90 MR. SCOTT ELLIOT ON THE BOTANICAL RESULTS 
BalssEa CAUDILOBA, Stapf, sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens ramulis minutissime puberulis ; foliis obovato- 
ellipticis vel ellipticis basi rotundatis vel minute cordatis, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque circiter 6; inflorescentiis minutissime pube- 
rulis; calyce puberulo quinquefido lobis triangulari-lanceolatis ; 
corolle lobis caudato-linearibus flexuosis. 
A climbing shrub with slender branches, petioles 3 mm. long; 
lamina 8-10 em. long, 4-5 cm. broad, shortly acuminate, quite 
glabrous, with rather distant nerves, which rise at an angle of 
45°, and with a reticulation very like that of B. leonensis; 
cymes in terminal and axillary panicles, the latter few and from 
the uppermost axils only ; peduncles 1-13 cm. long, with small 
bracts; pedicels 3-3 cm. long, calyx 2 cm. long; corolla white, 
tube short, almost campanulate, 4-5 mm. long, lobes narrow; 
13-14 em. long; andreecium and gynecium as in B. leonensts. 
Near Ninia Talla hills, no. 4807. 
KiIckx1a aFRIOANA, Benth. 
Near Kukuna, no. 4506. 
APOCYNEA quoad genus dubia. 
Frutex glaberrimus, ramis teretibus tenuiter striatis nigri- 
cantibus ; foliis oppositis petiolatis ovato-oblongis vel oblongis 
basi breviter acutis apice obtusiusculis vel rotundato-obtusis 
tenuiter coriaceis pallidis, supra subglauco-viridibus, subtus 
flavido-viridibus, lucidulis, nervis lateralibus patulis parallelis 
utrinque 25-30 sub margine ipso arcuatim collectis utrinque 
prominulis, venulis areolas elongatas nervis parallelas ambeunti- 
bus; cymis terminalibus raro axillaribus paucis additis breviter 
pedunculatis dense corymbosis minute bracteatis, pedicellis 
nullis vel brevissimis, resinam gummosam esudentibus; calyce 
ad medium 5-lobo, lobis rotundato-ovatis intus eglandulosis ; 
corolla hypocrateriformi tubo superne leviter dilatato intus 
pilosulo, lobis in alabastro dextrorsum contortis sinistrorsum 
obtegentibus, oblongo-linearibus obtusis; staminibus in parte 
superiore corolle tubi insertis, filamentis brevissimis, antheris 
ovatis basi bilobis inappendiculatis apice obtusiusculis ; carpellis 
2 distinctis stylo filiformi sub stigmate bilobo ellipsoideo-incras- 
sato et dense papilloso, placentis peltatim affixis; ovulis 10-12 
3-seriatis. Fructus ignotus. 
Near Makunde, Limba Country, no. 5690. 
Said to be used in making combs. 
