Conopharyngia. | LXXXIV. APOCYNACEH (STAPF). 149 
subglobose, 24 in. in diam. Seeds 5 lin. long.—Taberneemontana usam-~ 
barensis, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 75; Pax in Engl. l.c. B. 351 ; K. Schum. 
in Engl. lc. C. 316, and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 148; 
Engl. Glied. Veg. Usambara, 36. 7. ventricosa, Britten in Trans, 
Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 25; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 132; K. Schum. in 
Engl. l.c. C. 316, not of Hochst. ex DC. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ukamba; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2833! 
Uganda; Toru, Johnston, 23! 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Lyne! German East Africa: Usambara ; Masheua 
(Kivindo), Holst, 8810! Kilimanjaro; Kahe, Volkens, 2165! British Central Africa : 
Nyasaland; Mount Mlanje, Whyte, 188! 
Very near to C. ventricosa, Stapf (Zabernemontana ventricosa, Hochst. ex 
DC.) from Natal, but distinguished by the smaller usually coriaceous (not sub- 
herbaceous) calyx and the oblique nervation. 
17. ©. (?) penduliflora, Stapf. A glabrous shrub or tree, up to 30 
ft. high ; branches terete, slender, dark grey or brown. Leaves lanceo- 
late to elliptic-oblong, shortly or long acuminate, acute at the base, aS in. 
long, 13-4 in, broad, subcoriaceous ; secondary nerves 9-11 on each side, 
oblique, almost straight to near the margin ; petiole 3—5 lin. long. Inflor- 
escences racemose, pseudo-axillary or obviously terminal, very shortly 
peduncled or subsessile, dense, 6—8-flowered, pendulous ; lowest bracts 
oblong, obtuse, up to 2 lin. long, early deciduous, upper ones much shorter, 
more persistent ; axis very short, then elongate, and in the lower part 
covered with the large contiguous scars of the fallen flowers, finally (in- 
cluding the peduncle) up to 7 lin. long ; pedicels up to 3 lin. long. Calyx 
2 lin. long ; sepals rotundate-ovate, obtuse, ciliolate, with a row of small 
basal glands within. Corolla white, fragrant; tube subcylindric, up to 
5 lin. long, widened at the middle, pubescent or villous within from just 
below the anthers upwards ; lobes very oblique, pubescent near the base. 
Stamens inserted about 2 lin. above the base ; anthers sagittate, 2} lin. 
long, reaching to the mouth of the corolla. Carpels semi-ovoid, suddenly 
contracted into the filiform style; stigma cylindric with a thickened 
grooved top and a membranous ring at the base. Berries (young) 
globose, fleshy.—Tabernemontana penduliflora, K. Schum. in Engl. 
Jahrb. xxiii. 225, 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Yaunde, in forests, Zenker, 797! Lolodorf, 
ier in the bush, 1500-2000 ft., Staudt, 139! Bipinde, Zenker, 1721! 1727! 
This differs considerably from the other species of Conopharyngia, recalling in 
habit and inflorescences Gabunia, with which Schumann’s description of the corolla 
does, however, not agree. I have seen only very young flowers. 
A specimen collected by Schweinfurth on the Turu (Yuru) River, Niamniam 
Country, with very young fruits, belongs either to this or a very similar new species, 
1s: GS: elegans, Stapf. A shrub, 8-10 ft. high ; branches terete, 
rather stout, drying more or less black. Leaves narrowly oblong to 
neeolate, subacuminate or obtuse, acute at the base, 4-6 in. long, 
2 in. broad, subcoriaceous, opaque when dry, much paler beneath ; 
Secondary nerves 16-22 on each side, almost horizontal and straight. 
Inflorescence corymbose or paniculate, terminal, more or less overtopped 
