Acokanthera. | LXXXIV. APOCYNACEX (STAPF). 93: 
Secondary nerves 6-10, more parallel and pro- 
minent on both sides . : : . 2, A. venenata, 
Leaves about 3 times as long as broad; corolla-tube 
7-9 lin. long. : : ‘ ; ; . 8. .4. spectabilis. 
1. A. Schimperi, Schweinf. in Boll. Soc. Afr. Italia, x. (1891), No. 
xi-xii, 12 (excl. the Tuita plant). A glabrous shrub; young branches 
more or less compressed. Leaves elliptic, subovate or obovate, acute or 
obtuse, mucronulate, more or less acute at the base, 14-34 in. long,. 
$-1} in. broad, often shining above; secondary nerves 4—5 (rarely 6) 
on each side, obseure or more or less prominent on both sides, often 
much curved or irregularly flexuous; reticulation obscure or more or 
less distinct; petiole 14-2 lin. long, rarely longer. Corymbs or clusters 
few- or many-flowered, glabrous, rarely scantily puberulous; bracts. 
ovate, ciliate. Calyx ? lin. long; sepals ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute 
or acuminate, ciliate. Corolla white or tinged with pink, usually fragrant; 
tube 3}—5 lin. long, glabrous without ; lobes broad-ovate, acute or sub- 
acuminate, 1}—2 lin.long. Anthers ? lin. long. Stigma conic, short, obtuse. 
Berry globose or subellipsoid, 1 in. long, black. Seeds semi-globose or 
semi-ellipsoid, 4-7 lin. long.—Schweinf. & Lewin in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 
Beibl. 41, 46 ; Lewin, l.c. 47-51, and in Virchow’s Arch. Path. Anat. u. 
Physiol. Bd. 134, 242; Holmes in Pharm. Journ. Soe. ser. 3, xxiii. 
965; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 340; L. Planchon, Prod. Apocyn. 
249, 251; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 114, 129; Pax in Engl. Pil. Ost-Afr. 
B, 516, 518, 519 (excl. the Taita plant); Fraser & Tillie in Proc. Roy. 
Soc. lviii. 71; Schweinf. in Héhnel, Zum Rudolf-See u. Stephanie-See, 
359. A. Ouabsio, Poisson in Assoc. Frang. L’Avanc. Sc. Congrés 
d@Oran, 1888, 3; Cathélineau, L’Ouabio 9, and in Bull. gén. Thérap. 
exili, (1889) 107; Schweinf. & Lewin in Engl. Jahrb. ].c., and in 
Virchow’s Arch. lc. 241; LL. Planchon, l.c. 248-249, 252, fig. 22; 
Vogtherr in Kihler, Mediz. PA. iii. text to t. 64. A. abyssinica, 
K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 124, fig. 49. B.C., 126, 
and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 315; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. B, 532 ; 
Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. A, 44, 48, 105; Vogtherr in Kohler, Mediz. PA. 
ili. t. 64. 4. sp., Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 696; Oliver in 
Thomson, Masai Land, Append. 351; Fraser & Tillie in Proc. Roy. 
Soc. lili. 153. Carissa abyssinicu, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. Append. iv. 
Ixiv. (name only). ©. Schimperi, A. DC. Prod. viii. 675; A. Rich. 
Tent. Fi. Abyss. ii. 31, t. 68; Hanbury in Pharm. Journ. ser. 7, 
xil. 271; Franch. ex Planch. l.c. 248, not of Balf. f. C. Mepte, 
Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 101. C. Ouabaio, Poiss. l.c.; Planch. lc. 248; 
C. sp. aff. C. Schimperi, Franch. & Poiss. ex Arnaud. Compt. Rend. 
evi. (1888), 1011. Arduina Ouabaio, Cornu ex Holmes, lc. 965. 
Strychnos abyssinica, Hochst. ex DC. Prod. viii. 675 ; Flora, 1844, 101; 
Strophanthus (?) sp., Gerrard in Pharm, Journ. ser. 3, xi. 834. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Acrur, 6200 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 712! 742! 
Saganeiti, 7200 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 1825! Abyssinia: Tigre; near Adua, 
Quartin-Dibion, Schimper, 254! 870! 1904! Samen; Aman Eski, Schimper / 
Chelicut, Petit, and without precise locality, Salt! Schimper, 1074! Somaliland : 
