Gardenia] LXIX. RUBIACES, 463 
GoLuNneco ALTO.—In the primitive forests of Quibanga, rather 
rare ; fl. beginning of July 1856. No. 3098. In the more elevated 
dense primitive forests of Mussengue, rare ; fr. not yet ripe, middle of 
Dec. 1855. No. 3099. 
CazENnco.—In_ the elevated primitive forests of Machahula 
(Muxailo), at 2000 to 2500 ft. alt., sporadic in company with Coffea 
arabica L.; unripe fr. Jan, 1855. No. 3100. 
Nearly related to G. urcelliformis Hiern, of which the corolla is 
unknown ; the calyx, however, somewhat differs. 
20, MACROSPHYRA Hook. f. in Benth. & 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 
branches 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 14 
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 24 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- 
shaped, fleshy, thickly coriaceous, fragile, sordid-purple or inside 
from orange to blood-red and striate-spotted, 5-fid, glabrous or 
nearly so ; lobes oval, rounded at the apex, recurved or spreading ; 
anthers 5, linear, included, 3 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 ellipsoidal- 
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. : 
Go.unco ALTO.—In dense forests near N-delle ; abortive fl. Feb. 
1856. No. 3101. In secondary woods by the river Delamboa ; few 
fl. Dec. 1854. The same little tree was subsequently visited at various 
times and seasons, but not again found in flower. No. 3102. 
Ampaca.—In thickets near streams between Izanga and N-gombe, 
rather rare ; fl. Oct. 1856. No. 3104. 
Punco AnponGo.—By rocky thickets within the presidium, rather 
rare; fr. Oct. 1856. No 3108. 
The inclusion of this species enlarges the generic character in 
consequence of the short style; the stigma, however, in shape 
agrees with Macrosphyra rather than its next ally Gardenia. The 
two following Nos., not represented by flowers or fruits, perhaps 
belong to this species :— 
