506 APOCYNACES (Stapf). [ Conopharyngia. 
DistRiB. Species about 25, mostly in tropical Africa; a few in the Mascareue 
Islands. 
§ 1. SarncopHaRynerA. Corolla-tube 3-3) in. long, fleshy 3 stigma more or 
less cylindric, grooved, with a projecting entire or lobed rim at the base, and a 
minute apiculus, : 
Corolla-tube $in. long... ae ra Fe ... (1) ventricosa. 
§ 2, LepropHaRyNneta. Corolla-tube }-} in. long, comparatively thin. 
Stigma ellipsoid or globose, minutely papillose, not grooved, with a usually 
toothed rim at the base and a conspicuous papillose 2-fid apiculus as long as or 
longer than the rest of the stigma. 
Only species in South Africa... 
1. C. ventricosa (Stapf in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. i. 149); a 
tree, 20-25 ft. high, perfectly glabrous; branches terete, fistular, 
olive-green when dry; leaves oblong, obscurely acuminate, acute at 
the base, 4-7 in. long, 11-3 in. broad, subcoriaceous ; secondary 
nerves 13-17 on each side, suboblique; petiole 3-7 lin. long; 
inflorescence eorymbose, dense ; peduncle rather stout, about 2 in. 
long; bracts ovate, acute, 2-3 lin. long; pedicels 1-2 lin. long; 
calyx 2-22 lin. long ; sepals rotundate, ovate-obtuse ; corolla white ; 
tube ellipsoid, constricted at both ends, 4—5 lin. long, velvety 
between the filamental ridges, otherwise glabrous; lobes ovate- 
oblong, slightly longer than the tube, wavy ; stamens inserted just 
below the middle of the corolla-tube ; anthers 3 lin. long, reaching 
slightly beyond the mouth; style 11 lin. long; fruit unknown. 
Taberneemontana ventricosa, Hochst. ex DC. Prodr. viii. 366 ; 
Krauss in Flora, 1844, 828; Sim, For. Fl. Cape Col. 271, t. clv. 
Jig. iii. 
Eastern Reaion: Pondoland; in swamps, ex Sim. Natal; woods near the 
Umgeni River, Krauss, 146! Inanda, Wood, 787! and without precise locality, 
Gerrard, 1423! 
2. C. elegans (Stapf in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. i. 149); a shrub, 
8-10 ft. high ; branches terete, rather stout, drying more or less 
black ; leaves narrowly oblong to lanceolate, subacuminate or 
obtuse, acute at the base, 4—6 in. long, 14-2 in. broad, subcoriaceous, 
opaque when dry, much paler beneath; secondary nerves 16-22 on 
each side, almost horizontal and straight; inflorescence corymbose 
or paniculate, terminal, more or less overtopped by young shoots, 
many-flowered, loose ; pedunele 1-2 in. long; bracts small, searious, 
caducous ; pedicels slender, up to 6 lin. long ; calyx 1-1} lin. long ; 
sepals rotundate-ovate, obtuse, not ciliolate, with 1 bifid or 2-3 
entire basal glands within; corolla yellowish-white; tube short, 
eylindric, 3-31 lin. long, constricted and thin and glabrous within 
below the stamens, more fleshy and hairy within in the upper part; 
lobes oblong, 43 lin. long; stamens inserted 1 lin. above the base 
of the corolla-tube; anthers subsagittate, with short'solid basal 
points, 1 lin. long; style 2 in. long; stigma subulate, densely 
papillose, 2-fid, from a globose or ellipsoid viscid base, supported by: 
a ring of 10 small spreading lobes; berries obliquely ovoid, with 
apiculate recurved tips and 1 dorsal and 2 lateral ridges, up to 2 in. 
(2) elegans. 
