156 LXXXIV. APOCYNACE# (STAPF). [ Voacanga. 
elliptic, obtuse or acute or subacuminate, narrowed (often suddenly) 
from below the middle to the base, 44-54 in. long, 24~3} in. broad, sub- 
coriaceous, finely pubescent to subtomentose on the nerves below; 
secondary nerves 12-15 on each side, rather spreading, straight or 
gently curved ; petiole (if any) very short and winged from the decur- 
rent blade. Inflorescences usually geminate from the youngest branch- 
forks, dichotomously corymbose, many-flowered, glabrous or sparingly 
pubescent below; peduncle about 2 in. long, moderately stout; bracts 
ovate, subacute, up to 3 lin. long, caducous; pedicels rather slender, 
6—9 lin. long. Calyx subcampanulate, 5-6 lin. long, subherbaceous, 
with a zone of glands above the base ; Jobes rotundate, almost as long 
as the tube, at last spreading or reflexed. Corolla deep yellow ; tube 
4-5 lin. long, stout, constricted just above the middle, twisted ; lobes 
obovate or elliptic, up to 9 lin. long. Stamens inserted above the 
middle of the corolla-tube; anthers 2-21 lin. long, tips very shortly 
exserted, tails rather short. Disc fleshy, annular, much shorter than 
the carpels. Style 3 lin. long.—V. africana, Stapf in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xxx. 87 partly. VJ. angolensis, Stapf ex Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 
Welw. i. 668 partly. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Ambaca; hills between Ngombe and Puri- 
Cacarambola, Welwitsch, 5978 ! 
6. V. puberula, K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 
149. A shrub 5-12 ft. high, softly pubescent when young; branches 
moderately stout, fistular, pallid. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate to lanceo- 
late or ovate, subacuminate, acute or subacute at the base, 3-5 in. long, 
14-2} in. broad, papery, finely and softly pubescent beneath, at: least 
on the nerves, at length glabrescent; secondary nerves 9-12 on each 
side, rather spreading and almost straight or oblique and gently curved; 
petiole slender, 2-4 lin. long. Inflorescences geminate from the 
young branch-forks, dichotomously corymbose or of paired pseudo- 
umbels, rather loose, pubescent up to the calyces; peduncles slender, 
1-1} in. long; bracts obovate-oblong, up to 6 lin. long, caducous; 
pedicels slender, up to 10 lin. long. Calyx subcampanulate, 5-6 lin. 
long, rather firm, with a zone of small glands somewhat above the 
base ; lobes broad-ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse, as long as the tube, 
porrect or sometimes reflexed. Corolla-tube stout, 44-5 lin. long, con- 
stricted at the middle and mouth, twisted, finely tomentose within just 
below the stamens, otherwise glabrous; lobes obliquely obovate, wavy; 
6-7 lin. long, horizontally spreading. Stamens inserted above the 
middle; anthers 24-3 lin. long, tips shortly exserted, tails almost 
straight, very acute. Disc fleshy, annular, free, less than half the 
height of the ovary. Style 3 lin. long. Berries obliquely ovoid-glo- 
bose, 2 in. long; pericarp thick. Seeds 23 lin. long, longitudinally 
grooved on the back, horizontally on the face (according to Pierre).— 
V. Schweinfurthii, De Wild. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2 sér., i. 34, not of 
Stapf. V. Klainii, Pierre MS. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Klaine, 1244! Loango: Chinchocho, Soya"* 
41! Lower Congo: Kisantu, Gillet, 186! 
