74 LXXXIV. APOCYNACER (STAPF). [Carpodinus. 
Calyx more or less pubescent; leaves 4-6 in. by 
13-23 in. 
Corolla glabrous, violet, 12-14 lin. long in 
bud : 5 : C . 13. C. violacea. 
Corolla finely pubescent without, white, 63—8 
lin. long in bud . 5 5 ° . 14. C. subrepanda. 
Calyx quite glabrous ; leaves 3-5 in. by 1-2 in.. 15. C. glabra. 
Corolla 7—5 lin. long in bud. 
Leaves long and narrowly acuminate; corolla 
about 7 lin. long; anthers glabrous . . 16. C. leptantha. 
Leaves shortly acuminate; corolla about 5 lin. 
long ; anthers penicillate - : . 17. C. trichanthera. 
Sepals 4; corolla 13-2 in. long in bud, 
Leaves oblong, shortly acuminate; corolla-lobes 
as long as the tube or slightly shorter . . 18. C. turbinata. 
Leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, gradually 
tapering into a rather long acumen ; corolla- 
lobes longer than the tube . : ° . 19. C. ligustrifolia. 
##*STEREONEURON.—Climbing or dwarf, erect or prostrate shrubs. Leaves 
opposite, scantily hairy or glabrous; secondary nerves rather close, 9-12 on each side, 
connected by rather flat and faint arches near the margin, obscure above ; midrib 
flat or slightly convex on both sides. Flowers in axillary and terminal few-flowered 
cymes or solitary, distinctly, and even long pedicelled. Ovary glabrous. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous, 13-23 in. by 7-12 lin. ; 
secondary nerves 12 on each side; a dwarf 
shrub . : : : : : : . 20. C. gracilis, 
Leaves thickly coriaceous, 24-4 in. by 14-13 in. ; 
secondary nerves 9-11 on each side; a 
climber. : . ° : ; . 21. C. macrantha. 
**#**RHIZOCHYLA.—Dwarf undersbrubs, throwing up yearly fresh, subherbaceous 
shoots. Leaves frequently 3—4-nate, lanceolate; secondary nerves 10-15 on cach 
side, faint; midrib channelled above. Flowers in terminal and subterminal few- 
flowered cymes, pedicelled. Ovary hairy. 
Only species . . ‘ ‘ ; . 22, C. lanceolata. 
1. C. maxima, K. Schum. ex Hallier f. Kautschuklianen in Jahrb. 
Hamburg. Wissensch. Anstalt. xvii. (1899), 3. Beih.105. A large climber 
with long flagelliform, branched tendrils, glabrous except the flowers; 
branches stout ; bark brown, rough; lenticels large, numerous. Leaves 
large, elliptic, narrowed into an acute base, obtuse or abruptly acuminate, 
6-12 in. long, 34-7 in. broad, papery, thin, glabrous, dotted with minute 
cork-warts below; midrib channelled above, channel very narrow in the 
upper %, wider below; secondary nerves about 8-9 on each side, finely 
channelled above, like the midrib very prominent below, connected by 
bold arches rather distant from the margin; veins fine; petiole stout, 6-19 
lin. long. Flowers in axillary subsessile minutely bracteate clusters, large. 
Calyx 1} lin. long; sepals 5, subequal, ovate, acute, fulvo-pubescent, 
ciliolate. Corolla white; tube slender, 6 (according to Hallier up to 10) 
lin. long, widened below the mouth, glabrous without, finely puberulous 
within in the upper part; lobes linear-lanceolate, subobtuse, 8-9 lin, 
