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which the reader may be referred, with the reminder that the dis- 

 tricts concerned are Unyoro, Ankole, and Toro, particularly the 

 latter. 



Rubiace^e. 

 Gardenia lanciloba, sp. nov. Fruticosa, elata, glaberrima, 



ramulis juvenilibus compressis mox teretibus politis, foliis oblongis 

 vel oblongo-lanceolatis cuspidato-acuminatis basi in petiolum 

 brevem angustatis tenuiter coriaceis utrinque subnitidis in sicco 

 olivaceis, stipulis lineari-subulatis cito deciduis, floribus pro rata 

 mediocribus pedunculis manifestis supra-axillaribus oppositis pa- 

 tentibus suffultis, calycis tubo (ovario) turbinato glabro quam 

 limbus multo breviore limbo alte 4-5-partito lobis foliaceis lineari- 

 lanceolatis acutis uninervibus glaberrimis, corolla infundibuliformi 

 ima basi attenuata inde gradatim dilatata lobis 4 vel 5 quam tubus 

 multo brevioribus ovatis apice ipso acutis, antheris sessilibus infra 

 fauces insertis, ovario 1-loculari, stylo incluso, stigmate clavato 

 apice bidentato, bacca calycis limbo persistente onusta anguste 

 ovoidea in sicco brunnea necnon longitrorsum nervosa, seminibus 

 pluribus angulatis pulpa exigua agglutinatis. 



Hab. Toro, Semliki Forest, near Baranga; Bagshawe, 1281. 



Frutex (ex schedis cl. detectoris) biorgyalis. Folia 7-0-9-0 X 

 2-5-4-0 cm., fac. inf. pallidiora ; costa centralis supra plana, subtus 

 prominens ; costae secundaria planas, utrinque 5-6, aperte forni- 

 cate, raro subrectse ; petioli 0-5-0-8 cm. long., validi. Stipulae 

 circa 0*7 cm. long. Pedunculi 02 cm. super axillam cauli inserti, 

 2*0 cm. long., primo ascendentes cito patentes, sub fructu incrassati. 

 Ovarium 0*5 cm. long. Flores primulini. Calycis limbus in toto 

 2-2 cm. long., hujus lobi 2-0 cm. Corollse tubus 4-5 cm. long., ima 

 basi 0-2 cm. juxta medium 2*5 cm. faucibus 3-0 cm. lat.; lobi circa 

 1-5 cm. long. Antherae lineares, fere 1-0 cm. long. Stylus circa 

 2*8 cm., stigma 0-8 cm. long. Bacca calycis limbo exempto circiter 

 3-5x2-0 cm. Semina ± 1-2x0-7 cm.; testa coriacea ; albumen 

 cartilagineum. 



Gardenia pomodora, sp. nov. Fruticosa ramis ramulisque 



patentibus puberulis deinde glabris, foliis ex ramulorum apicibus 

 oriundis ibique confertis amplis petiolatis obovatis vel obovato- 

 oblongis breviter cuspidatis obtusis vel obtuse acutis basi obtusis 

 obtusissimisve raro rotundatis papyraceis supra scabriuscule pube- 

 rulis subtus praasertim in nervis minute pubescentibus in sicco 

 griseo-viridibus, stipulis inter se liberis anguste ovato-oblongis acutis 

 vel breviter acuminatis membranaceis extus puberulis decoloribus, 

 floribus ad normam generis mediocribus in corymbis terminalibus 

 brevissimis pauciflorisdispositis,pedicellis incrassatis quam ovarium 

 brevioribus minute pubescentibus, ovario cylindrico minute pubes- 

 cente calycem excedente, calycis minute pubescentis limbo alte 

 6-lobo lobis e basi lata subulatis divergentibus, corollse sice, atras 

 tubo infundibulari quam lobos 6 rotundato-ovatos obtusos longiore, 

 antheris 6 sessilibus subinclusis, disco crateriformi, stylo breviter 

 exsertobasi dilatato, stigmate fusiformi, fructu oblongo apice leviter 

 umbonato coriaceo glabro. 



