210 LXXXIV. APOCYNACE (STAPF). [ Baissea. 
9. B. major, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 675. A powerful 
climber ; young branches very minutely rusty tomentose, soon glabres- 
cent. Leaves obovate-oblong, acuminate, rounded or almost cordate 
at the base, 1-44 in. long, $ to 2 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, shining 
when fresh, dull and olive-green or brown when dry, very minutely 
pubescent on the nerves below when young, soon glabrous except for 
some tufts of rusty hairs in the nerve-axils: secondary nerves 6-9 on 
each side; transverse nerves fine, distinct. Cymes 2—1-flowered, in 
slender panicles, 2-24 in. long, very minutely rusty tomentose ; bracts 
linear-lanceolate, 2—3 lin. long ; pedicels up to 14 lin. long. Calyx 1}- 
1} lin. long, very minutely pubescent ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acum- 
inate, intra-calycular glands 5, minute. Corolla white, fragrant ; tube 
campanulate, 2-2} lin. long, glabrous without and in the throat; 
supra-staminal calli knob-shaped ; lobes linear, 6-74 lin. long. Staminal 
cone ? lin. long; anthers glabrous on the back. Carpels pubescent on 
the top; style obconic-cylindric, minutely papillose ; stigma campanu- 
late with a short bifid apiculus. Follicles linear, acuminate.—B. 
angolensis, var. major, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 126. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in damp thickets in the 
Presidium, Welwitsch, 5966 ! 
10. B. axillaris, Hua in Compt. Rend. Acad. Paris, exxxiv: 857. A 
climbing shrub, 8-10 ft. high; young branches densely fulvo-tomen- 
tose, terete, spreading at wide angles in one plane. Leaves distichous, 
oblong or ovate-oblong, shortly acute or subacute, truncate or subcor- 
date at the base, 1-1} in. long, 6-9 lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, hir- 
sute on the midrib above and on the nerves below, ultimately glabres- 
cent; secondary nerves about 6 on each side; veins obscure ; petiole 
3-1 lin. long. Cymes 3-5 lin. long, subsessile or shortly peduncled, 
densely pubescent ; bracts very minute, ovate; pedicels up to | lin. 
long. Calyx finely pubescent, 3 lin. long; sepals roundish ovate, 
obtuse. Corolla yellow, funnel-shaped-campanulate, 13-24 lin. long; 
minutely pubescent outside, glabrous in the throat, supra-stam! 
calli transversely oblong; lobes lanceolate-ovate, rather shorter than 
the tube. Staminal cone reaching to the middle of the tube ; anthers 
% lin. long, glabrous on the back. Disc distinct. Carpels pubescent 
above the disc; style obconic from a cylindric base, sparingly papillose 
above; stigma campanulate with a subulate, bifid apiculus.—Zygou4 
axillaris, Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1184; K. Schum. in Engl. & 
aoe Ptlanzenfam. iv. ii. 164; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. » 
73. 
Upper Guinea. Lagos: Yewa Mala, Punch, 77! Old Calabar River, Mas 
2301! Cameroons: Johann Albrechts Héhe, Staudt, 518! Bipinde, Zenker; 2316: 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; Queta Mountains, and Mata de 
Trombeta, Welwitsch, 5960! 5963 ! Quibolo, Welwitsch, 5962! 
11. B. zygodioides, Stapf. Young branches slender, ~~ 
tomentose, at length glabrescent. Leaves rather crowded, oblong 
