Alafia. ] LXXXIV. APOCYNACEE (STAPF). . 199 
6. A. Benthamii, Stapf. A climbing shrub, 15-30 ft. high; 
young branches minutely tomentose, soon glabrescent, terete, divaricate. 
Leaves obovate, oblong or obtusely lanceolate, obtuse or obscurely 
acuminate, cuneate at the base, 14~2 in. long, 4—9 lin. broad, coriaceous, 
quite glabrous ; secondary nerves very oblique, about 8 on each side ; 
veins branching and running from the marginal loops towards the 
midrib; nerves and veins raised on both sides; petiole 3-5 lin. long. 
Cymes few-flowered, minutely puberulous, very shortly peduncled ; 
bracts minute ; pedicels 2-34 lin. long. Calyx not quite 1 lin. long ; 
sepals ovate, obtuse. Corolla yellow with a deep red centre; tube 2 lin. 
long; lobes ciliolate, 4 lin. long. Staminal cone reaching to the mouth 
of the corolla, 1 lin. long. Carpels minutely pubescent. Follicles 
glabrous, 5 in. long.—Ectinocladus Benthami, Baill. Hist. Plantes, 
x. 211 (name only); Stapf in Journ. Linn. Soe. xxx. 88; K. Schum. in 
Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 165. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: by the Scarcies River, near Mofari, Scott- 
Elliot, 4440! Southern Nigeria : Old Calabar, Thomson, ile lt 
7. A. Butayei, Stapf. Young branches very minutely pubescent, 
soon glabrescent, blackish when dry. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceo- 
late, gradually acuminate (acumen up to 5 lin. long, obtuse), rounded 
at the base, 2-3 in. long, 3-1} in. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; 
secondary nerves about 5 on each side, rather inconspicuous like the 
very lax venation ; petiole 1-14 lin. long. Flowers in sessile or shortly 
peduncled terminal many-flowered finely pubescent pseudo-umbels ; 
peduncles up to 8 lin. long, slender ; pedicels 3 lin. long. Calyx 1 lin. 
long, scantily pubescent; intra-calycular glands 3, distinct ; sepals 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, ciliolate. Corolla glabrous without ; tube 3 lin. 
long, constricted at the middle and narrowly cylindric below, pubescent 
Within near the insertion of the stamens ; lobes obliquely ovate-oblong, 
aslong as the tube. Staminal cone distinctly exserted, 2 lin. long. 
Ovary pubescent, chiefly upwards. 
= Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: between Dembo (Ndembo) and the River 
vango, Butaye ! 
A, Butayei differs from A. caudata in the narrower leaves (which are always 
rounded at the base), the pubescent inflorescences, the ovate-lanceolate acute calyces 
and the distinctly exserted staminal cone. 
8. A. caudata, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 1238. A climbing 
Shrub, 12-25 ft. high, perfectly glabrous ; branches very slender, 
brown or black when dry. Leaves oblong to ovate or lanceolate, 
caudate-acuminate (acumen 3-6 lin. long), rounded or acute at the 
base, 23-33 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, dark above, very pallid below when 
dry, » Very thin; secondary nerves about 6 on each side, very faint ; 
Vvelns quite obscure ; petiole 14-2 lin. long. Flowers in 7-2-flowered 
Contracted pseudo-umbels ; peduncle slender, up to 4 lin. long; bracts 
minute; pedicels very slender, up to 3% lin. long. Calyx glabrous, 
lin, long, intra-calycular glands distinct: sepals ovate, obtuse. 
