Tabernanthe. | LXXXIV. APOCYNACEH (STAPF). 123. 
lax, obscurely bracteate ; peduncle slender, up to 9 lin, long; pedicels 
slender, up to 6 lin. long. Calyx deeply 5-partite, 1} lin. long; sepals 
ovate, acute, very minutely ciliolate, the inner with 1-2 glands inside 
the base. Corolla-tube wide ovoid, much narrowed above the middle, 24— 
3 lin. long; lobes rotundate-ovate, 2} lin. long. Stamens inserted at 
the middle; anthers 1} lin. long. Style not quite 1 lin. long—-7. /boga, 
Oliver in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 2337, only the plant figured, not of Baillon ; 
Kew Bulletin, 1895, 37, with plate, partly. 
Lower Guinea. Congo: without precise locality, Miller ! 
T. Bocea distinctly differs from 7. Ijoga in the more robust inflorescences, 
larger flowers and much inflated base of the corolla-tube. It is called “ Bocea ” on 
the lower Congo, 
2. T. subsessilis, Stapf. A shrub or small tree, up to 15 ft. 
high, with dichotomous branches ; bark pallid; lenticels few. Leaves 
subsessile or sessile, oblanceolate to subobovate, subabruptly acuminate 
(acumen acute, sublinear, up to 5 lin. long), narrowed towards the base, 
and shortly and abruptly rounded at the base, 3~4 in. long, 1-1} in. 
broad, herbaceous or thinly coriaceous, soft, rather glossy above when 
alive, dull when dry, paler and slightly glaucous beneath ; secondary 
nerves 10-12 on each side, very oblique, gently curved ; transverse 
veins more or less at right angles to the secondary nerves; petiole up 
to $ lin. long or absent. Inflorescences geminate from the branch- 
forks, few-flowered, lax, subumbelliform, sometimes drooping, minutely 
bracteate or ebracteate ; peduncle filiform, up to 1 in. long ; pedicels up 
- to6 lin. long. Calyx yellowish, almost 14 lin. long, deeply 5-partite ; 
sepals ovate, acute, minutely ciliolate with 1-2 glands inside the. 
base. Corolla sulphur-yellow; tube ovoid at the base, narrowed from 
the middle upwards, 24 lin. long ; lobes obliquely rounded, as long as 
the tube. Stamens inserted at the middle; anthers 1 lin. long. Style 
scarcely 1 lin, long. Fruit of the shape and colour of a lemon, distinctly 
apiculate, 1 in. long.—7. Jboga, Oliver in Hook, Ic. Pl. sub t. 2337 
partly, and in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 37 partly ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 
Welw. i. 667, not of Baillon. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo ; in the thickets of Barrancos da 
Pedra Songue, Welwitsch, 5950! forests in the Presidium, Welwitsch, fruit, 728! 
This comes very near to 7. Bocca, and differs mainly in the shape of the leaves, 
Which are often strictly sessile. 
%. T. Mannii, Stapf. A small, glabrous shrub; branches very 
slender, greenish-brown, with scattered wart-like lenticels. Leaves 
oblong, long acuminate (acumen subobtuse, sublinear up to 9 lin. long), 
acute at the base, 3-54 in. long, 14-1} in. broad, herbaceous, thin ; 
secondary nerves much spreading, curved, 10—11 on each side, very 
slender ; transverse veins subhorizontal, faint ; petiole $—1 lin. long or 
hardly any. Inflorescences geminate from the branch-forks, few- 
flowered, umbelliform or subcorymbose, lax, shorter than the leaves, 
ebracteate ; peduncles finely filiform, 1} in. long; pedicels very slender, 
4 lin. long. Calyx 5-partite almost to the base, 1 lin. long; sepals. 
