PLATE 2745-2746. 
PICRALIMA KLAINEANA, Pierre. 
ApocyNaces®. Tribe PLUuMERIOIDER. 
P. klaineana, Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1896, 1278 (species 
UNH 
Arbor 30-80 ped. alta, ramulis robustis epee neti nigri- 
i s rupte acum 
cantibu longa, magi inusve a nata, basi 
rotundata vel subacuta, 54-7 poll. longa, 2-3 poll. lata, dubwbe a, 
s ervis secondariis utrinque circiter 20, interdum tertiariis 
upra nitida vi 
parallelis similibus interjectis, sub i ‘™margine arcuatim connectis, 
venis prominulis areolas elongatas nervis subparallelas eee 
petiolus robustus, canaliculatus, ad 6 lin. longus, a excavatus 
glandibus sti a atus. Pedunculus robustus, 21 poll. longus ; fasckees 
minutze ve ulle ; pedicelli 4—6 lin. longi. Sepala ovato- -oblonga, 
obtusa, 3 lin. eta, nitidula, intus basi multiglandulosa. Corolla alba ; 
tubus carnosulus, 7-9 lin. longus, extus glaber, intus versus medi 
longa ; testa coriacea, levis; endosperma copiosum, carnosum.— 
K. Schum. in Engl. & Pra ntl, ‘Panacea, Nachtr. p. 284, Ergiinz. 
; 5. 60 : 
et in De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. 
Sér, 2, i. fase. i. p. 39; De Wild. & Durand, oo Dewévreane in 
Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. Sér. 3, fase. ii. p. 15% 
TROPICAL bebe and et Arrica : Upper Guinea, Old Calabar, 
vobb. Cameroon m Bay, Mann, 710. : boon, Mount Bouét, 
near Libreville, Jolly, oF : Klaine, 299, Con o Free State, Middle 
and Upper Congo Region, Lukolela, Dowie: 847. Lokandu, 
Dewevre, 1113. 
When I described this species as Tubernemontana nitida nearly 
eight years ago, I was already aware of the ve heterogeneous 
character of the ge nus Jabernemontana as generally understood - ; but 
having then no time to examine it critically, T preferred to refer ne 
