188 LXXXIV. APOCYNACE®. (STAPF). | Jsonema. 
Seeds narrow, linear-oblong, compressed, with an apical and a smaller 
basal tuft of hairs, not known in the mature state (immature embryo 
with flat cotyledons).—Glabrous or hairy climbing shrubs. Leaves 
opposite ; secondary nerves conspicuously looping below the margin, 
distant ; axillary stipules 0; axillary glands 0 or obscure. Flowers 1n 
terminal pyramidal panicles, middle-sized. 
Species 3, endemic. 
Young branches rusty tomentose ; leaves hirsute 
below. 
Corolla-tube funnel-shaped ; ovary nearly quite 
glabrous . : : : : : . 1. TF. infundibuliflorum, 
Corolla-tube cylindric; ovary tomentose. . 2. I, Smeathmanni. 
Young branches minutely puberulous ; leaves 
glabrous = i ‘ ‘ ‘ : . 3. L. Buchholzii. 
1. I. infundibuliflorum, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 306. A 
small shrub, about 3 ft. high; young branches brownish tomentose, 
later on glabrescent, at length blackish. Leaves oblong, acutely acumr 
nate, rounded at the base, 3-4 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, coriaceous, 
glabrous above, sparingly hirsute on the nerves below ; secondary nerves 
5-6 on each side, prominent below; petiole 2 lin. long. Panicles 
solitary or 3 from the branch-tops, 1-14 in. long, short, rufo-tomentose ; 
lower branches with 3-6 flowers; upper more reduced ; peduncle i 
in. long; bracts minute, caducous; pedicels 2 lin. long. Calyx 1} lin. 
‘ong, puberulous; sepals ovate, acuminate. Corolla red with yellow 
borders, minutely tomentose without; tube funnel-shaped, 4 lin. long; 
lobes 3 lin. long, lateral appendix large. Stamens 3} lin. long. Ovary 
tops sparingly hairy.—Stapf in De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo 
i. 40; De Wild. & Durand, Illustr. Fl. Congo, i. v. t. lii.; K. Schum. 
in Schlechter, Westafr. Kautschuk-Exped. 308; De Wild. & Durand, 
Relig. Dewevr. in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. 3 sér., fase. ii. 154. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Equateur (Equatorville ?), Deweere, 
554! Coquilhatville, Schlechter, 12602. 
2. I. Smeathmanni, Reem. ¢: Schultes, Syst. Veg. iv. 401. A 
more or less hairy climber; young branches rusty tomentose, ultimately 
glabrate and blackish, terete. Leaves oblong, cuspidate or subacum 
nate, rounded or very slightly cordate at the base, generally 3—4 In 
long, 14~-1{ in. broad, coriaceous, hairy on the midrib above, more OF 
less hirsute on the nerves and often between them below, at Jength often 
glabrescent ; secondary nerves about 6 on each side, much raised below; 
petiole 3-3 lin. long. Panicles narrow, stiff, rusty tomentose; peduncle 
rather stout, 1-1} in. long; bracts small, ovate or lanceolate, acuminate ; 
pedicels from very short to 3 lin. long. Calyx 1 lin. long ; sepals bro® 
ovate, acute, pubescent. Corolla reddish, pubescent outside; tube 
cylindric, 4 lin. long; lobes oblong, 3 lin. long; lateral appendag® 
small. Anthers 14 lin. Jong. Ovary tomentose. Follicles velvety; 
yellowish-brown, 5-6 in. long. Seeds 7 lin. long; apical tuft 2 in- long, 
