Clitandva. | LXXXIV. APOCYNACEH (STAPF). 65 
obtuse, subequal, ciliolate. Corolla white, sweet-scented, glabrous with- 
out ; tube subcylindric, widest at the middle, gradually and slightly 
narrowed towards both ends, finely hairy at the insertion of the stamens, 
1} lin. long ; lobes oblong, subacute, spreading, 1 lin. long. Stamens on 
fine short filaments at the middle of the tube, linear-oblong, scarcely 
4 lin. long. Ovary ovoid, sulcate, gradually passing into the slender 
style; stigma subulate-clavate, bilobed, slightly exserted from the calyx. 
Fruit unknown. 
Upper Guinea. (Gold Coast : Okroase, Johnson, 753! 
5. ©. cymulosa, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 445. <A climbing 
shrab, quite glabrous except the inflorescences; tendrils unknown ; 
young branches brown, dotted with lenticels. Leaves oblong or elliptic- 
oblong, abruptly acuminate, cuneate at the base, 3-4 in. long, 14-1} in. 
broad, wavy along the margins, coriaceous ; midrib flat or convex 
above, prominent below; secondary nerves 4—5 to an inch (15-20 on 
each side) with parallel fainter tertiary nerves between them, like the 
obscure reticulation very faintly raised on both sides; petiole 4 in. 
long. Cymes axillary, many-flowered, slightly exceeding the petioles ; 
flowers distinctly, though shortly, pedicelled, very finely puberulous ; 
bracts minute. Calyx $ lin. long, minutely pubescent ; sepals ovate, 
subacute, ciliolate. Corolla glabrous without ; tube subcylindric, 1} to 
almost 2 lin. long, widest at the middle, pubescent within ; lobes 
linear-oblong, slightly longer than the tube. Stamens inserted slightly 
below the middle; anthers ovoid, minute, acute, as long as the fila- 
ments or longer, finally nodding. Ovary globose-ovoid, glabrous, 
imperfectly 1-celled, gradually passing into a very short style; stigma 
globose-ovoid, apiculate, as long as the style. Ovules 2-seriate (?), 3-4 
in each series.—Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1898, 40; Haller f. 
bailar in Jahrb. Hamburg. Wissensch. Anstalt. xvii, (1899), 
. Beih. 129. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Don / 
6. C. orientalis, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 315, A 
shrub, quite glabrous except the inflorescences ; young branches brown, 
dotted with numerous lenticels. Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, ob- 
tusely acuminate (acumen linear, up to 4 lin. long), acute or subcuneate 
at the base, 3-3}? in. long, 1-1} in. broad, slightly wavy along the 
margins, coriaceous, somewhat glossy above ; midrib flat or slightly 
sunk above, prominent below; secondary nerves 9-11 on each side, 
Straight, oblique, like the elegant reticulation raised on both sides ; 
petiole 3-4 lin. long. Panicles compound, dense, very finely puberulous, 
axillary and terminal, scarcely 1 in. long; peduncle extremely short ; 
bracts minute, ovate ; pedicels 4—3 lin. long. Calyx up to } lin. long, 
minutely pubescent; segments ovate, subacute, ciliolate. Corolla 
minutely puberulous without ; tube inflated below the middle, 2-2} lin. 
long, pubescent within; lobes linear-oblong, as long as or slightly 
shorter than the tube. Stamens inserted just below the middle of the 
corolla-tube; anthers orbicular-elliptic, obtuse, slightly longer than the 
VOL. Iv, F 
