Alafia. | LXXXIV. APOCYNACE# (STAPF). 197 
2. A. Schumannii, Stapf. Branches greyish when dry, glabrous. 
Leaves elliptic to broadly oblong, abruptly caudate-acuminate (acumen 
linear, obtuse, up to 7 lin. long, 1-14 lin. broad), obtuse or acute at the 
base, 4-5 in. long, 2-24 in. broad, subcoriaceous, quite glabrous ; 
secondary nerves 7-8 on each side, oblique; veins faintly raised below, 
loosely anastomosing; petiole slender, 4-5 lin. long. Corymbs 
terminal, shortly peduncled, dense, many-flowered, finely pubescent, 
particularly in the upper part; bracts small, ovate, acute; pedicels 
slender, up to 2 lin. long. Calyx 1 lin. long, minutely puberulous ; 
sepals ovate, subobtuse; glands conspicuous, denticulate. Corolla 
glabrous without; tube slightly widened below the middle, rather 
stout, 4-4} lin. long; lobes broad, obliquely obovate, 4 lin. long, 
fimbriate on one side. Staminal cone just reaching the corolla- 
mouth, 24 lin. long. Carpels densely and very minutely puberulous 
also on the inner face with the exception of a small basal area, partly 
connate at the very base ; style cylindric, puberulous, ? lin, long. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 1662 ! 
_ 3. A. landolphioides, K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 
iv. ii. 165. A high climbing shrub, quite glabrous except the inflores- 
cences; branches terete, black when dry. Leaves oblong, obovate- 
oblong or elliptic, obtusely acuminate, acute or rounded at the base, 
33-5} in. long, 14-2 in. broad, subcoriaceous, rather thin, somewhat 
shining and very dark above when dry, olive-brown beneath ; secondary 
nerves 9-11 on each side, straight; veins faint; petiole 2-5 lin. long. 
orymbs up to 3 in. in diam., fulvo-velvety all over; peduncles 
generally very short, rarely up to 1} in. long; bracts minute, ovate, 
obtuse ; pedicels 1-14 lin. long. Calyx puberulous, $ lin. long; sepals 
ovate, obtuse. Corolla white or pink with a scarlet throat, 2-24 in. 
long ; tube densely hairy below the stamens, otherwise glabrous within ; 
lobes broad-elliptic or obovate, 3—4 lin. long, villous near the base, slightly 
ciliate along the margin on the inner side. Staminal cone not quite 
reaching to the corolla-mouth, 14 lin. long. Carpels densely pubes- 
cent. Follicles glabrous, 9-12 in. long, 2-3 lin. in diam. Seeds 6-7 
lin. long; coma 18-20 lin. Jong.—Neriwm scandens, Thonn. in Schum. 
& Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 148; A. DC. Prod. viii. 421. : 
Upper Guinea. French Guinea: River Nunez, Heudelot, 626! 776! 
Gambia, Whitfield! Sierra Leone: near Kukuna ?, Scott-Elliot, 4676! Talla 
Hills, at N inia, Scott-Elliot, 4809! Bunce Island, Kirk, 5! Gold Coast : Brass ! 
Aquapim, Thonning ; Krepi, on the Volta River, Johnson, 561! Dahomey, Poisson ! 
Lagos ; Lagos Island, Barter, 20218! Millen, 173! Ebute Metta, Millen, 77! 
Abeokuta, Irving, 145! Ikirun, Millson, 6! Southern Nigeria: Onitsa, Barter, 
1326 partly ! : 
. 4. A. Barteri, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1992. A scandent shrub, 
quite glabrous except the inflorescence ; branches terete, olive-green 
also when dry, rarely blackish. Leaves obovate or elliptic, shortly and 
often obscurely acuminate or with rounded tips, acute or rounded at 
the base, 21-1 in, long, 1}-1} in. broad, subcoriaceous, rather thick, 
