Strychnos. | LXXXVI. LOGANIACEE (BAKER). 535: 
Leaves shortly petioled, broadly ovate, 1$~3 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, 
rounded or subcordate at the base, rounded or very shortly cuspidate at 
the apex, coriaceous, 7-nerved. Fruit globose, smooth, 2~3 in. in diam., 
green; pericarp thick ; pulp copious ; seeds many.— Busse, Gilg & Pilger 
in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 179. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Uhehe; Uchungwe Mountains, 5000— 
‘6000 ft., Goetze, 643, East Ungoni, Busse, 735. 
64. S. Buettneri, Gily in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 574. An erect shrub; 
branchlets unarmed, glabrous. Loaves suborbicular or orbicular-ovate, 
3-4 in. long, nearly as broad, shortly cuspidate, glabrous on both sides, 
cuneate at the base, triplinerved from above the base; petiole very 
short. Flowers 5-merous, in many-flowered cymes from the end of the 
branchlets; peduncle 1 in. long; pedicels }-} in. long. Calyx-lobes 
lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, }-} in. long. Corolla-tube as long as 
the calyx; lobes ovate, as long as the tube. Fruit globose, 3 in. in 
diam.; pericarp thick ; seeds many. 
Upper Guinea. Togo: near Bismurckbarg, by Ketschenke brook, Buettuer, 
370, and by Jegge brook, Buettner. 
65. S. Fischeri, Gilg in Hngl. Jahrb. xvii. 565. An erect tree; 
branchlets unarmed, clothed with yellowish tomentum. Leaves ovate 
or orbicular-ovate, 1}—2 in. long, rigidly membranous, 5-nerved from the 
base, clothed with yellowish tomentum on both sides; petiole } -} in. long. 
Flowers sessile, densely crowded in the axils of the leaves. Calyx 3); in. 
long, densely tomentose; sepals orbicular-ovate. Corolla-tube } in. 
long, hairy at the throat; lobes half as long as the tube. Fruit and seeds 
‘unknown. 
Mozamb. Dist. German Hast Africa: Usula-Usiha, Fischer, 300. 
66. S. samsibariensis, Gilg in Hngl. Jahrb. xxviii. 124, An 
-erect shrub; branches terete, glabrous, brown-black, armed with 
‘slender axillary slightly recurved spines. Laaves oblong or ovate-oblong, 
13-2 in. long, cuneate or rather rounded at the base, cuspidate at the 
apex, d-nerved. Cymes 7—18-flowered, terminal on the young branches; 
pedicels short, clothed with short yellowish hairs. Sepals linear, very 
acute, ;',-} in. long. Corolla as long as the calyx; tube urceolate ; 
lobes deltoid, } as long as the tube. Fruit large, many-seeded. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Stuhlmana, i, 1011. Germin East Africa: 
‘Pangani, Stuhlmann, i, 161. 
67. S. Carvalhoi, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxxvili. 123. An erect 
shrub; branchlets dull yellowish, pubescent when young, armed with 
slender straight axillary spines. L>aves shortly petioled, obovase-oblong 
-or oblong, 14~2 in. long, acute, cuneate at the base, shining, 5-nerved. 
Flowers in lax terminal cymes; peduncles and pedicels pubescent. 
Sepals 5, linear, acute, } in. long. Corolla not longer than the calyx ; 
tube urcedslate , lobes deltoid, } as long asthe tube. Fruit unknown. 
