Carpodinus. | LXXXIV, APOCYNACE& (STAPF). 81 
Leaves oblong, abruptly, shortly and obtusely acuminate, rather 
rounded at the base, 5—6 in. long, 2-24 in. broad, thinly coriaceous ; 
midrib widely and rather shallowly channelled above ; secondary nerves 
11-13 on each side, fine, almost straight, horizontal, connected close to 
the margin by very flat arches; veins fine, but distinct; petiole 2-4 
lin. long. Flowers sessile in minutely pubescent clusters of 5-7; 
bracts very small, pubescent, usually 1 to each flower. Calyx sub- 
pubescent, scarcely ? lin. long; sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, ciliolate. 
Corolla pale violet; tube slender, 6-7 lin. long, widened near the 
mouth, glabrous without, hairy within below the stamens; lobes 
lanceolate, as long as the tube. Ovary and style very minutely 
pubescent. Fruit ‘‘apple-shaped,” striped with violet. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Yaunde, 2600 ft., Zenker & Staudt, 433! 
14. C. subrepanda, A. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflan- 
zenfam. iv. ii, 132. A climbing shrub, with flagelliform tendrils, 
quite glabrous except the flowers; young branches brown or greyish ; 
lenticels at length numerous. Leaves oblong, abruptly acuminate 
(acumen linear, obtuse, up to 9 lin. long, 1-2 lin. broad), rounded or 
subcuneate at the base, 4—5} in. long, 1?-2} in. broad, firmly coriaceous, 
pale green on both sides or glaucous above; midrib widely ‘and rather 
shallowly channelled ; secondary nerves 10-12 on each side, slightly 
sunk above, slightly raised below, connected close to the margin by flat 
or moderately bold arches ; veins inconspicuous ; petiole stout, 3—7 lin. 
long. Flowers sessile, axillary, in subsessile minutely pubescent clusters 
of 2-5; bracts very small, usually 1 to each flower. Calyx finely 
tomentose up to 1 lin. long; sepals ovate, subacute, ciliolate. Corolla 
white, sweet-scented ; tube rather wide, widened from above the middle, 
finely puberulous, 34-4 lin. long; lobes 3-4 lin. long, narrow, linear. 
Ovary finely fulvo-hirsute on the top, otherwise glabrous. Fruit 
globose, over 2 in. in diam. (according to a drawing by Delpy). Seeds 
9-74 lin. long.—Hallier f. Kautschuklianen in Jahrb. Hamburg. 
Wissensch. Anstalt. xvii. (1899), 3. Beih. 110, t. iii. fig. 6. C. friabilis, 
Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1898, 38 (name only); Hallier f. 1c. 
110 (name only). C. lacteus, K. Schum. MS. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Makonje, Preuss, 187! 
Lower Guinea. (faboon: Libreville, AZaine, 121! 336! 1182! 1157! 
15. ©. glabra, Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1898, 38 (name 
only). A glabrous climbing shrub, with very slender flagelliform 
tendrils ; branches slender, almost black; lenticels numerous, minute. 
Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, abruptly acuminate (acumen linear, 
obtuse up to 8 lin. long), obtuse at the base, 3—5 in. long, 1-2 in, broad, 
coriaceous, pale dull green above, brownish-green below when dry; 
midrib widely and deeply channelled above; secondary nerves 11-12 on 
each side, almost horizontal and straight, with slightly finer more or 
less parallel tertiary nerves between, connected close to the margin by 
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