Strychnos. | LXXXVI, LOGANIACEE (BAKER). 529 
39. S. Genkeri, Gily WSS. An erect shrub; branches glabrous ; 
bark yellowish. Leaves oblong, up to 44 by 1? in., acuminate into a 
point 6—9 lin. long, cuneate at the base, quite glabrous on both surfaces, 
3-nerved from the base nearly to the apex, also with a more slender 
nerve near each margin ; petiole 1 lin. long, rugulose. Cymes axillary, 
sessile, about 15-flowered. Calyx 1 lin. long; lobes rounded, ciliate. 
Corolla glabrous outside, densely bearded in the throat; tube 1} lin. 
long, cylindrical ; lobes 5, slightly shorter than the tube, oblong-ovate. 
Stamens inserted in the corolla-throat ; filaments very short ; anthers 
oblong, nearly 1 lin. long. Ovary globose, glabrous; style cylindrical, 
pilose ; stigma truncate. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Bipinde, Zenker, 2436! 
40. S. Holstii, Gilg in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 310. A shrub or 
‘small tree; branchlets sub-quadrangular, whitish, glabrous. Leaves 
oblong, 1-2 in. long by about half as broad, quite glabrous, acute, 
narrowed to the base, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, triplinerved from the 
ase, shortly petioled. Cymes short, axillary, 3-5-flowered. Calyx- 
segments 5, ovate. Corolla unknown. Berry globose, the size of a 
smal] cherry, 1-seeded, orange-yellow when dry. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Masheua, Holst, 8833. 
41. S. sennensis, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 97. A much- 
‘branched shrub, glabrous in all its parts; branchlets slender, tetragonal. 
Leaves ovate-oblong, subcoriaceous, acute, 2-3in. long, narrowed 
gradually from the middle to both ends and distinctly triplinerved from 
near the base to above the middle, nearly sessile. Cymes axillary, 
many-flowered, on short ascending peduncles. Calyx very small; 
‘segments broad, obtuse. Corolla and fruit not seen. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi ; opposite Senna, 
cori | 
42. S. chrysocarpa, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 98. A shrub, 
glabrous in all its parts; branchlets slender. Leaves oblong, acute, 
rigidly coriaceous, 2—3 in. long, distinctly triplinerved from near the 
base to above the middle; petiole very short. Cymes terminal and 
axillary; peduncle very short. Calyx-segments short, broad. Corolla 
not seen. Fruit globose, orange-yellow, 14-2 in. in diam., many- 
seeded. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: by a stream near Wilberforce, 200 ft., 
Johnston! Gold Coast, Burton & Cameron ! 
43. S. Stuhlmanni, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 570, An erect 
shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves oblong, acute, moderately firm, 
4-5 in. long, 3-nerved from above the base, with the 2 main side nerves 
springing from the midrib some distance above the base ; petiole very 
short. Peduncles short, lateral. Calyx-segments 5, very small, obtuse. 
Corolla not seen. Fruit globose, 1-seeded, ? in. diam., blackish-purple 
~when ripe. 
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