RANDIA MACRANTHA 
RanJia — after Isaac Rand, a London pharmacist, died i 74 j ; 
macrantha — long flowered. 
English name: Angels’ Trumpets. 
Family: Rubiaceae. 
Country of origin : Tropical Africa. 
Colour : 
Garden use: 
white turning creamy yellow. 
a fine bush with dark green 
leaves and very showy, large, 
drooping, white, trumpet- 
shaped, scented flowers, very 
effective against a dark back- 
ground of trees or shrubs. 
Propagation: by seed. 
A, a flower from above showing the thickened 
end of the style protruding from the corolla 
tube and four of the five stamens. 
B, - a flower cut open lengthwise at the base, 
showing the inferior ovary, three of the five 
sepals and the base of the corolla tube and 
style. 
C, the upper part of the flower cut open length- 
wise, showing the style and two of the 
stamens attached to the corolla tube by very 
short stalks. 
D, cross section of the fruit, 
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