Conopharyngia. | LXXX1V. APOCYNACEE (STAPF). 147 
long; bracts ovate, caducous, 3-4 lin. long; pedicels rather slender, 
up to lin. long. Flowers sweet-scented. Calyx 34-4 lin. long; sepals 
broad, oblong or obovate, minutely ciliolate with small basal glands 
within. Corolla white; tube widest below the middle, 1 in. long, or 
slightly longer, up to 34 lin. wide, densely villous within up to the mouth 
except on the filamental ridges; lobes oblong, as long as the tube. 
Stamens inserted 43 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube ; anthers 
5-6 lin. long. Style rather stout, 34 lin. long. Berries of the shape, 
size and colour of an orange. Seeds in a spongy pulp, 5-64 lin. long.— 
Tabernemontana angolensis, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 23; 
Warb. Kautschukpfl. 112, and Plant. 4 Caoutch. (French edit.) 207 ; 
Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 669. Apocynacea, No. 55, Welw. Apont. 
588 ; Britten in Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 25 partly. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in forest, Welwitsch, 5989! 
and fruit, 730! 731! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Stevenson Road, 
6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 8297! 
12. C. stapfiana, Stapf. Leaves oblong-elliptic, subacute or 
obtuse, acute at the base, 5-7 in. long, 13-2? in. broad, coriaceous ; 
secondary nerves 9-13 on each side, much spreading, straight; petiole 
2-4 lin. long. Inflorescence corymbose; peduncle stout, 3-34 in. 
long; bracts ovate, 2-3 lin. long, early deciduous; pedicels stout, 1-2 
lin. long. Calyx 44—5 lin. long ; sepals ovate-oblong, very obtuse, very 
Sparingly ciliolate. Corolla-tube subcylindric, slightly widened below 
the middle, 1 in. long, softly pubescent above the stamens, especially 
near the mouth, and just below them, otherwise glabrous within ; lobes 
broad-ovate, 12-14 lin. long, up to 10 lin. broad. Stamens inserted 
below the middle of the corolla-tube, 5 lin. long. Style 5 lin. long.— 
Taberneemontana stapfiana, Britten in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. Iv, 
25 partly ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 182; K. Schum. in Engl. l.c. C. 316. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Mlanje, at 
6000 ft., Whyte, 87! 
13. ©. Johnstonii, Stapf. A tall tree, quite glabrous. Leaves 
oblong, apiculate, subacute at the base, 10-11 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, 
subcoriaceous, dark green above when dry; secondary nerves 15-18 on 
each side, much spreading, almost straight; petiole up to 1 in. long. 
Inflorescences corymbose, rather loose; peduncle stout, 1-4 in. long ; 
bracts small, ovate, the lower deciduous; pedicels rather slender, up to 
‘lin. long. Calyx 34-4 lin. long; sepals very broad-elliptic, obtuse, 
with small basal glands within. Corolla white; tube 1 in. long, sub- 
cylindric, widened at } from the base, villous within in the upper third, 
otherwise quite glabrous; lobes broad-oblong, 9-10 lin. long, margins 
wavy. Stamens inserted at the middle of the corolla-tube; anthers 
Sagittate, subulate-acuminate, 5 lin. long. Carpels ovate-lanceolate ; 
style filiform, 5 lin. long; stigma cylindric, grooved, with a basal ring. 
Wile Land, Uganda: Nandi Plateau, Johnston. 
14. C. stenosiphon, Stapf. Leaves obovate-oblong or oblong, 
Subacute at both ends, 6-8 in. long, 24-3} in. broad, subcoriaceous (or 
