Voucanga. | LXXXIV, APOCYNACE (STAPF). 161 
twisted at the middle, tomentose just below the stamens, otherwise 
glabrous within ; lobes broad-obovate, reflexed, 2 lin. long. Stamens 
inserted above the middle ; anthers 2 lin. long, tips just exceeding the 
mouth, tails moderately long. Disc surrounding the ovary to about 
half its height, thick, fleshy, free. Style 3 lin. long. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Bagru River, Mann, 858 ! 
Var. 8 lanceolata, Stapf. Leaves on the whole narrower than in the type, 
1-1? in. broad; secondary nerves 7-11 on each side; petiole } to over 1 in, long. 
Flowers slightly larger than in the type ; corolla-tube 53-64 lin. long, yellow; lobes 
2-3 lin. long, violet-brown, darker at the base.—JV”. bracteata, K. Schum. in Engl. 
Jahrb, xxiii, 226. 
vpper Guinea. Cameroons: Yaunde, Zenker, 187! 6948! Bipinde, Zenker, 
Imperfectly known species. 
14. V. Boehmii, A. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 317. A 
shrub ; branches moderately stout. Leaves rhomboid or elliptic, acute, 
attenuate at the base, glabrous above, puberulous on the nerves 
beneath ; petiole short. Panicle dichotomous, divaricate, few-flowered. 
Calyx-lobes reflexed. Corolla white, scarcely 10 lin. in diam., smelling 
like glue. Stamens completely included. 
Mozamb. Dist. (German East Africa: Kavinda (Kawendi?), Boehm, 374! 
See the note under 7, V. lutescens. 
15, VW. densiflora, K. Schum. ex Engl. in Sitz. Ber. Akad, Wiss. 
Berlin, xvi. (1900), 197 (name only). 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Uluguru; Manga Valley, in Tana 
district, 2000 ft., collector not mentioned. 
16. V.(?) dichotoma, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr.C. 317. A 
tree about 60 ft. high, with a regularly dichotomously branched rounded 
top and glabrous, stout branches. Leaves oblong or subobovate-oblong, 
shortly and obtusely acuminate, attenuate at the base, glabrous; secon- 
ary nerves 11-14 on each side; petioles short; axillary stipules 
present. Corolla white, fragrant; tube fleshy, somewhat inflated, 
straight, 74 lin. long; lobes 15 lin. long, membranous. Stamens 
meluded. Berries almost as large as those of Conopharyngia Holstii, 
softening and dehiscing after falling. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Kiboso, Volkens, 1618. 
Marangu, Volkens, 2076. 
I suspect this is a Conopharyngia, near C, usambarensis. 
28. HOLARRHENA, R. Br.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 708. 
Calyx small, herbaceous, eglandular within or with 2-5 glands 
alternating with the sepals; sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate or almost subu- 
late. Corolla salver-shaped; tube slightly widened below the middle, 
mouth naked; lobes 5, oblong, overlapping to the right, tips not 
inflexed in bud. Stamens inserted near the base of the corolla-tube ; 
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