524 LXXXVI. LOGANIACEE (BAKER). [ Strychnos. 
Leaves oblong, acute or subacute, subcoriaceous, glabrous, 3—4 in. long, 
triplinerved from near the base to above the middle; petiole very 
short. Flowers in axillary cymes on short thick peduncles. Calyx 
minute; segments suborbicular. Corolla not seen. “ Fruit fusiform, 
glaucescent (Vogel).” Strychnos sp., Benth. in Hook. Niger FI. 458. 
Upper Guinea. Nigeria: Attah on the River Quorra (Niger), Vogel, 49! 
17. S. acutissima, Gily in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 200. A climbing 
shrub, glabrous in allits parts, except the inflorescence ; tendrils forked 
branchlets unarmed, subtetragonal, blackish. Leaves shortly petioled, 
ovate or oblong, 14-3 in. long, acuminate, rounded at the base, sub- 
coriaceous, shining, 5-nerved from the base. Cymes short, axillary ; 
peduncles short, slightly pilose. Flowers unknown. Berry globose, 
4 in. in diam., 1-seeded. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, 4fzelius. 
18. S. lucens, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 97. A climbing 
shrub, glabrous in all its parts; tendrils binate at the end of leafy 
branchlets. Leaves oblong, shiny, coriaceous, obscurely triplinerved, 
1}—2 in. long, rounded at the base, narrowed to an obtuse point ; 
petiole very short. Cymes lateral, shortly peduncled, few-flowered. 
Calyx very small; segments broad, obtuse. Corolla not seen. Fruit 
orbicular, l-seeded, the size of a pea.—S. Welwitschii, Hiern in Cat. 
Afr, Pl. Welw. i. 703, partly. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Loanda ; by thickets in dry hilly places, Wel- 
witsch, 6015 ! 
19. S. splendens, Gily in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 571, A climbing 
shrub, with tendrils; branchlets terete, blackish. Leaves shortly 
petioled, ovate or ovate-oblong, rounded or subecuneate at the base, 3-4 
in. long, 1$—2 in. broad, subcoriaceous, glabrous, shining on the upper 
surface. Cymes axillary, distinctly peduncled, many-flowered. Flowers 
5-merous. Berry small, 1-seeded, greenish-yellow when dried. Seed 
much compressed, § in. long. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: near Bayabaya, on the River Scarcies, Scott- 
Elliot, 4292! and without precise locality, Afzelius ! 
20. S. Welwitschii, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 573. A climbing 
shrub, glabrous in all its parts; branchlets leafy, ending in forked 
tendrils. Leaves oblong, acute, glabrous, obscurely triplinerved, 1-2 
in. long; petiole very short. Cymes lateral, few-flowered. Calyx 
campanulate, ;\, in. in diam. ; segments broad, obtuse. Corolla 4 in. 
long ; tube cylindrical, twice as long as the calyx ; segments ovate, half 
as long as the tube. Style long. Fruit globose, 4-4 in. in diam., 
1-seeded.—Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 703, partly. S. subscandens, 
Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 96. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Loanda; at Loanda, Welwitsch, 6017! hilly rocky 
places near Quicuxe, Welwitsch, 6018! 
