Jasminum. | LXXXII, OLEACEA (BAKER). 7 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Bagru River, Mann, 849! near Bafodeya, 
Scott-Elliot, 5556! 5639! and cultivated specimen, Whitfield ! Gold Coast : Cape 
Coast Castle, Vogel, 10 ! Lagos, Rowland! Niger Territory ; Nupe, Barter ! 
Lower Guinea. Loango: near Chinchocho, Soyaua, 50! 
17. J. obovatum, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 94. <A wide- 
climbing shrub. Branchlets very hairy. Leaves opposite, thin, very 
pubescent, the upper obovate, cuspidate, 2-3 in. long, the lower ovate ; 
petiole very short, very hairy. Cymes few-flowered, terminal and 
axillary ; pedicels hairy, $ in. long. Calyx densely pubescent, } in. 
long; teeth as long as the tube. Corolla-tube very slender, above | in. 
long; lobes 6-7, linear, } in. long—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 
654, 
Gower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; moist rocky thickets of Bar- 
rancos de Catete, near the Presidium, Welwitsch, 928 ! 
18, J. Welwitschii, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 94. A wide- 
climbing shrub. Branchlets pubescent, Leaves opposite, ovate or 
oblong, 1—2 in. long, pubescent beneath, the upper acute and rounded 
at the base, the lower obtuse and slightly cordate ; petiole very short. 
Cymes few-flowered, simple, terminal ; pedicels }-$ in. long. Calyx 
$ in. long; teeth lanceolate, much shorter than the tube. Corolla 
white; tube 3-2 in. long; lobes 5-6, more than half as long as the 
tube.—J. obovatum, var. Welwitschii, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i 
654. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in thickets on the outskirts of 
forests near the Presidium, Welwitsch, 927! near Catete, Welwitsch, 5934! 
Golungo Alto; Queta Mountains, Welwitsch, 59334, B and c! 
1). J. Afu, Gilg in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 308. A shrub with 
long slender branches. Leaves simple, opposite, with a petiole jointed 
at the middle, ovate or ovate-oblong, 14-3 in. long, acute, rounded at 
the base, subcoriaceous, smooth, glabrous. Cymes terminal, many- 
flowered ; bracts linear-subulate. Calyx-tube ovoid; lobes setaceous, 
ciliate, much shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube subcylindrical ; lobes 
linear-lanceolate, acute, rather shorter than the tube. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Tanga, Holst, 21628, 
Volkens, 152! Pangani, Bagamoyo and Usaramo, Stuhlmann (ex Gilg). 
20. J. longipes, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 94. A wide 
climbing shrub, Branchlets very slender, pubescent. Leaves opposite 
or lower alternate, oblong, very acute, moderately firm, 1-3 in. long, 
slightly pubescent beneath; petiole very hairy, $-} in. long. Cymes 
few-flowered, terminal and axillary ; pedicels very slender, sometimes 
lin. long. Calyx } in. long; teeth linear, shorter than the sub- 
cylindrical tube. Corolla-tube 3 in. long; lobes 9-10, lanceolate, 4 in. 
long.—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 655. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; in bushy places on the outskirts of 
the forests of Alto Queta, about Sange, and at the River Cate in Sobato de Bumba, 
Welwitsch, 925! 
