Strychnos. | LXXXVI. LOGANIACE& (BAKER). 521 
shortly petioled, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 2—5 in. long, acute, 
cuneate or rounded at the base, rigidly coriaceous, shining, triplinerved 
from the base. Inflorescence a terminal panicle, with densely flowered 
branches; pedicels short. Sepals round, $ lin. long. Corolla-tube 
rather larger than the calyx, with a ring of hairs inside at the throat ; 
lobes lanceolate, acute, half as long again as the tube. Stamens 
scarcely exserted. Fruit unknown. 
Upper Guinea. Liberia: Grand Bassa, Dinklage, 1690. 
3. S. congolana, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 120. A sarmentose 
sbrub; tendrils spiral, slender, slightly hairy; branchlets subterete, 
pubescent. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, 
2-4 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, cuneate at the base, acuminate at the 
apex, subcoriaceous, shining, glabrous, triplinerved from above the base. 
Fruit large, with a thick pericarp, copious pulp and several seeds.— 
De Wild. & Durand, Relig. Dewevr. 161. 
South Central. Congo Free State: near Kasongo, Dewevre, 931. 
4. S. Kipapa, Gilg in Notizbl. Kénigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, ii. 256. 
Probably a sarmentose shrub; internodes long; branchlets subterete, 
glabrous. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate-oblong, nearly 1 ft. long, 
3-4 in. broad, very acuminate, but obtuse at the tip, narrowed to the 
base, shining, glabrous, triplinerved from a little above the base. 
Flowers and fruit unknown.—Gilg in Engl]. Jahrb. xxviii. 119. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Lunda; in woods by streams, near 
Mukenge, Pogge, 539. 
5. S. Dewevrei, Gily in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 119. A sarmentose 
shrub; tendrils woody, spiral; internodes long ; branchlets glabrous. 
Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate-oblong, 4—6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, 
acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, glabrous, subopaque, 
triplinerved from above the base. Flowers and fruit unknown.—De 
Wild. & Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 161. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Lukolela, Dewévre, 845. 
6. S. chlorocarpa, (ilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 120, A sarmentose 
shrub ; tendrils thick, spiral; branchlets terete, glabrous, lenticellate. 
Leaves shortly and stoutiy petioled, ovate-oblong or oblong, 3-4 in. long, 
cuneate at the base, acuminate at the apex, glabrous, shining, tripli- 
nerved from above the base. Cymes few-flowered, apparently terminal. 
Fruit globose, middle-sized, hard, green, apparently few-seeded. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, 4fzelius. 
7. S. guerckeana, Gilg in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 311, A climb- 
ing shrub; tendrils forked. Leaves ovate, about 1 in. long, 3—} in. 
broad, rounded or subcordate at the base, acuminate at the apex, 
glabrous, triplinerved from a little above the base. Cymes few-flowered, 
