198 LXXXIV. APOCYNACEA (STAPF). [ Alafia. 
dark above, pale green beneath ; secondary nerves 6—9 on each side; 
veins very faint ; petiole 1-2 lin. long. Corymbs rather lax with the 
primary branches mostly elongate and spreading, up to 34 in. in diam., 
scantily and very minutely puberulous; peduncle 1-14 in. long; 
bracts minute, ovate; pedicels up to 2 lin. long. Calyx #? lin. long, 
scantily puberulous or almost glabrous; sepals ovate, obtuse. Corolla 
white, fragrant; tube 2 lin. long, hairy below the stamens, very 
minutely puberulous above them ; lobes broad, elliptic or almost orbi- 
cular, 2 lin. long, villous or glabrous near the base, villous-ciliate on 
the inner margin. Staminal cone reaching to the corolla-mouth, 1} 
lin. long. Carpels densely pubescent. Follicles very slender, glabrous, 
1 ft. long; seeds 8 lin. long, coma 1? in. long —K. Schum. in Engl. & 
Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 165, and in Schlechter, Westafr. Kautschuk. 
Exped. 306. 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: Kwahu, 2000 ft., Johnson, 664! Lagos: 
Lagos, Millen, 132! Punch, 19! Oshogbo, Millson! Ishagamo, Schlechter, 
12301; Interior, Rowland! Southern Nigeria: Onitsa, Barter, 1321! 
5. A. lucida, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 122. A tall, scandent 
shrub, up to 40 ft. high, quite glabrous except the inflorescences ; 
branches blackish when dry. Leaves obovate to oblong or elliptic, 
obtuse or obscurely acuminate, acute to cuneate at the base, 2-4 in, 
long, 1-1? in. broad, more or less coriaceous, shining and dark above, 
pallid below; secondary nerves 4—5 on each side, oblique ; veins very 
lax, faint ; petiole up to 24 lin. long. Corymbs shortly peduncled or 
sessile, many-flowered or reduced to few-flowered cymes, very finely, 
and sometimes scantily, puberulous ; peduncle up to 6 lin. long ; bracts 
minute ; pedicels slender, up to 24 lin. long.. Calyx almost glabrous, 
3-3 lin. long; sepals ovate, Corolla fragrant, yellow with a red 
centre ; tube 13-2 lin. long; hairy within below the stamens, other- 
wise glabrous or very minutely puberulous; lobes obliquely truncate- 
obovate, ciliolate on the inner side, 3-5 lin. long. Anther-tips very 
shortly exserted. Carpels slightly pubescent. Follicles 7-12 in. long, 
glabrous.—K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 231. A. cuneata, Stapf, 
lc. 122; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 673. A. reticulatu, K. Schum. 
in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 165. Wrightia Stuhlmann, 
hs in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 319, and in Engl. & Prantl, le. 
85, 
Upper Guinea. Niger Delta: banks of the River Nun, Mann, 491! Old 
Calabar River, Mann, 2245! Cameroons: Yaunde, Zenker & Staudt, 145! Bipinde, 
Zenker, 1450! 
Wile Land. Uganda: Entebbe Forest, Whyte,a! Mahon/ and without 
precise locality, Johnston ! 
Lower Guinea. (iaboon: Muni (Danger) River, Mann, 1752! Angola: 
Golungo Alto; in dense forests of Alto Queta and near Camilungo, Welwitsch, 
5953! Loanda, Welwitsch, 5954! 
9 Sageimcd Dist. German East Africa: ‘Karagwe ; Bukoba, Stuhlmann, 
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