224 MERRILL. 



intloreseentiis axillaribus, solitariis, pedunciilatis, miiltifloris, foliis sub- 

 aoqiiilongis; ealycis lobis 4 vel 5, setaeeis, brevibus, corollae laciniis 5, 

 ellipticis, rotundatis, qiiani tubus diinidio brevioribus. 



A scandent g-labrous shrub. Krancbes slender, terete, gray. Leaves 

 opposite, simple, chartaceous, shining when dry and paler on the under 

 surface, oblong-lanceolate to narrowly oblong-ovate, 12 to 15 cm long, 

 ■4 to 6 cm wide, the base acute, the apex narrowed, rounded, obtuse, or 

 rarely acute, the base with a pair of slender lateral nerves leaving the 

 midrib shortly above the insertion of the petiole, reaching at least to 

 the middle of the leaf and anastomosing with the lateral nerves, these 

 prinuuy lateral nerves usually 5 or 6 pairs, distant, not prominent, 

 scarcely more distinct than are the secondary ones; petioles jointed, 1,5 

 cm long. Cymes in the upper axils, solitary, about as long as the leaves, 

 iiumy-fiowered, the peduncles about 5 cm long, the branches bearing from 

 two to five flowers, the bracts and bracteoles minute, setaceous, 1 to 2 

 mm long. Pedicels 8 to 10 mm long. Calyx cup-shaped, glabrous, the 

 tube 3 to 4 mm long, the teeth 4 or 5, unequal, 1 to 2.5 mm long, linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, minutely scaberulous. Corolla white, the tube 2.4 

 cm long, the lobes 5, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, about 12 mm long, 8 mm 

 wide, rounded at the apex, tlie base broad and minutely biauriculate. 

 Anthers 6 to 7 mm long, acuminate. 



Nkgros, Faraon, For. Bur. 13557 Meyer cf Foxivorthy, September 10. 1909, 

 in forests, altitude not given. 



A species well characterized bj' its- slenderly triplinerved leaves, and its com- 

 paratively large flowers. There are from 20 to 25 flowers in each inflorescence. 



APOCYNACE.S]. 



ALSTONIA R. Br. 



Alstonia paucinervia sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra circiter 15 m alta; foliis chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, 

 anguste oblongo-obovatis, usque ad 13 cm longis, basi angustatis, acutis, 

 apice breviter latissime acuminatis vel obtusis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, 

 patulis, conspicuis, distantibus; folliculis 20 ad 40 cm longis. 



A glabrous tree about 15 rp high. Ultimate branches terete, or the 

 tips somewhat 4-angled, smooth, olivaceous. Leaves usually in whofls 

 of 4, narrowly oblong-obovate, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 9 to 13 cm 

 long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, the upper surface smooth and shining, the lower 

 surface of about the same color but dull or very slightly shining, the 

 apex very broadly and shortly acuminate or obtuse, gradually narrowed 

 from about the middle to the acute base; nerves about 15 on each side 

 of the midrib, spreading, distant, prominent, anastomosing close to the 

 margin and forming a faint, somewhat looped, submaiginal nerve, the 

 reticulations lax, rather indistinct; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Flowers 

 unknown. Fruiting podunclos from tlio apical axils, 3 to 4 cm long, 



