218 LXXXIV. APOCYNACE® (STAPF). [ Zygodia. 
Nerves and veins obscure, at least in the old leaves ; 
old leaves coriaceous . : - Z . 4. Z. melanocephala, 
Top of ovary glabrous . : . ° : . 5. Z, kindengensis. 
1. Z. urceolata, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 122. A climbing 
sbrub; young branches densely fulvo-tomentose, terete, spreading at 
wide angles, flexuose. Leaves all in one plane, rhomboid-lanceolate, 
acute at both ends, 1 in. long, 6 lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, hirsute 
on the midrib above, and on the nerves below, ultimately glabrescent ; 
secondary nerves faint, about 6-7 on each side. Cymes crowded, 
sessile or subsessile, 2-3 lin. long, rufo-pubescent ; bracts oblong or 
linear-oblong; pedicels almost 0. Calyx pubescent, $ lin. long with 
2-3 very minute intra-calycular glands ; sepals ovate, obtuse. Corolla 
urceolate, 1} lin. long, glabrous without, hairy within, except at the 
base, without supra-staminal scales; tube 2-3 times as long as the 
roundish lobes ; stamens inserted on a slight glabrous swelling of the 
corolla-tube; anthers sparingly hairy on the top. Dise distinct. 
Carpel-tops hairy. Style very short, obconic; stigma almost bell- 
shaped, with a small apiculus.—Hua in Compt. Rend. Acad. Paris, 
cxxxiv. 858. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, 5961! 
2. Z. subsessilis, Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. sub t. 1184. Young 
branches very slender, terete, pubescent with minute curled or flexuose 
hairs. Leaves rather variable in shape and _ size, obovate-oblong, 
acuminate, rounded or acute at the base, 13—3 in. long, #}-14 in. broad, 
thinly coriaceous, shiny, glabrous above, except on the midrib, minutely 
hairy on the midrib and in the nerve-axils below; secondary nerves 
5-6 on each side; veins fine but distinct in the young, obscure 12 the 
old leaves ; petiole rather stout, 4 lin. long. Cymes about 4 lin. long, 
rusty pubescent ; peduncle 2 lin. long; bracts linear-oblong, or ovate ; 
pedicels scarcely any. Calyx minutely pubescent, } lin. long with 9 
minute intracalycular glands ; sepals oblong-ovate, subobtuse. Corolla 
glabrous without, pubescent within except at the base, without supr 
staminal scales (known from buds only). Stamens inserted on a slight 
glabrous swelling of the corolla-tube. Anthers hairy on the back. 
Dise distinct. Carpel-tops pilose. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo, Smith / 
3. Z. myrtifolia, Benth in Hook. Ic. Pl. sub t. 1184. A climbing 
shrub; young branches very slender, terete, pubescent with minute 
curled or flexuose hairs. Leaves obovate-lanceolate to oblong, acute 
acutely acuminate, acute to rounded at the base, 14-2} in. lone 
7-9 lin. broad, thin, shiny, scantily and minutely hairy on the mid!) 
above and below, soon glabrescent ; secondary nerves 6—8 on each ee : 
very fine but distinct like the loosely anastomosing veins, and slightY 
raised on both sides; petiole thin, 1 lin. long. Cymes dense, abou 
