202 LXXXIV. APOCYNACEZ (STAPF). [ Holalafia. 
ance of follicles ; but they are in too bad a condition to allow a closer examination 
The longer of the two is 8 in. long and 33 lin. broad. 
37. PYCNOBOTRYA, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Fl 715, 
Calyx small, subcoriaceous, eglandular; sepals almost free, im- 
bricate, ovate, obtuse. Corolla funnel-shaped-campanulate ; tube very 
short with 5 much projecting ridges extending from the sinuses 
towards the base and with 5 others alternating with them and 
slightly raised; lobes 5, oblong, obtuse, overlapping to the left. 
Stamens inserted near the base of the corolla-tube; filaments 
very short, flattened ; anthers conniving in a cone, included, lanceolate, 
acute, sagittate ; appendages much shorter than the polliniferous part ;. 
tails very short, subacute ; foot of the connective broad, with a large 
papillose projecting cushion in the centre. Disc 0. Carpels 2, free. 
Style very short ; stigma capitate, very minutely papillose except on 
the minute bifid apiculus; ovules 4 in each carpel, 2-seriate. Fruit 
unknown.—Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3, 
coriaceous, with faint and closely set parallel nerves; axillary stipules 
0; axillary glands scanty, minute. Flowers small, in few- or many- 
flowered contracted cymes, gathered in terminal, often many-flowered, 
leafy panicles or corymbs. 
Species 2, endemic. 
Although the fruit of this genus is not known, the limited number of ovules and 
the fact that the upper 2 show signs of early decay make it almost certain that the 
fruit is not of the usual Echitidee type. In the arrangement and the peculiar 
venation of the leaves, Pycnobotrya very much resembles certain species of 
Pleiocarpa and Polyadoa with which it has, however, not much in common 
in other respects. 
Leaves lanceolate, 3 to 1 in. broad; panicles leafy, 
many-flowered, up to 3 in. long . : : . 1. P. nitida. 
Leaves oblong to oblanceolate or obovate, $14 in. 
broad ; corymbs up to 1 in. long : : . 2. P. multiflora. 
1, P. nitida, Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1183. A scandent shrub, 
50 ft. high ; branches terete, very finely rusty-tomentose when young, 
soon glabrescent and black when dry. Leaves opposite or ternate, 
lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, cuneate at the base, 24-34 in. long, 
j-1 in. broad, shining and glabrous above, paler, dull and dotted with 
black glands, and minutely rusty-papillose on the midrib below; 
secondary nerves scarcely 1 lin. distant, with fainter parallel veins 
between them ; petiole slender, 2-3 lin. long. Panicle very many~ 
flowered, compound, often leafy, finely rusty-tomentose all overs 
peduncle $-1 in. long; bracts minute, ovate to lanceolate, acute; 
pedicels up to $ lin. long. Calyx } lin. long. Corolla glabrous, 2 lin. 
long in the mature bud; tube 3 lin. long. Anthers $ lin. long-— 
K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 162. 
Lower Guinea. Gavoon: Ccrisco Bay; Mount John, on the Kongui Rivery 
Mann, 1809! 
