136 LXXXIV. APOCYNACEE (STAPF). [Gabunia. 
25. GABUNIA, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 224. 
Calyx small to middle-sized, herbaceous, usually eglandular within ; 
sepals 5, free or nearly so, imbricate, oblong to rotundate, obtuse, 
ciliolate. Corolla salver-shaped ; tube cylindric, slender, more or less 
widened at the base, often twisted below, with patches of hairs between 
the filamental ridges, otherwise glabrous or hairy above the stamens; 
lobes long, very narrow, oblique, wavy, inflexed and deeply descending 
into the corolla-tube in bud, overlapping to the left. Stamens inserted 
near the base; anthers conniving in a cone, subsessile, free from the 
stigma, lanceolate-subulate, sagittate; wings narrow, stout, with 
rounded edges; tails rather short, acute; foot of the connective flat, 
glabrous; filaments reduced to a callous swelling ; fllamental ridges 
short, broad, convex. Disc 0. Carpels 2, free. Style filiform, wider 
above, }-1} lin. long; stigma conic-cylindric, 5-grooved, very viscous, 
with a slightly lobed projecting rim at the base and a short ae 
apiculus; ovules numerous, pluriseriate. Mericarps 2, baccate (2) or 
subfollicular, divaricate, obliquely ovoid with two lateral ridges or 
wings joining at the apex into a short flattened obtuse beak ; leer 
sometimes rather fleshy at first, at length dry, coriaceous, pee 
dehiscent. Seeds ellipsoid, embedded in a scanty pulp or coated a 
a thin aril (%); testa crustaceous, finely granular, longitudinally 
suleate; endosperm almost horny, ruminate ; cotyledons flat, shorter 
than the radicle.—Climbing glabrous shrubs ; stems smooth, fistular. 
Leaves opposite, papery or chartaceous; nerves usually faint; ar 
stipules distinct, very obtuse, joining across the stem into a mee 
tubular sheath, secreting resin when young, without (?) pager 
glands. Flowers rather showy, white, fragrant, in usually a 
terminal or pseudolateral few- to more than 10-flowered persistently 
bracteate racemiform, corymbose or umbelliform inflorescences. 
Species 7, endemic. 
Jt was not possible to ascertain from the dried fruits, which I saw, whether a 
seeds were embedded in a common pulp or each coated with a separate aril. gs 
former seemed to be the case in the more baccate fruits of G. eglandulosa, the 
latter in those of G. erispiflora. 
Corolla-tube 6 lin, long 
Corolla-tube over 1 in. long. 
Calyx about 1 lin. long, eglandular; corolla-tube 
glabrous within; stigma almost sessile ; leaves 
abruptly acuminate. 
Leaves 2-4} in. long, 1-2 in. broad; petiole 13-2 
- i : . 1. G. psorocarpe 
in: ng?) 6 Se ee 
Leaves 5-6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad ; petiole 4—6 lin. : 
long : 3. G. latifolia. 
Calyx 13 lin. long or longer, glandular or eglandular ; 
corolla-tube hairy within; style 3-1} lin. long; 
leaves more or less gradually acuminate. 
Calyx 13-2 lin. long. 
Corolla-tube very slender, 13-24 in. long ; lobes : 
linear, very narrow; petioles 5-10 lin. long 4. G. longiflora. 
