Holalafia.] LXXXIV., APOCYNACE (STAPF). 201 
36. HOLALAFTIA, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 128. 
Calyx small, herbaceous; sepals 5, imbricate, broad, obtuse, alterna- 
ting with 5 conspicuous glands. Corolla salver-shaped ; tube cylindric, 
narrow at the base, then suddenly widened, without scales or calli 
within, scarcely constricted at the mouth; lobes broad, obtuse, over- 
lapping to the right. Stamens inserted below the middle of the 
corolla-tube; filaments very short, flattened; anthers conniving in a 
cone, included, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, sagittate ; appendages as 
long as or longer than the polliniferous part; tails short; foot of the 
‘connective glabrous above, with a tongue-shaped projection and a 
tomentose cushion extending to the broad filamental ridge below. Dise 
9. Ovary syncarpous, more or less imperfectly 2-celled, ovoid, pubes- 
cent; style filiform, passing into the flask-shaped shortty apiculate 
stigma, which exudes glutinous matter attaching it firmly to the foot of 
the connective ; placentas meeting and even fused in the lower part of 
‘the ovary, receding higher up; ovules numerous, pluriseriate. Fruit 
follicular (?}.—A large climbing shrub. Leaves opposite, remotely 
nerved, coriaceous ; axillary stipules distinct, acute, resinous inside ; 
axillary glands few. Flowers rather showy, in dense many-flowered 
terminal corymbs. 
Species 1, endemic. 
1. w. multiflora, Stapf l.c. Glabrous, climbing up to 40 ft. ; 
young branches rather stout, fistular, brown or black when dry. 
Leaves elliptic or oblong, rarely obovate, very obtuse to shortly 
‘acuminate, rotundate or subcordate (rarely acute) at the base, 4-6 in. 
long, 24-31 in. broad, subcoriaceous, shining above, rather dull 
beneath ; secondary nerves 5—9 on each side, oblique, gently curved, 
Prominent beneath, finely channelled above ; veins lax, slightly raised ; 
petiole 2-6 lin. long. Corymbs up to 8 in. in diam. ; peduncle stout, 
up to din. long; bracts ovate, obtuse, small; pedicels slender, up to 
6 lin. long, Calyx 14-2 lin, long ; sepals ovate, obtuse. Corolla white 
With a red spot in the centre, fragrant ; tube 5 lin. long, very delicately 
puberulous without; lobes obliquely truncate-obovate, 6 lin. long ‘and 
broad. Anther-cone 13 lin. long.—Stapf in Hook. Ic, PI. t. 2350; K. 
hum, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 189, Nachtr. 284; De 
Wild. & Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. 42, ii. 41; Reliq. Dewevr. 11. 
197. Alafia malouetioides, K. Schum. l.c. 164. A. major, Stapf ae 
Kew Bulletin, 1898, 307, and in De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. FI. 
Congo, i. 41 ; De Wild. & Durand, Relig. Dewevr. ii. 155. 
. Upper Guinea. Lagos : Ibadan Forest, Punch, 49! 51! Cameroons: Kio del 
Rey, Johnston, 44! Yannde, 2600 ft., Zenker §& Staudt, 120! Zenker, 257! 
Bipinde, Zenker, 1170! 1555! Fernando Po, Mann, 1164! 
South Central. Congo Free State : Wangata, Dew?ore, 649! 673; Bangala, 
emeuse; Lokandu, Dewevre, 1107! ve mater 
The fruit of Holalafia i known in the mature state. ere are, however, 
two parts of a very raya agi Zenker’s specimen (257) which have the appear- 
