Plate 2341. 



ECTINOCLADUS BENTHAMI, BailL 

 Apocynace^. Subtribe Euechitide.e. 



E. Benthami, Baillon, Ilist. des Hantes, x. 211 ; frutex 15-30-pedaHs, 

 ramulis teretibus divergentibus v. patentibus primum puberulis raox 

 gjabns, foliis petiolatis oljlongo- v. oblanceolato-ovalibus obtusis v. 

 obtuse apiculatis basi cuneatis tenuitcr coriaceis glabris v. in costa 

 puberulis venig subtus promiiiulis arrectis anastomosantibus, cymulls 

 puberulis paucifloris terminalibus v. quasi-axillaribus subsessilibu^ 

 Pedicellis flore sa-pius brevioribus, bracteis miiiutis ovatis, sepalis ovatis 

 olJtusiuscuHs, corollu- tubo calvce 3-4-plo longiore segmeiitis patentibus 

 reHexisve oblanceolatis v. obovatis ciliatis v. intus pilosulis tubo duplo 

 'ongioribus, antheris modio tubi insertia, ovariis distinctis hirtis, stylo 

 superne dilatato, folliculis teretibus striatis, seniinibus anguste lineanbus 



coma t,^^^,.' _i- ■. .. ~ -.- '^. n QQ Q 



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iiistructis. Stop/ 



Hab. W. Tropical Africa, Old Calabar, W. C. Thomson; Sierra 

 ^eone Boundary Commission, near Mofari, Scarcies Kiver, Scott- 

 Elhott {No. 4440). 



Folia 2 poll. longa, ^| poll, lata ;' petiolus, J-ipoll. longus. Flares 

 \Z- ^^^'^^ ''^^"^ in cymulis folio multo brevioribus. Folhmh 5 poll, 

 ^^gj^^^g^isti. Semina (immatura) pollicaria, coma fere Eeqmlonga.— 



op?' i T'°^^' calyx lobes and corolla removed, sbovring pistil. 2. Corolla laid 

 ^ °- 3. Author, autenor and lateral views, i. Seed. Fiffs. 1-3 enlarged. 



