Pirate 2742. 
CLITANDRA ORIENTALIS, KX. Schum. 
APOCYNACES. 
C. wore ey K. Schum, in Engl. Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afr. Teil C. 
a C. Meenas Benth., pee paniculis multifloris, corollz 
et Bieri bone distin 
Frutex inflorescentiis exceptis glaberrimus, ramis gracilibus cortice 
brunneo multilenticelloso tectis. Molia oblonga vel oblanceolata, obtuse 
utrinque prominentibus ; petiolus 3-4 lin. longus. Inflorescentie axil- 
lares et terminales, composite paniculate, multiflore, contracte, vix 
1 poll. ites ai subpedunculate, tenuiter ae bractez ovate, 
i i li 
ula ; 
lobi lineari-oblongi, tubum a saplens vel paulo breviores. <Anthere 
orbiculari-elliptice, minime, } } lin. haud attingentes ; filamenta tenuia 
antheris paulo breviora. Ovarium glabrum, subovoideum ; stylus brevis ; 
stigma capitatum, subconicum, apiculo 2-lobo brevi ; loculi ob placentas 
a basi ad apicem coalitas 2 ; ovula in utraque placenta 9-12, 3-seriata. 
allier, f. auth ublianen in Jahrb. Hamburg. Wissensch. Aunstalt, 
) 3. i 
GeRMAN East Hones Bukoba on Lake Victoria, Stwhlmann, 
31. 
Parke ae very seas to C. cymulosa, Benth., fro rra Leone, the 
species on w the genus was established. It d es it in the 
rather narrower leaves with a more raised venation, in th y-flowe 
the very ogee anthers. It has been eee out by Bentham in 
m ct 
2-locular, adding ‘ placentis valde promin inentibus (medio tamen haud 
junctis 1)’ There is no doubt that the placentas project in most species 
