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Plate 2337. 



TABEHNAiVTHE IBOGA, Baillon. 



ApocyNACEiE. Subtribe Tat^ern^montane^. 



T- Iboga, BaiU. in null. Soc. Linn. Paris, i. 782 ; frutex glaber, ramis 

 teretibus, foliis ovali- v. oblanceolato-oblongis obtusiuscule acuminatis 

 brevissime petiolatis v. subsessilibus, nervis lateralibus baud conspicuis 

 utrinqueO^ll, cymispaucifloris e dicbotomiis ortis peduncuktis fohis 

 inulto brevioribus pedicellis flore iuterduin longioribus, sepahs oyatis 



Tabernremonia 



^stivatione siiiistrorsuiii tortis, antbcris supra medium tubi msertis 

 acuminatis basi saglttutls, ovario integro basi biloculari medio et supra 

 umloculari placentis parietalibus multiovulatis. 



Hab. W. Tropical Africa ; Gaboon, Mann (No. 943) ; Cape Lopez 

 fr^ffon du Bellay ■ Con-o, Comm, Dr. II. Mueller ; Angola, Welwitsch 

 (No. 5950). 



Folia 3-5i poll, longa, 1-2 poll. lata. Flores \ poll. longi. 



-first discriminated by Dr. BaiUon (I.e.) but its position left doubt- 

 f"l. tliough its points of contact with Tahernmmntanajnd _ot er 

 f onps of Apocynacea. were clearly indicated by him Were i not 

 f the complete consolidation of the carpels one would hardly hesitate 

 5;^«rgeitin Tahernfemontana itself. It was sent to Kew b> L»r. 

 f^go Mueller in 1883, under the native Congo name of Bocca root,^ 

 ^aid to be 'used and much valued on the lower Congo as a f^^"*"^^- 

 ^.^Jlon says it is known at Cape Lopez as the Iboga, and that it is the 

 ^'^ow« of the ' Pahouins ' and OhouM of the Gaboon. 



It is described as having a large bitter root, eaten by the Gaboon 

 ^^f^- 'lis la disenfc enivrante: aphrodisiaque et J:;'^ Vj.^.^^^^^-/;-, 

 ;^^d<^nt qu'on n'^prouve aucun besoin de sommed.' Dr. ^f^Jl'^^^ 

 ^f- des Plantes,' x. 170, says the Oborate of the Gaboons is a plante 

 "•^dicamenteuse des plus reraarquables.'— D. Oliver. 



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