Motandra. | LXXXIV. APOCYNACEZ (STAPF). 225 
tose in bud, soon glabrescent, with tufts of hairs in the nerve-axils; 
secondary nerves 5-7 on each side; veins faint; petiole tomentose, 
2-3 lin. long. Panicle 1-6 in. long, 1 in. broad, usually linear or 
lanceolate in outline when more than 1 in. long, fulvo-tomentose all 
over; peduncle very short or up to 1 in. long; bracts subulate, small ; 
pedicels up to 3 lin. long. Calyx ? lin. long, tomentose. Corolla white, 
fragrant, almost subulate in bud ; tube 1} lin. long, minutely puberulous 
without; lobes up to 2 lin. long.  Follicles divaricate, lanceolate, 
acuminate, with the acute acumen slightly incurved, densely tomentose, 
4 in. long.—K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 164; De 
Wild. & Durand, Contr. Fl. Congo, i. 41 and ii. 41, and Relig. Dewevr. 
155. Eehites guineensis, Thonn. in Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. 
me 149. P paniculata, Thonn. ex A.DC. 1.c. 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: Aquapim, Zhonning ; Abnri Hills, Brown, 
in Herb. Johnson, 684! Kwahu, Johnson, 642! Dahomey : Bassila, Poisson / 
Lagos : near Lagos, Millen, 145! Ibadan Road, Millen, 114! Oyo, Barter, 3411! 
Interior, Rowland! Millson, 16! Southern Nigeria: Onitsa, Barter, 1636! 
Cameroons: Yaunde, Zenker & Staudt, 794! Batanga, Bates, 403! 
South Central. Congo Free State: Upper Congo; Kasongo, Dewevre, 995. 
Stanleyville, Demeuse, 423! 
2. M. pyramidalis, Stapf. A robust shrub, climbing far and 
high; branchlets fulvo-tomentose. Leaves oblong, acuminate, obtuse 
at the ‘base, 11-21 in. long, 3-1 in. broad when young, deep green, 
papery, finely tomentose when quite young, soon glabrescent, at length 
almost glabrous except the midrib and secondary nerves which retain 
more or less of the delicate rusty tomentum, sometimes with minute 
patches of hairs in the nerve-axils, glossy above; secondary nerves 7-8 
on each side ; petiole rusty-velvety, up to 3} lin. long. Panicle more or 
less pyramidal, up to 5 in. long and to more than 3 in. broad, rather 
lax, fulvo-tomentose all over; peduncle very short or up to 1 in. long; 
bracts subulate, very small or suppressed ; pedicels very short or the 
terminal up to 2 lin. long. Calyx 1 lin. long, fulvo-tomentose. Corolla 
white; tube minutely puberulous outside except at the base, 2 lin. 
long; lobes up to 21 lin. long. Follicles lanceolate, acuminate with the 
acumen incurved, densely tomentose, about 6 lin. long.—M. guineensis, 
Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 672, not of A. DC. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; towards Ambaca and in the forests 
of the highest ridges of Alto Queta, Welwitsch, 5964 ! and fruit 1118! 
3. M. Lujei, De Wild. < Durand in Mém. Soc. Bot. Belg. xl. 25. 
A shrub; branchlets rufo-tomentose when young, at length glabrous. 
Leaves ovate or obovate-elliptic, acuminate (acumen apiculate), rounded 
or subcordate at the base, 14-4 lin. long, 3-1} in. broad, dark green 
and glabrous above except on the finely puberulous nerves, scantily hairy 
below on the nerves and with tufts of hairs in the nerve-axils ; secondary 
nerves 5—6 on each side, prominent below ; reticulation distinct below ; 
petiole 13-2 lin. long, velvety. Panicles short ; bracts foliaceous, up to 
33 lin. long, with reddish hairs; pedicels short, lengthening after 
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