526 LXXXVI, LOGANIACEE (BAKER), [ Sérychnos. 
26. S. panganensis, Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 311. An 
erect shrub or small tree ; branchlets persistently grey-velvety. Leaves 
ovate, very acute, rounded at the base, 1-14 in. long, 3—{ in. broad, 
subcoriaceous, shining and glabrous above, velvety on the ribs beneath, 
5-nerved from the base ; petiole ;1, in. long. Flowers many, in crowded 
terminal cymes ; pedicels 1} in. long. Calyx-segments ovate. Corolla- 
tube very short (4 lin. long) ; lobes ovate, }-} in. long, with long hairs 
at the base. Fruit unknown. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Pangani, Muhango, Stuhlmann, i. 596. 
27. S. xylophylla, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 122. An erect 
shrub; branchlets yellowish, acutely tetragonal. Leaves shortly 
petioled, ovate or round-ovate, 2—4 in. long, 14~—3 in. broad, usually 
cuneate (rarely rounded) at the base, cuspidate at the apex, very rigid, 
shining, 5-nerved from the base. Inflorescence an axillary panicle with 
long branches ; pedicels short. Sepals 5, round, very small. Corolla 
unknown. Fruit small, 3-seeded: pericarp thin; pulp scanty. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usaramo; Kikulu, Stuhlmann, 
6853. 
28. S. euryphylla, Gilg & Busse in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii.179. A 
small tree, 25 ft. high; branchlets yellowish, glabrous. Leaves dis- 
tinctly petioled, broadly ovate or ovate-orbicular, 2—4 in. long by nearly 
as broad, shortly acuminate, 7-nerved, shining on the upper surface, 
obscurely pilose on the ribs beneath. Flowers unknown. Fruit sub- 
pyriform, 24-3} in. in diam.; pericarp thick. Seeds numerous, ovoid, 
compressed, above $ in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Uluguru; near Kiroka, and Usagara ; 
near Kilossa, Busse, 146, 174, 1263. 
29. S. megalocarpa, Gilg ¢: Busse in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 180. 
A small tree, 20ft. high; bark brownish-yellow; branchlets glabrous, 
yellowish-white. Leaves ovate, acuminate, 2 in. long by half as broad 
before they are fully developed, cuneate at the base, glabrous on both 
surfaces, 5-nerved. Flowers unknown. Fruit globose, 4—5 in. in diam. ; 
pericarp thick, woody; pulp copious, Seeds 50-100, oblong, much com- 
pressed, 1 in. long. 
: Mozamb. Dist. (erman East Africa: Useguha; near Kwa Sulanga, Busse, 
323. 
30. S. usambarensis, Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 311. A 
shrub, 7-8 yards high; branchlets glabrous, with neither spines nor 
tendrils. Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, acute, glabrous, rigidly cori- 
aceous, 1}~2 in. long by half as broad, triplinerved from above the base ; 
petiole very short. Cymes axillary, shortly peduncled; bracts minute, 
ovate. Flowers unknown. Berry smal), oblong, l-seeded, shortly 
stipitate. 
