Strychnos. | LXXXVI, LOGANIACE# (BAKER). 523 
12. S. Barteri, Solered. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 556. A climbing 
shrub, glabrous in all its parts; tendrils in pairs on a long peduncle. 
Leaves oblong, subobtuse, 2~3 in. long, rigidly coriaceous, with the 
lowest pair of main veins springing from the midrib some distance 
above the base; petiole very short. Cymes many-flowered, globose, 
axillary, sessile. Calyx very small; segments suborbicular. Corolla 
white, fragrant, } in. long; segments linear-oblong, longer than the 
tube. Filaments ionger thanthe anthers. Fruit globose, 1 in. in diam. 
—Oliv. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 2284. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: near Madina in Limba country, Scott-Elliot, 
5569! 5559! Southern Nigeria: Onitsa; Barter, 1247! 1759! 
13. S. nigritana, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 97. A climbing 
shrub; branchlets slender, glabrous; tendrils in peduncled pairs. 
Leaves oblong, acute, glossy, coriaceous, glabrous, 3—4 in. long, tri- 
plinerved from the base to above the middle; petiole }—} in. long. 
Flowers few, in axillary shortly-peduncled cymes; pedicels short, 
glabrous. Calyx } in. long; segments 4, ovate, obtuse, much imbri- 
cated. Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx, very hairy at the throat; 
lobes ovate, spreading, shorter than the tube. Style long. Fruit not 
seen, 
Upper Guinea. Dahomey: Little Popo, cultivated specimen, Cole! Lagos: 
Eppah, Barter, 3249! Lagos Island, Barter, 2232! Nupe, Barter ! 
14. S. loandensis, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 97. A climbing 
shrub ; branchlets glabrous; tendrils simple, lateral. Leaves oblong, 
acute, obscurely triplinerved, 1 in. long; petiole very short. Cymes 
axillary, few-flowered, sessile; pedicels very short. Calyx ;’; in. long; 
segments broad, obtuse. Corolla globose in bud; tube very short. 
Fruit not seen.—S. Welwitschii, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 703 
partly. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Loanda, Welwitsch, 6016! 
15. S. malacoclados, (. 7. Wright. A climbing shrub; branch- 
lets densely pubescent ; tendrils simple, thickened in the upper part. 
Leaves oblong, acuminate, rounded at the base, up to 3 by 1} in,, 
pubescent on the underside of the chief nerves, glabrous elsewhere ; 
lateral nerves 2 arising near the base, faint, 2 from 2 lin. above the 
base, strong and continued nearly to the apex of the leaf ; petiole 2 lin. 
long, pubescent. Cymes axillary, 10—20-flowered. Calyx small; lobes 
4, ovate, acute, ciliate. Corolla 1 lin. long, divided nearly to the base ; 
lobes 4, ovate, subacute, sparingly hairy outside, more densely so in the 
upper half inside. Stamens inserted near the base of and #as long as 
the corolla ; anthers half as long as the filaments. Fruit unknown. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: in wet bush, Como River, 60 miles from Guaboon, 
Bates, 502! 
16. S. Wogelii, Buker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 96. A climbing 
shrub; branchlets slender, glabrous; tendrils in peduncled pairs. 
