170 LXXXIV. APOCYNACEE (STAPF). | Strophanthus. 
Leaves glabrous. 
Leaves thin, usually 3-4 in. long; corolla 
minutely puberulous without. 
Cymes peduncled ; corolla inclusive of the tails 
13-2 in. long; tails 1-1} in. long . . 25. S. Demeusei. 
Cymes subsessile ; corolla inclusive of the tails 
23 in. long; tails 13-13 in. long . 26. S. intermedius. 
Leaves firm, less than 3 in, long; corolla glabrous 
without. 
Leaves 24-8 in. long; corolla inclusive of the 
tails 13in. long . : : : . 27. S. congoensis. 
Leaves 13-13 in. long; corolla inclusive of the 
tails 23-3 in. long . : - : . 28. S. amboensis. 
1. S. gratus, Franch. in Journ. de Bot. vii. 321. A small glab- 
rous tree or shrub; branches reddish-brown or almost black when dry, 
dotted with small lenticels. Leaves oblong, shortly acuminate, obtuse 
or subacute at the base, 3-6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, coriaceous; secon: 
dary nerves about 7 on each side, subhorizontal, very distinct; velns 
generally inconspicuous ; petiole 3-6 lin. long. Cymes terminal, sessile, 
few- to 12-flowered; bracts ovate, acute, deciduous, 1} lin. long; 
pedicels rather stout, up to 4-6 lin. long. Calyx 5-8 lin. long ; sepals 
much imbricate, broad, oblong or obovate, scarious, rounded at the 
apex. Corolla large, white, or tinged with pink ; tube funnel-shaped, 
14 in. long; lobes broad, obovate, 3-1 in. long; throat scales lanceo- 
late-subulate, glabrous, purple, 5-6 lin. long. Anthers about 6-7 lin. 
long, tapering into a more or less exserted awn, about 5 lin. long. 
Ovary glabrous. Follicles obtusely acuminate, minutely lenticellate, 
84-15 in. long, 1}—2 in. in diam. Seeds glabrous, lanceolate, 73-9 lin. 
long, 1-1} lin. broad; awn 13~—23 in. long, naked for about 8-10 lin.; 
hairs white, 11-2} in. long.—Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 
3 sér. v. 256; and in Journ. de Bot. viii. 201-204; L. Planch. Prod. 
Apocyn. 141; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii, 182: 
Gilg in Notizbl. Kénigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, iii. 63. S. stanleyanus, 
Hort. Ang]. ex Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. t. 16. S. hispidus, Hardy & 
Gallois in Compt. Rend. Ixxxiv. (1877), 261, not of A.P. DC. »: 
Ouabaio, Holmes in Pharm. Journ. xxi. (1890), 234. S. glaber, Corn" 
ex Holmes, Pharm. Journ. xxiii. (1893), 928. S. glabre du Gabo, 
Blondel, Stroph. du Comm. 34 with fig.; Arnaud in Compt. Reni. 
evil. 1162; Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 384; Franchet, Lc., 258, t- 95 
Planchon, |.c. 64, 66, with plate, 69, fig. 10, 83 ; -Franchet in Ball. Soe. 
Linn. Paris, 2 sér. i. 4; Payrau, Strophanthus, 111-118, 161, with figs: 
Roupellia grata, Wall. & Hook. ex Hook: in Bot. Mag. t. 4466; Benth. 
in Hook. Niger Fl. 449; Van Houtte, Fl. Serr. vi. 181, t. 5839; Lindl. 
& Paxt. Fl. Gard. i. 71, fig. 46. ; 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Whitfield! Gold Coast: Ashant 5 
near Assin-Yan-Kumassi, Cummins, 44! 55! Lagos, Millen, 174! Rowland 
Niger Delta: Brass, Burrows! Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 1178! 1923 ! 
Lower Guinea. (iaboon: (ilass, near Libreville, Griffon du Bellay (perhaps 
cultivated ?). 
