LXV. 
ROTHMANNIA LONGIFLORA. 
Long-flowered Rothmannia. | 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Rubiacez. Juss. Gen. p. 196. 
Pericarpium ovale, succulentum, 2-loculare : Colis (seminum receptaculis) duobus, hemisphericis, 
medio septi stipitatis. Calyx tubulosus, breviter 5-fidus laciniis verticalibus, tandem deciduus. 
Corolla pergaminea: Tubus cylindraceus apice infundibuliformi, nunc longissimus: Limbus 
profunde 5-fidus, recurvus: decidua. Anthera 5, ore tubi infra medium dorsi inserte ramento 
brevissimo. Stigma anguste clavatum, 2-lobum. Semina numeros:, colis nidulantia. Arbores 
humiles, facie Portlandiz. Folia opposita, in ramis horizontalibus adversa. Stipule 2, inter+ 
foliacew, acuminate, decidue. Flores fragrantes, ramulis fere omnibus terminales, sessiles, 
nunc ramulis coarctatis et stipuligeris absque folits quast pedicellati. Bractew nulla? 
R. corolle tubo 5-6 pollices longo: laciniis ovali-lanceolatis, 
Sponte nascentem in Guinea, legit J. Brass. 
Floret apud nos Augusto, Septembri. 
extensive Order, to a section by themselves. 
‘This splendid species flowered three years ago in the collection of W™. Manning, Esq’. Tofte. 
ridge: his gardener knew nothing more about it, than that it was sent to his master by the Cap- 
tain of a Guinea ship, and there is a specimen in Sir Joseph Banks’ Herbarium, by 
Mr.,Brass, which leaves no doubt of its being indigenous there. WhenI saw it, all the flowers 
were fading, but still retained a pleasant smell, which the gardener said had been ex y 
ments short. Corolla very shewy : ‘Tube 5 or 6 inches in length or even more, externally very 
in the ' d 
: Limb slightly cottony on both sides the segments oval-lanceolate, entire, obtuse, : 
with i into each other. 
most beautifully variegated toward the base with deep ple spots which run into each other. 
‘Anthers long and recurved. Stigma narrower than in| 
REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. — = 
1. Two views of an Anther. 
2° The young Fruit ent transversely. 
