Hunteria.] LXXXIV. APOCYNACES (STAPF). 105 
15 on each side. Peduncle up to 1 in. long; pedicels 1-2 lin. long. 
Sepals acute, 1 lin. long. Corolla-tube 5 lin. long; lobes 24-3 lin. long. 
Berries (immature) ovoid or globose, stipitate, obtuse or apiculate, 4—5 
lin. long. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: by the River Sabaki, near Malindi, Kirk ! 
Mozamb.Dist. Gernan East Africa : Usambara; Pangani, Stuklmann, 77! 
Usaramo ; Bagamoyo, Stuhlmann, 206! Dar es Salaam, Kirk ! 
11. DIPLORHYNCHUS, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, ii. 22. 
Calyx very small, eglandular ; sepals almost free, ovate, subacute, 
more or less membranous or subherbaceous, not resinous. Corolla 
salver-shaped ; tube cylindric, widened below and constricted at the 
mouth ; lobes oblong, overlapping to the left. Stamens inserted in the 
widened part of the tube; anthers free from the stigma, ovate, acute ; 
cells obtuse at and dehiscing tothe base. Disc 0. Carpels 2, free; 
style filiform ; stigma at the level of the anthers, depressed-capitate, 
subpapillose, with a bifid smooth apiculus; ovules 2-4 in each cell, 
superposed. Mericarps follicular, 2, spreading, semi-obovate, stipitate, 
woody or coriaceous, warty, dehiscent. Seeds 2-4, strongly compressed, 
winged, the wing of the basal seed terminal, that of the topmost seed 
basal; endosperm 0; cotyledons reniform, almost twice as broad as long ; 
radicle short, lateral.__Trees or scandent shrubs. Leaves opposite, 
‘coriaceous with rather numerous parallel nerves, minutely reticulate ; 
axillary stipules 0; axillary glands quite obscure or 0. Flowers small, 
white, fragrant, in terminal often lax panicles. 
_ About 5 species, endemic, all of them very closely allied and difficult to dis- 
-criminate. 
Young branches, leaves and inflorescences perfectly glabrous. 
Leaves broad-elliptic, generally rounded or truncate 
at the base; corolla-tube 1} lin. long, lobes 
slightly longer : : : . 1. D, Welwitschit. 
Leaves oblong, acute at the base ; corolla-tube 1 lin. 
long, lobes almost twice as long : . 2. D. angolensis. 
Young branches, leaves, and inflorescences, or at least the latter, distinctly 
pubescent, 
Lateral nerves 8-12 on each side. 
Leaves elliptic, distinctly cuneate, glabrous; 
petiole 10-12 lin. long : : : . 3. D. pstlopus. 
Leaves ovate or elliptic, rounded or shortly acute 
at the base, softly pubescent beneath, rarely : 
subglabrous; petiole 4—8 lin. long. . . 4. D. mossambicensis, 
Lateral nerves 14-16 on each side : : . 5. D, angustifolia. 
1. D. Welwitschii, Rolfe in Bolet. Soc. Bot. xi. 85. A shrub 
8 to 15 ft. high. Branches sarmentose, glabrous, terete. more or less 
‘dotted with minute lenticels. Leaves broadly elliptic, mostly shortly and 
obtusely acuminate, or sometimes rounded or retuse at the apex, rounded 
aR truncate, rarely subacute at the base, 2-34 in. long, 1}-2 in. broad, 
coriaceous, perfectly glabrous, dark olive-brown when dry; nerves 
