Conopharyngia. | LXXXIV. APOCYNACE# (STAPF). 145 
broad, subcoriaceous ; secondary nerves about 6-8 on each side; petiole 
very stout, 3-6 lin. long. Inflorescences corymbose, rather contracted, 
12-15-flowered ; peduncle stout, 2-4 in. long; pedicels 2-3 lin. long. 
Calyx 14-1} lin. long; sepals broad-ovate, obtuse, not ciliolate. Corolla 
white; tube about 1 in. long, wide in the lower part, contracted just 
above the middle, then rather slender, glabrous within above the anthers, 
with tomentose lines near the base. Stamens inserted about 5 lin. 
above the base of the corolla-tube; anthers 5 lin. long. Style 2 lin. 
long; stigma long cylindric, grooved, with a wavy membranous ring at 
the base. Berries subglobose. Seeds numerous, embedded in a pulp.— 
Tabernemontana crassa, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 447; K. Schum. in 
Engl. & Prantl, Ptlanzenfam. iv. ii. 148. 
Upper Guinea. Liberia: Grand Bassa, Vogel,21! Dinklage, 1434! 
There is little doubt that (as Bentham, Lc., has already suggested) the plant 
mentioned in Vogel’s Journal (in Hook. London Journ. Bot. v. 634) as “a genus 
apparently new and near Tabernemontana, remarkable for its double fruit, as large 
as a child’s head, the seeds nestling in the almost woody pulp,” is this species. See 
also the note under C. pachysiphon. 
8. ©. Cumminsii, Stapf. A large, perfectly glabrous shrub ; 
branches stout. Leaves elliptic- or obovate-oblong, suddenly contracted 
or subacute at the base, over 9 in. long, up to 54 in. broad, coriaceous, 
dull, green when dry; secondary nerves more than 9 on each side, 
straight to near to the margin ; petiole stout, }-? in. long. Inflor- 
escences terminal, paired, corymbose, rather lax; peduncle stout, up to 
3 in. long ; bracts short, caducous ; pedicels up to 9 lin. long. Calyx 
2-2} lin. long; sepals rotundate, ciliolate, with numerous small basal 
glands within. Corolla white; tube oblong-ellipsoid, eonstricted below 
the mouth, 9-10 lin. long, 4 lin. in diam., pubescent within above the 
anthers, with broad gold-brown velvety lines along the filamental ridges ; 
lobes oblong, 5-6 lin. long, velvety near the base. Stamens inserted 
5 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube; anthers sagittate, subulate- 
acuminate, 5 lin. long. Carpels semi-ovoid; style 3} lin. long; stigma 
shortly cylindric, grooved, apiculate, with a wavy ring at the base. 
Berries 4 in. in diam. ; pulp white (according to Cummins).— 7aberne- 
montana crassa (2), Cummins in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 76. 
Upper Guinea. Ashanti: Assin-Yan-Kumassi, Cummins, 114! 
Very similar to C. crassa, but distinguished by the larger leaves with more 
numerous nerves, larger calyces, stouter corollas and the beautiful hairy marking 
inside the corolla-tube below the anthers. The leaf-tips are broken off, except 
from one small arrested leaf where the tip is abruptly narrowed to an acute point. 
Judging from mutilated leaves, they may well attain a length of a foot or even more, 
and probably have between 12 and 15 secondary nerves. 
9. C. pachysiphon, Stapf. A shrub up to 10 ft. high. Leaves 
ovate or elliptic, shortly acuminate, subacute or suddenly contracted at 
the base, 12-15 in. long, 8-10 in. broad, subcoriaceous; secondary 
nerves 13-15 on each side; petiole broad, stout, 6-12 lin. long. In- 
florescence corymbose, many-flowered, contracted ; peduncle stout, 5—6 
In. long ; bracts ovate, caducous, 2-3 lin. long ; pedicels 4~5 lin. long. 
Calyx 33-4 lin. long ; sepals broad, oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla 
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