Crioceras. | LXXXIY. APOCYNACE# (STAPF). 129 
at the constriction of the tube ; anthers conniving in a cone, subsessile, 
free from the stigma, linear-lanceolate, acute, subsagittate ; tails sub- 
obtuse, empty, solid; foot of the connective very short, glabrous, flat ; 
filaments reduced to a callous glabrous swelling ; filamental ridges 
slender, glabrous, slightly prominent. Dise annular, fleshy, adnate to 
the ovary. Carpels 2, connate at the base; style filiform; stigma at 
the level of the anthers, oblong, 5-grooved, minutely apiculate, without 
an appendage or rim at the base, very viscous; ovules numerous, 
pluriseriate. Mericarps 2, follicular, connate below or almost free, divari- 
cate, globose or lanceolate-oblong, with 2 lateral keels or wings, thin 
leathery when dry, tardily dehiscent. Seeds ellipsoid, ventrally deeply 
grooved, coated with a thin aril; testa crustaceous; endosperm horny, 
deeply ruminated ; cotyledons transverse, flat, thin, much shorter than 
the radicle-—-Erect, glabrous shrubs or climbers. Leaves sessile or sub- 
sessile, papery ; axillary stipules distinct, obtuse, joining around the 
stem; glands inconspicuous. Inflorescences pseudo-axillary, long- 
peduncled, of 2-1 large white fragrant flowers, more or less nodding, 
supported by large foliaveous bracts, forming an involucre. 
Species 2, endemic. 
Leaves elliptic or obovate-oblong, subobtuse or 
acuminate, 5-6 in. by 24-33 in.; corolla-tube 
33 in. long ; : : : - 
Leaves panduriform or obovate- to elliptic-lanceolate, 
caudate-acuminate, 4-12 in. by 2-5 in. ; corolla- 
tube 4-5 in. long . ; : & : . 2. C. longiflora. 
1. C. dipladeniifiora. 
1. C. dipladeniiflora, K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Planzenfam. 
Ergénz. Hefti. 56. A climbing or arborescent shrub, up to 10 ft. high; 
branches slender, terete, pallid. Leaves sessile or subsessile, elliptic or 
obovate-oblong, acutely or obtusely acuminate or subobtuse, 5-6 in. 
long, 24-31 in. broad ; secondary nerves 6-7 on each side; veins rather 
distinct. Peduncles 1-8 in. long; involucral bracts oblong, obtuse, 3 in. 
long, over 1 in. broad ; pedicels very short or up to 6 lin. long. Sepals 
ovate-lanceolate, 4 lin. long. Corolla-tube 34 in. long, slender and 
cylindric to about 2 in. above the base, then campanulate ; lobes ovate- 
oblong, subcordate at the base, 14 in. long, up to 1 in. broad. Anthers 
4lin. long. Carpels connate at the base; style 1? in. long.  Follicles 
(semi-mature) spreading at right angles, obliquely lanceolate-oblong, 
with 2 narrow lateral wings, 14 in. long.—Zabernemontana dipla- 
deniiflora, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 121. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Munda; Sibange Farm, Soyaua, 315! 392! 
2. ©. longiflora, Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1897, 1512. A 
shrub, up to 9 ft. high ; branches more or less compressed when young, 
pale green, Leaves sessile, panduriform or obovate or elliptic-lanceolate 
and long cuneate towards the usually very narrow and often cordate base, 
abruptly and long acuminate (acumen up to } in. long, acute), from 4— 
12 in, long, 2-5 in. broad; secondary nerves 6-8 on each side ; trans- 
verse veins rather distinct. Peduncles 1-2} in. long; involucral bracts 
ovate, long acuminate, 3-5 in. long, up to more than 2 in. broad; 
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