Plate 2340. 



CARPODIN^US UNIFLORUS, Stapf. 



Apocynace^. Tribe Carisse.e. 



C. uaiflorus, Stajif in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 19; scandens, raraulis 

 ov n'^ P^"^^"'" obscure pubescentibus mox glabratis, foliis oblongo- 

 lat rf ^^^^^^ acuminatis basi angustatis pallide viridibus nervis 



eralibus utrinque 6-8 sub ipso margine arcuatis subtus prominulis, 

 v^^^^^^J^'^illaribus solitariis brevissime pedicellatis 4-5-bracteolatis, 

 cal • -^^ late ovatis obtusis calyce brevioribus pubescentibus, lobis 

 tat T-f ^^•'^^'^^olis coiisimilibus, corolla; puberal* segmentis linearibus 

 J^ tentibus tubo aequlloiigis, staminibus supra medium tubi insertis, 

 «^ario tomentello. ^ ° ' ^ 



i'^%^\^' ^''^P'^''^ Africa, Sibange Farm on the Gaboon, Soyaui^ 



Fllf"] ^"^ P°"- lo"ga, l|-2} poll. lata ; petiolus J poll, longus. 

 '^^^ 1 poll. diam. ; corolb^ tubus |-| poll, longus. 



..f!l*^1 ^*^ yield ' very fine india-rubber.' C. parviflorus, Stapf would 



Pi 



■-'^ tue nearest ally ot tins plant, also grow 

 nowers are very much smaller.— D. Oliver. 



TiewT \ ^^^ .''"'^ bracteoles. 2. Corolla hiid open. 3. Anther, front and back 



■*• .t^istil. 5. Traubverse section of ovar^. All enlarged. 



