Oncinotis. | LXXXIV. APOCYNACE (STAPF). 223 
24-3 in. long, 1 in. broad, thinly coriaceous ; secondary nerves about 5 
on each side, very oblique; transverse veins loose; petiole slender, 
2-3 lin. long. Panicles from the axils of the upper leaves, ovate to 
lanceolate in outline, 14-2 in. long, slender, delicately and minutely 
tomentose; peduncle up to } in. long; bracts minute, caducous; 
pedicels up to 1} lin. long. Calyx # lin. long; sepals ovate-oblong, sub- 
acute, delicately pubescent, eglandular within. Corolla greenish- 
yellow, delicately and minutely tomentose without; tube 1} lin. long; 
lobes linear, up to 3 lin. long ; throat-scales filiform, obtuse, not quite 
4 lin. long. Anthers 1 lin. long.—Stapf in De Wild. & Durand, 
Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. 41; De Wild. & Durand, Ill. Fl. Congo, 131, t. 
Ixxvi.; Reliq. Dewevr. 156. 
South Central. Congo Free State: near the Inkassa River, Dewevre, 883 ! 
7. O. gracilis, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1894,124. A climbing 
shrub; branches terete, spreadingly rufo-hirsute. Leaves obovate- 
oblong, acuminate, rounded or subacute at the base, 3-3} in. long, 1} in. 
broad, membranous, fulvo-hirsute when young, glabrescent above ; 
secondary nerves 5-6 on each side; petiole 6 lin. long. Flowers in 
axillary, slender, hirsute, racemes or panicles; peduncle 6-9 lin. long, 
slender; bracts lanceolate, small, early deciduous; pedicels very short 
or 0. Calyx ? lin. long, tomentose ; sepals ovate or lanceolate-ovate, 
acute. Corolla greenish-yellow, fragrant, minutely tomentose without, 
very slender, almost subulate in bud ; tube 14 lin. long ; lobes linear- 
oblong, as long as or slightly longer than the tube. Follicles spindle- 
shaped divaricate, 6-7 in. long, brown, glabrescent. Seeds spindle- 
shaped, 8 lin. long; coma 2 in. long. 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: Kwahu, 2000 ft., Johnson, 658! Lagos: 
Ollaro, Millen, 106! on the road to Igbessa, Millen, 189! 
8, O. hirta, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1232. A very tall climber, 
more or less yellowish-green in all parts and covered with a stellate 
tomentum; branches terete, densely fulvo-tomentose. Leaves oblong 
or obovate-oblong, shortly acuminate or apiculate, rounded at the 
base, 34-43 in. long, 14-2} in. broad, membranous, fulvo-tomen- 
tose on both surfaces, ultimately more or less glabrescent akove ; 
secondary nerves 6—7 on each side; petiole 2-3 lin. long. Panicles 
axillary, fulvo-tomentose, 24-44 in. long ; bracts broad, ovate, tomentose, 
1-1} lin. long; pedicels very short or 0. Calyx 1 lin. long, tomentose ; 
sepals broad ovate, obtuse. Corolla yellowish or greenish, finely tomen- 
tose outside ; tube slightly longer than the calyx ; lobes oblong, apicu- 
late, as long as the tube, throat-scales linear-oblong. Follicles cylindric, 
obtuse, densely fusco-tomentose.—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 67 +. 
Motandra welwitschiana, Baill. in Bull, Soc. Linn. Paris, i. 760; K. 
Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 164; De Wild. & Darand 
in Mém. Soe, Bot. Belg. xl. 24. 
Lower Guinea. Loango: near Makunga, Soyauz, 147! Angola: Golungo 
Alto; in thickets at the base of the Quilombo Quiacatubia Mountains, 1% Queta and 
between Ponte de Luis Simoes and Camilungo, Welwitsch, 5956 : 
