142 LXXXIV. APOCYNACEE (STAPF). | Conopharyngia. 
1. C. longiflora, Stapf. A tree; branches stout, terete, bark very 
pallid. Leaves oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate to sub- 
acuminate, acute at the base, 4—6 in. long, 13-24 in. broad, subcoriaceous; 
secondary nerves 7—8 on each side; petiole 3-6 lin. long. Inflorescences 
4-2-flowered or reduced to a solitary flower, generally from the branch- 
forks or pseudo-axillary ; peduncle stout, 1-1} in. long; bracts ovate, 
small, more or less caducous; pedicels stout, 6-8 lin. long. Calyx 
4—5 lin. long ; sepals broad-ovate, very obtuse, ciliolate, with numerous 
basal glands within. Corolla white or cream-coloured, fragrant ; tube 
cylindric, widened below the middle, sometimes slightly twisted, 
23-31 in. long,densely pubescent within, with the exception of 5 glabrous 
lines below the stamens; lobes obliquely oblong, obtuse, 2—2} in. long, 
minutely puberulous on both sides near the base. Stamens inserted 
1-1} in. above the base of the corolla-tube; anthers long-sagittate, 
7 lin. long. Style over 1 in. long; stigma cylindric with a basal ring. 
Berries globose, smooth, of the size of an orange. Seeds 4 lin. long.— 
Tabernemontana longiflora, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 447; Bot. Mag. 
t. 4484; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 147, 
fig. 55, D; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 669. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 726! Futa Jallon : Tumbo Island 
in the Dubréca River, Giirich! aya, on the River Scarcies, Scott-Elliot, 
4756! Sierra Leone: Waterloo, Kirk, 23! Freetown, Welwitsch, 5987! fruit, 
‘718! Sugarloaf Mountain, Barter! Regent, Scott-Elliot, 4001! Ninia, Talla 
Hills, Scott-Elliot, 4909! and without precise locality, Afzelius! Vogel, 151! 
Whitfield ! 
Some ripe fruits collected by Barter have mericarps measuring in the dry state 
not more than 1 in. in diameter. They are evidently much shrunk. The pericarp 
is leathery, and the well developed seeds are about 4 lin, long. 
2. C. contorta, Stapf. A tree, 30-40 ft. high; branches stout, 
terete, greenish. Leaves elliptic or subobovate, obtuse or subacuminate, 
rounded or shortly contracted at the base, 7-13 in. long, 4—7 in. broad, 
subcoriaceous; secondary nerves 9-15 on each side, like the midrib 
much raised below; petiole stout, 4-6 lin. long. Inflorescences sub- 
-corymbose; peduncle very stout, 4 in. long; bracts ovate, caducous; 
pedicels stout, up to 9 lin. long. Calyx 4-4} lin. long ; sepals roundish- 
oblong, with numerous small basal glands within. Corolla white, 
sweet-scented ; tube stout, much twisted, subcylindric, slightly widen 
near the base, 2-24 in. long, scantily pubescent within above the 
stamens, densely pubescent below towards the base and between the 
filamental ridges; lobes obovate-oblong, about as long as the tube. 
Stamens inserted 6-7 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube; anthers 
long-sagittate, 7-8 lin.long. Style up to 7 lin. long.— 7abernemontan4 
contorta, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 23. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Ambas Bay, Mann, 703! Victoria, Kalbreyer ! 
Deistel, 132! 151! Yaunde, 2600 ft., Zenker § Staudt, 203 partly! Johann 
Albrecktshohe, Staudt, 796! 
3. C. Smithii, Stapf. Small tree; branches stout. Leaves 
elliptic or oblong, very obtuse, subacute at. the base, 7-12 in. long, 
