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Oneinotis. ] LXXXIV. APOCYNACEH (STAPF). 221 
1. O. glandulosa, Stapf. Quite glabrous except the inflores- 
cence. Young branches terete or slightly compressed near the tip, 
greyish-brown. Leaves oblong, acutely acuminate, subacute at the 
base, 3-5 in. long, 14-1} in. broad, papery, glossy; secondary nerves 
9-11 on each side, straight, slightly oblique, finely channelled above, 
prominent below; reticulation rather loose, raised below ; petiole very 
slender, 4-6 lin. long. Panicles lateral and terminal, rather numerous 
and unequal, the longest sometimes nodding, 4-2 in. long (excluding 
the peduncle), more or less linear in outline; peduncle hardly any or 
up to ? in. long, compressed, glabrous like the lower part of the rhachis ; 
flowers often in clusters at the nodes of the rhachis or the ends of the 
lowest branches; bracts minute, caducous; pedicels very delicately 
ferrugineous-tomentose, up to 1 lin. long. Calyx 1} lin. long; sepals 
elliptic, obtuse, thin, very delicately pubescent, with small glands within 
alternating with them. Corolla-tube inflated, 2 lin. long; delicately 
tomentose above the middle without; throat-scales tubercle-shaped, 
t lin. long ; lobes broad-oblong, 2 lin. long. Anthers 1} lin. long. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, in forests, Zenker, 1552! 
2. O. nitida, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 451. A scandent shrub, 
perfectly glabrous except the inflorescences; young branches com- 
pressed, ultimately terete, brown when dry. Leaves oblong, abruptly 
acuminate, acute to acuminate at the base, 3-3} in. long, 14 in. broad, 
thinly coriaceous, glossy on both sides; secondary nerves 12-14, straight 
and parallel, connected by short submarginal loops; veins conspicuous, 
subparallel, ranning from the marginal nerve to the midrib, like the 
herves raised below ; petiole slender, 3-4 lin. long. Panicles slender, 
axillary, 1-2 in. long, or elongate, compound, terminal, leafy or leafless ; 
bracts ovate or oblong-ovate, caducous ; pedicels minutely pubescent, up 
tolin. long. Calyx 1} lin. long, pubescent; sepals ovate, obtuse or 
acute. Corolla-tube 2 lin. long; lobes lanceolate-oblong, subacute, 
2 lin. long; throat-scales subulate, ? lin. long. Anthers slightly over 
1 lin. long —K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 179. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Vogel, 63! 
3. O. Batesii, Stapf. A scandent shrub, perfectly glabrous 
except the inflorescences; branches terete, dull brown when dry, 
Leaves oblong, acuminate, acute at the base, 34-3} in. long, 14-2 in. 
broad, coriaceous, somewhat glossy on both sides; secondary nerves 
about 12 on each side, straight and parallel, connected by distinct 
marginal loops, with fine branched veins running from the margin 
towards the midrib; petiole up to 9 lin. long. Panicles simple or 
compound, terminal and subterminal, 2-4 in. long, minutely rusty 
tomentose in the upper part, leafy or leafless ; bracts caducous ; pedicels — 
1-1} lin. long. Calyx 14 lin. long; sepals ovate-elliptic or elliptic, 
obtuse, very minutely rusty tomentose along the middle of the back, 
densely ciliate. Corolla greenish-yellow ; tube 2 lin, long ; lobes oblong, 
