Strychnos. | LXXXVI. LOGANIACE& (BAKER). 531 
47. S. cerasifera, Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 311. An _ erect 
shrub or small tree; young branchlets tomentose. Leaves decussate, 
oblong-lanceolate, opaque, narrowed from the middle equally to the base 
and apex, 14-2 in. long, $—2 in. broad, quite glabrous, 3—5-nerved from 
the base; petiole } in. long. Cymes terminal, 3—-5-flowered. Berries 
reddish-brown, globose, the size of a large cherry, 1-seeded. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa, Stuhlmann, 6089. 
48. S. Quaqua, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 567. An erect shrub, 
25 ft. high ; branchlets clothed with dense yellowish pubescence. Leaves 
obovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the apex, gradually 
narrowed to the base, 4—5 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, coriaceous, shining 
and glabrous above, slightly pubescent on the ribs, densely velvety 
beneath, 5-nerved; petiole 4—} in. long. Flowers solitary or few, 
fasicled in the axils of the leaves; pedicels }—-! in. long. Fruit large, 
globose. Seeds nearly 1 in. long, imbedded in pulp.—Busse, Gilg & 
Pilger in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 176. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Ungurn (Nguru); near Kwediboma, 
Busse, 313 (ex Busse & Gilg). Portuguese East Africa: Quilimane, Stuhlmann, i, 
1041 (ex Gilg). 
49, S. penduliflora, Laker. An erect shrub; branchlets pubes- 
cent. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, about 2 in. long, 
3—} in. broad at the middle, subcoriaceous, narrowed to the base, tripli- 
nerved from the base; petiole 4 in. long. Cymes many-flowered, 
lateral, pendulous, distinctly peduncled ; bracts ovate ; pedicels pubes- 
cent, as long as the calyx. Calyx ,}, in. long ; segments orbicular. 
Corolla-tube longer than the calyx, funnel-shaped ; segments oblong, 
half as long as the tube. Fruit unknown. 
Nile Land. Jur: Wau, Schweinfurth, 1072! 
50. S. myrtoides, Gilg d: Busse in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 178, with 
woodcut. A densely-branched erect shrub, 15-20 ft. high; branchlets 
clothed with yellowish-white hairs. Leaves sessile, oblong, }-} in. 
long, obtuse, cuneate at the base, triplinerved from the base, shining, 
pilose on the margin and ribs of both surfaces. Cymes terminal, 1-3- 
flowered ; peduncles and pedicels very short. Calyx } lin. long; lobes 
broadly ovate, subacute, ciliate. Corolla scarcely twice as long as 
the calyx, hairy at the throat inside; lobes ovate, acute, as long as the 
tube. Fruit unknown. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usagara? near Nyangao, on the 
northern edge of the Mpatila Plateau, Busse, 1108. 
51. S. behrensiana, Gilg d: Busse in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 175. 
An erect unarmed shrub, 15-25 ft. high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 
shortly petioled, oblong or ovate-oblong, 2-3 in. long, about 1 in, broad, 
rigidly coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, 5-nerved, Cymes axillary ; 
pedicels ;'; in. long; peduncles twice as long as the pedicels. Corolla 
