, Landolphia.| LXXXIV. APOCYNACEH (STAPF). 33 
middle and the mouth, rarely at the middle; lobes 13-3 lin. long, not ciliate. Ovary 
hairy or glabrous, Style very short, not or scarcely exceeding the calyx. Frnit 
globose to pear-shaped, with a hard rind, having a concentric sclerenchymatous layer. 
Leaves 3-6 in. by 1-2} in. 
Tall shrubs or climbers ; secondary nerves 10-15 
on each side. 
Calyx fulvo-tomentose; corolla over 2. lin. 
long; ovary-top very finely tomentose. 
Leaves abruptly or obscurely acuminate ; 
corollaetube 3 lin. Jong; fruit 1-3 in. 
indiam. . : ; : : . 19. L. owariensis, 
Leaves gradually tapering into a distinct 
acumen; corolla-tube 23 lin. long; 
fruit 6-10 in. in diam. . 4 . 20. L. Klaine. 
Calyx glabrous except on the ciliolate margins, 
saining ; corolla-tube 2 lin. long; ovary- 
top long villons . : : : . 21. L. Dewevrei. 
Dwarf shrubs, ofte: with sabherbaceous shoots ; 
secondary nerves 6-7 on each side. . 22, DL. humilis. 
Leaves }-3 in. (rarely more) by 4-12 in. 
irect tall shrubs, long climbers or ramblers; 
leaves 1-3 in. (rarely more) by 4-14 in. 
Secondary nerves 7-10 on each side; corolla- 
tube 3-3} lin. long; ovary finely tomen- 
tose. : . 23. L. Heudelotit. 
Secondary nerves 10-12 on each side; corolla- 
tube 13-3 lin. long; ovary glabrous. 24. L. Kirkit. 
Dwarf shrubs ; leaves 3-23 in. by 3-3 Em in. 
Secondary nerves 10-12 on each siue, very 
faint ; calyx almost glabrous, shining . 25. Z. parvifolia. 
Secondary nerves 17—20 on each side, distinct ; 
calyx pubescent or tomentose ° . 26. L. Tholloniz, 
1. L. watsoniana, Vogtherr in Kohler, Mediz. Pfl. iii. No. 14, with 
plate. A very long climbing shrub with long, hook-branched tendrils 
from the branch-forks, quite glabrous; young branches brown, rough 
with numerous lenticels. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, more or 
less obtusely acuminate, subacute or rounded at the base, 2—4 in. long, 
$-2} in. broad, chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, glossy above; midrib 
very slightly channelled or flat, moderately prominent below ; secondary 
nerves 8-10 on each side, very slender, rather spreading, straight, 
connected by fine arches 1-1} lin. within the margins; reticulation 
delicate, inconspicuous, faintly impressed above; petiole 14 lin. long. 
Corymbs few-flowered, rather loose, very shortly peduncled, terminal, 
shorter than the leaves; bracts small, ciliate; pedicels up to 1} lin. long. 
Calyx } to almost 1 lin. long; sepals ovate, subacute, conspicuously 
ciliate. Corolla yellowish-white ; tube subcylindric, widest just above 
the middle, 24-3 lin. long, villous within above the stamens; lobes 
narrow, linear-lanceolate, 34 lin. long. Stamens inserted above the 
middle ; anthers lanceolate, acute. Ovary subglobose, sulcate, glabrous; 
style filiform; stigma cylindric from a thickened base.—Van Romburgh 
in ’s Lands Pl. Buitenz. 1892, 438 (name only); Dewévre, Caoutch. Afr. 
Monogr. Landolph. 57 (description of sterile cultivated specimens) ; 
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