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long, 3-4 mm. or more thick. Calyx-tuhe about 5 mm. ; teeth 

 5-6 mm. long and about the same width at base. Corolla-tuhe 1 cm. 

 wide at base and 1 • 2 cm. long ; lobes about the same length and 



6 mm. broad. 



Not far removed from D. Gilgiana Giirke, but distinct in the 

 5 flowers ; and near D. mamiacensis Giirke, from which it may be 

 separated by the characters of the leaves, calyx and corolla. 



Jasminum Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex ramulis 

 gracilibus fulvo-pubescentibus ; foliis suboppositis simplicibus 

 oblongis vel ovatis vel suborbicularibus basi plerumque cordatis 

 leniter acuminatis acutis obscure nisi infra super venas irregu- 

 lariter ferrugineo-tomentosis puberulis, petiole pubescente brevi ; 

 floribus pedicellatis 7-8-meris in cymis ramosis plus minus 

 elongatis laxis dispositis ; cahjcis lobis setaceis tubum plus quam 

 duple excedentibus ; corollae glabrae lobis anguste lanceolatis 

 quam tubus baud multo brevioribus vel tubum subaequantibus. 



Oban ; n. 336. 



Leaves variable in shape and size, from about 8 cm. x 2 cm. to 

 7x4 cm. ; petiole to 1 • 3 cm. long. Floral jjcdicels to 2 cm. long. 

 Calyx- tube barely exceeding 2 mm. in length ; the setaceous lobes 



7 mm. long. Corolla-tube to I'Q cm. long; lobes 1'7 cm. long and 

 barely 2 mm. wide at the base. 



Near the East African /. tomentosum linobl., differing in the 

 indumentum of the leaves and calyx-lobes and in the shape of the 

 corolla-lobes. 



APOCYNACEiE. 



This family is well represented in the collection, which includes 

 the twelve following novelties. 



The specimen of Carpodinus violacea K. Schum. (n. 1445) has 

 well-developed tendrils, hitherto unknown (see Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. 

 pt. 1, 80). 



Vahadenia Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Frutex subscandens 

 glaberrimus ; foliis ellipticis nitentibus coriaceis vix acuminatis 

 obtusissimis basi rotundatis vel subcordatis, venis secundariis 

 paucis utrinque valde conspicuis, petiolo brevi ; floribus breviter 

 pedicellatis inter magnos in cymis compositis longe pedunculatis 

 pauciiioris, pedunculo axillari in cirrho plerumque commutato ; 

 cahjcis segmentis subliberis latissime ovatis saepe sparse ciliatis 

 involutis, basis glandulis ovatis vel lanceolatis multiseriatis ; 

 corollae tubo longo lobis latiuscule oblongis obtusis. 



Oban ; n. 1634. 



Leaves 10-13 cm. long, 5-6 • 5 cm. broad ; petiole about 5 mm. long ; 

 secondary veins 5-7 pairs. Peduncles about 10 cm. long. Pedicels 

 3'5 mm. long. Calyx-segments about 4 mm. x 4 mm. Corolla-tuhe 

 2 cm. or more long ; lobes 1'5 cm. long, 5 mm. broad. 



Distinct in the shape and venation of the leaves and their very 



