Strophanthus. | LXXXIV, APOCYNACE# (STAPF). 185 
26. S. intermedius, Pax in Engl. Juhrb. xv. 375. An arboreous 
shrub or a climber, quite glabrous (except the corolla); branches 
reddish-brown, dotted with minute lenticels. Leaves ovate, 2-3 in. 
long, 14-14 in. broad, rounded or subacute at the base, acuminate, 
thin; membranous; secondary nerves 5-6 on each side, not raised ; 
reticulation faint; petiole 4 lin. long. Cymes terminal, subsessile, 
few- to 1-flowered; bracts early deciduous ; pedicels 3-4 lin. long. 
Calyx 24 lin. long ; sepals ovate, acuminate. Corolla deep purple and 
minutely puberulous outside, orange inside ; infra-staminal part of tube 
1)-2 lin. long, supra-staminal part wide, tubular, 5-6 lin. long; lobes 
attenuate from a lanceolate base into linear tails, 1}-1} in. long ; 
throat-scales linear from a broader base, 1 lin. long.  Follicles woody, 
conical, obtuse (Welwitsch}.—Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 3 sér. 
v. 287; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 671; Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. 
Xxxhi. 156. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: (iolungo Alto; Mountains of Alto Queta, Welwitsch, 
5999 ! 
27. S. congoensis, Franch. in Journ. de Bot. vii.324. A much 
branched small tree, quite glabrous; branches slender, brown, often 
once or twice forked. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1}—3 in. long, 
1-1? in. broad, rounded or subcordate at the base, shortly and obtusely 
acuminate, thin, but rather firm; secondary nerves ++ on each side ; 
velns inconspicuous. Cymes terminal, shortly peduncled, few-flowered ; 
bracts scarious, ovate, acuminate ; pedicels short. Calyx 15-2 lin, 
long; sepals ovate, acute. Corolla glabrous; infra-staminal Romig 
of tube 2 lin. long, supra-staminal part tubular-campanulate, 43-9 lin. 
long ; lobes ovate, suddenly constricted into a linear tail 5—6 lin. long ; 
throat-scales subulate, 11 lin. long. Anthers glabrous, shortly acum- 
inate. Ovary glabrous.—Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 3 ser. V. 
288; Payrau, Strophanthus, 131, with fig.; Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. 
XXxli. 156, 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: by the River Ogowe, Thollon. 
28. S. amboensis, Hngl. ¢| Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 31. A 
very much branched glabrous shrub; old branches grey, rough, Rowe: 
Ing ones often repeatedly forked, short, brown, dotted with sma 
lenticels. Leaves ovate, 11-13 in. long, $—} in. broad, rounded or acute 
at the base, acuminate, firm, membranous ; secondary nerves about » on 
each side, like the veins faint, but rather distinct ; petiole 2 lin. long. 
Cymes terminal, often on very short lateral branches, shortly 
peduncled or subsessile, few- to 1-flowered ; bracts small, lanceolate ; 
pedicels up to 3 lin. long. Calyx 2-2} lin. long; segments oblong- 
lanceolate. Corolla glabrous without; infra-staminal part of tube 2 
lin. long, brownish-red, gradually passing into the funnel-shaped or su 
tubular supra-staminal part 6-8 lin. long; lobes lanceolate, attenuate 
into linear bright yellow tails, 2 in. long; throat-scales short, linear- 
oblong, puberulous. Anthers glabrous, tapering into a long fine 
