Callichilia. | LXXXIV. APOCYNACER (STAPF). 131 
Corolla-tube 1-1} in. long, staminiferous at or below 
the middle. 
Corolla-tube very gradually narrowed below the 
stamens, subcylindric to funnel-shaped above. 
Corolla-tube very slightly widened or almost cylin- 
dric throughout ; lobes longer than the tube, 
rather narrowed towards the base; leaves 
obtuse to subacute at the base. : . 2. C. Mannii. 
Corolla-tube funnel-shaped from the stamens up- 
wards ; lobes as long as the tube (or almost 
s0),' very broad; leaves rounded or sub- 
cordfte at the base. : : - . 3. C. inaequalis. 
Corolla-tube more or less abruptly constricted below 
the stamens, subeylindrical above, usually 
gradually and slightly contracted between the 
mouth and the stamens . s : 4. CO, subsessilis. 
“SHEDRANTHERA.—Filament reduced to a large broad- 
elliptic fleshy disc, adpressed to the back of the 
anther. Stigma clavate, with a 5-grooved 
thickening at the base. : ; : . 5. C. Barteri. 
1. ©. monopodialis, Stapf. A glabrous, erect or decumbent 
shrub, 3-7 ft. high ; branches slender, terete, greenish. Leaves petioled, 
oblong to oblanceolate, acuminate (acumen short or up to ? in. long, 
acute), acute or cuneate at the base, 6-11 in. long, 14-33 in. broad, 
herbaceous ; secondary nerves 7-10 on each side, oblique; petiole 3-7 
lin. long. Inflorescences shortly peduncled, pseudo-interaxillary, very 
dense; rhachis at first very short, then lengthening and covered below 
with the persistent bracts and large scars of the fallen flowers ; peduncle 
up to 5 lin. long; bracts ovate, acute or acuminate, up to 3 lin. long; 
pedicels up to 2 lin. long, bracteolate. Sepals oblong to lanceolate, 
unequal, acuminate or acute, 3-6 lin. long. Corolla snow-white ; tube 
up to more than 2 in. long, very slender in the lower two-thirds, then 
suddenly widened, but still cylindric for 4-6 lin., then shortly funnel- 
shaped, with hairy lines within below the stamens; lobes very broad, 
obliquely obovate and acuminate, 1 in. long and almost as broad. 
Stamens inserted 14 in. from the base; anthers 2} lin. long. Style 
1} in. long —Tabernemontana monopodialis, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. 
Xxili, 225, 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Yaunde, in shady forests, Zenker J Staudt, 
76! 629! Bipinde, Zenker, 481! 1292! Barombi, Preuss, 310! Johann Albrecht- 
shéhe, Staudt, 832! 
2. ©. Mannii, Stapf. A scandent shrub, up to 20 ft. high; 
branches slender, terete, greenish. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong to 
elliptic or oblanceolate, abruptly and acutely acuminate, obtuse or sub- 
acute at the base, 4-8 in. long, 13-3 in. broad, papery ; secondary 
nerves 7-8 on each side, oblique, curved ; veins loosely reticulating, 
usually slightly raised below ; petiole up to 3 lin. long, sometimes very 
Short. Inflorescences few- to 10-flowered, with usually only 1 flower 
out at a time, racemiform, on very slender pseudo-axillary or obviously 
