Gardenici] lxix. rubiace.e. 463 



GoLUNGO Alto.— In the primitive forests of Quibaiiga, rathev 

 rare: H. beginning of July ]«")<). No. 3098. In the more elevated 

 dense primitive forests of Mussengue, rare ; fr. not yet ripe, middle of 

 Dec. 1855. No. 3099. 



Cazengo. — In the elevated primitive forests of Machahula 

 (Muxaftlo), at 2000 to 2500 ft. alt., sporadic in company with Cogea 

 arabica L. ; unripe fr. Jan. 1855. No. 3100. 



Nearly related to G. urceUiformi^ Hiern, of which the corolla is 

 unknown ; the calyx, however, somewhat differs. 



20. MACROSPHYRA Hook. f. inBentli. & Hook. f. Gen. ii. p. 86. 



1. M. brachystylis Hiern, sp. n. 



A stout scabrid shrub, or occasionally a small tree 5 to 8 ft. 

 high with a slender trunk and spreading branches, the upper 

 In'anches showing a scandent tendency, elongated, sarmentose ; 

 both the leafy and the flowering branchlets developed from 

 very viscid coriaceous-scalelike imbricate buds; leaves opposite, 

 crowded at the extremities of the branchlets, more or less oval, 

 shortly pointed at the apex, usually obtuse at the unequal base, 

 membranous but juicy, rough to the touch on both faces, dull- 

 green above, rather paler or browner beneath, 3 to 9 in. long by 1| 

 to 6 in. broad; lateral veins spreading, 9 to 12 on each side of 

 the midrib, rather slender ; petiole long, ranging up to 3 in., 

 scabrid ; stipules ovate, entire : flowers 1| to 2| in. long, hand- 

 some, resembling those of a Bignonia, fasciculate on .short 

 peduncles at the tips of the branchlets ; calyx-limb rather fleshy 

 or membranous, campanulate, 5-cleft, glabrous below ; lobes ovate 

 or lanceolate, sub-equal, ciliolate ; corolla | to 2 in. long, funnel- 

 sliaped, fleshy, thickly coriaceous, fragile, sordid-purple or inside 

 from orange to blood-red and striate-spotted, 5-fld, glabrous or 

 nearly so ; lobes oval, rounded at the apex, recurved or spreading ; 

 ajithers 5, linear, included, \ in. long, inserted a little below the 

 throat of the corolla, sessile or subsessile, glabrous ; style glabrous 

 or nearly so, 1 in. long, included, terminating in the subglobose 

 bilobed stigma, ] in. in diameter; ovary 1-celled; fruit ellip-soidal- 

 oblong, glabrous, 3 in. long, 1| in. in diameter, 1-celled, crowned 

 with the remains of the calyx-limb ; .seeds numerous, embedded 

 in adhesive pulp ; pericarp thin, coriaceous ; placentas ap- 

 parently 4. 



GOLUNCO Alto. — In dense forests near N-delle ; abortive fl. Feb. 

 1856. No. 3101. In secondary woods by the river Delamboa ; few 

 tt. Dec. 1854. The same little tree was subsequently visited at various 

 times and seasons, but not again found in flower. No. 3102. 



Amisac.v. — In thickets near streams between Izanga and N-gombe, 

 rather rare ; fl. Oct. 1856. No. 3104. 



PuNf;o AxDONGo.— By rocky thickets within the prjesidium, rather 

 rare ; fr. Oct. 1856. No 3103. 



The inclusion of this species enlarges the generic character in 

 consequence of the short style ; the stigma, however, in shape 

 agi-ees with Maat-os'phyTa rather than its next ally Gardenia. The 

 two following Nos., not repre.sented by flowers or fruits, perhaps 

 belong to this species : — 



