corollae inserta ; antherae dorse affixae, sessiles, 

 anguste lineares. Discus brevissime cylindricus, sparse pilesus. 

 Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus simplex validiusculus glaber e medio 

 floris pendulus, stigmate indiviso ; ovula in loculis baud numerosa, 

 in placentis carnosis oblongis a septi apice pendulis immersa. 

 Fructus . . . 



Arberes vel frutices. Folia epposita. Flores inter majuscules 

 in cymis paucifloris axillaribus dispositi. 



A genus allied to Bandia, but at once distinguished by the 

 characters of the corolla and style. 



Dorothea Talbotii Wernham sp. unica. Arbor ramulis glabris 

 •oracilibus mex certice dilute cinereo indutis ; foliis ellipticis 

 utrinque angustatis glabratis acutis brevissime petiolatis, venis 

 secundariis paucis infra censpicuis ascendentibus ; stqmlis per- 

 sistentibus deltoideis subacutis intus villesis ; fiorihus pedicellatis 

 in cymis sessilibus axillaribus 2-3-floris dispositis ; hracfeolis 

 evatis plerumque 2 paribus in calcyculo connatis pubescentibus ; 

 caJycis extus sericeo-pubescentis tubo infundibular! rugose, limbe 

 discolere insuper angustate margine subtruncate vel denticulate ; 

 corollae tube extus argentee-sericee-pubescente in alabastre valde 

 curvate demum rectiore intus inferne glabro insuper usque ad 

 faucem densissime villose deinde insuper breviter pubescente, 

 lobis undulatis eblengis acutiusculis utrinque pubescentibus per 

 paria dispositis ; a)dheris elengatis basi vix bilobatis apice acutis 

 corollae lissione apparentibus censpicuis. (PI. 7.) 



Oban ; n. 1546. 



Leaves 12-18 cm. long, 4 '5-8 '5 cm. broad; petioles seldom as 

 much as 5 mm. long. Stipules 5 mm. long. Pedicel about 5 mm. 

 long. Calyx-tube and limb each 5 mm. long. Corolla-tube about 



