5B4 LXXXVI, LOGANIACEE (BAKER). [ Strychnos. 
the base to above the middle, pubescent on the back; petiole very 
short. Cymes lateral. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, hairy. Corolla not 
seen. Fruit globose, } in. diam.—Hiern in Cat. Afr. PJ. Welw. i. 
is 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in forest about Lopollo, towards the River 
Monino, Welwitsch, 4779! 4780, and fruit, 744. 
S. dekindtiana, Gilg in Notizbl. Kénigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, ii. 258, is stated to be 
very closely allied to S. cocculoides. It is described thus : a tree 10-19 ft. high; bark 
black, thin, slightly papillose-rugose ; fruit nearly destitute of pulp, very poisonous ; 
seeds numerous, densely picked, Angola: Huilla, in woods at 5500-5900 ft., 
Dekindt. 1032. 
60. S. Unguacha, 4. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 52, t. 73. An 
erect tree ; branchlets pallid, glabrous. Leaves oblong, obtuse, subcor1- 
aceous, 2~3 in. long, distinctly triplinerved from above the base to above 
the middle, glabrous ; petiole very short. Cymes many-flowered, lateral, 
sessile ; pedicels sometimes as long as the calyx, pubescent. Calyx 3’; 
in. long; segments orbicular, much imbricate. Corolla } in. long; 
tube longer than the calyx ; segments orbicular. Style longer than the 
ovary. Fruit globose, 2-2} in. in diam. Seeds 15-20, ? in. long.— 
Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 103. Unguacha Simiarwm, Hochst. in 
Flora, 1844, 103. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: in low-laying places towards the River Tacazze ; 
near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1817 ! 
Gilg, in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 564-5, describes three varieties (microcarpa, grandi- 
JSolia, and dschurica) of which we have no authenticated specimens, and in Engl. 
Jahrb, xxx. 374, var. polyantha, from near Kanada village, Unyika, German East 
Africa, 4900 ft., Goetze, 1436. 
61. S, xerophila, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 98. An erect 
shrub; branchlets pallid, pubescent. Leaves ovate or oblong, cori- 
aceous, pubescent beneath, 3—4 in. long, obtuse or emarginate, strongly 
5-nerved from near the base. Cymes lateral, sessile, few-flowered ; 
pedicels very short. Calyx } in. long; lobes orbicular. Corolla 4 in. 
long ; tube cylindrical, longer than the calyx ; lobes oblong, half as long 
as the tube. Fruit as large as an orange, edible, full of pulp.—S. Ungu- 
acha, var. grandifolia, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 564. 
Nile Land. Jur: Kurshook Ali’s Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1719! Madi, 
Speke & Grant ! 
62. S. brachyura, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 119. An erect 
shrub, without tendrils. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate or ovate-oblong, 
4—8 in. long, rounded at the base, rounded to a cuspidate apex, gla- 
brous, shining, triplinerved from the base. Inflorescence short, axillary, 
apparently many-flowered. Fruit small, globose, 1-seeded. 
Upper Guinea. Cumeroons: in bush-forest near Batanga, Dinklage, 1133. 
63. S. Getzei, Gily in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 123. An erect shrub, 
2-3 yards high; branchlets thick, whitish, subtetragonal, glabrous. 
