Anthocleista. | LXXXVI, LOGANIACEZ (BAKER). 541 
or lanceolate, rounded at the apex, gradually tapering at the base, 
24-30 in. long, 4-4? in. long, coriaceous, rigid, glabrous, quite entire ; 
nerves 17-19 on each side; auricles beneath prominent, nearly semi- 
orbicular, revolute, not connate between the bases of the petioles ; 
petiole 24 in. long, somewhat trigonous. Cymes dichotomous in a 
terminal panicle; branches irregularly compressed ; pedicels 2 lin. 
long, articulate. Sepals suborbicular, coriaceous, with papery margins, 
outer 4 lin. long, inner slightly shorter. Corolla fleshy, white; tube 
cylindrical, 13 lin. long; lobes 10-12, narrowly oblong, strongly 
contorted, about 6 lin. long, 2 lin. wide. Stamens 10; filaments 
connate into a ring about 1} lin. high; anthers about 3} lin. long. 
‘Ovary ovoid or ovoid-oblong ; style thick, 7} lin. long; stigma ovoid- 
oblong, 2 lin. long, 14 lin. thick._-Reliq. Dewevr. 160. 
South Central. Congo Free State: around Lukolela, Dewevre. 
This species is very closely allied to A. inermis, Engl. 
12. A.inermis, Lngl. in Hngl. Jahrb. viii. 63. An erect tree, 
25-30 ft. high; branchlets unarmed, {—} in. in diam. ; internodes very 
short. Upper leaves 1 ft. or more long by about 4 in. broad, 
membranous, lanceolate or elongate-lanceolate, obtuse, cuneately 
narrowed below, shortly and obtusely auricled at the base; auricles of 
opposite leaves connate; nerves about 13 on each side; petiole sulcate 
above, 14-14 in. long. Cymes sparingly compound, much shorter than 
the leaves; bracts widely triangular, cartilaginous; pedicels short. 
Calyx } in. long; outer lobes orbicular. Corolla not seen. Fruit sub- 
globose, # in. in diam. Seeds # lin. in diam. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo, Smith! on an island near Ponta da Lenha, 
Naumann, 
13. A. Schweinfurthii, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 579. An erect 
‘tree ; trunk 20-30 ft. long ; branches unarmed, $ in. in diam., with very 
short internodes. Leaves oval-oblong, oblong or obovate-lanceolate, 
acute, 6-20 in. long, 2-6 in. wide, coriaceous, quite glabrous, entire or 
very minutely toothed ; primary nerves 10-13 on each side; petiole 
2-3 in. long, with a recurved narrow auricle. Cymes compound, 
1 ft. long. Calyx } in. long ; outer lobes suborbicular. Corolla in bud 
twice as long as the calyx; lobes 9-11. Anthers linear, } in. long. 
Dried fruit obovoid-oblong, 14 in. long. 
Nile Land. Niamniam: woods by the River Mbrwole, Schweinfurth, 3726! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe; near Bukoba, Stuhlmann, 
3751, and Maissome Island, in Lake Victoria, Stuhlmann, 4133 (ex Gilg). 
14. A. magnifica, Gily in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 581. <A forest tree, 
40 ft. high ; branchlets unarmed, } in. in diam. with very short internodes. 
Upper leaves 5-6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad; petiole slender, half as long 
as the blade, without any border to the dilated base. Cymes sparsely 
compound. Calyx } in. long; outer lobes orbicular. Corolla-tube 
1 in. long, gradually dilated from the base to the throat ; lobes about 
