Strychnos. | LXXXVI, LOGANIACEH (BAKER). 527 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Masheua, 1600 ft., 
Holst, 3582! 
31. S. melastomatoides, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 201. A 
shrub without tendrils, quite glabrous in all its parts. Leaves distinctly 
petioled, oblong orovate-oblong, 4—7 in. long, 14-3 in. broad, acuminate, 
rounded at the base, coriaceous, shining on the upper surface, opaque 
beneath, 5-nerved. Cymes short, axillary; peduncle }—}? in. long. 
Flowers unknown. Berry subglobose, about 1 in. long. Seeds 1 or 
perhaps 2, orange-yellow, much compressed, 4—} in. long, convex on one 
side, concave on the other. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius. 
32. S. Tonga, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 575. An erect tree, with 
branchlets clothed with brown tomentum. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 
acute, 24-3 in. long, narrowed to the base, rigidly coriaceous, brown- 
tomentose on both sides, triplinerved from above the base; petiole 
jz} in. long. Flowers apparently in terminal cymes. Fruit globose, 
many-seeded, 34-4 in. diam., with a thick bony pericarp. Seeds 
oblique ovoid, } in. long, imbedded in copious pulp.—Notizbl. Kénigl. 
Bot. Gart. Berlin, ii. 255. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Pangani, Stuhlmann. Portuguese 
East Africa : Quilimane, Stuhlmann, 103Y. 
33. S. floribunda, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 566. An erect 
shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves oblong, subcoriaceous, dis- 
tinctly cuspidate, 2-3 in. long, distinctly triplinerved from the base to 
above the middle; petiole } in. long. Cymes copious, axillary, many- 
flowered, subsessile or shortly peduncled ; pedicels 2~3 times the length 
of the calyx. Calyx } lin. long; segments ovate, much imbricate. 
Corolla 4 in. long ; segments oblong, as long as the tube. Fruit not 
seen. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Monbuttu: by the Kapili (Kappily) 
River, Schweinfurth, 3558 ! 
The inflorescence much resembles that of S, malifolia, Baker. 
34. S. longecaudata, Gily in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 570. A shrub, 
glabrous in all its parts; branchlets slender. Leaves oblong, acute, 
subcoriaceous, 3—4 in. long, distinctly triplinerved from near the base 
to above the middle; petiole }-4 in. long. Cymes axillary, very com- 
pound, distinctly peduncled ; pedicels short. Calyx small, broadly cam- 
panulate ; segments orbicular. Corolla-bud globose ; tube very short. 
Style very short. Fruit not seen. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Monbuttu; in woods by a stream near 
Bongwa’s village, Schweinfurth. 
35. S. Moloneyi, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 97. A shrub, 
glabrous in all its parts; branchlets slender. Leaves oblong, acute, 
rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, 3-4 in. long, triplinerved from near the 
