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Plate 2343. 



BAISSEA BRACHYANTHA, Staiif. 



APOCYNACE.E. Subtribe Euechitide.e. 

 B. brachyantha, Stapf in Kew Bullet. 1894, 125 ; scandens, 



ramulis teretibus ultimis compressiusculis fusco-puberulis mox glabris, 

 foliis late v. anguste ellipticis breviter obtusiuscule acuminatis v. 

 apiculatis, nervis prlinariis utrinque 9-11, venulis inconspicuis trans- 

 versis approximatis glabris tenuiter coriaceis, cymis in paniculis 

 axillaribus pluri- v, paucidoris pedunculatis folio stepius brevioribus, 

 pedunculis secundariis divaricatis fusco-puberulis, pedicellis floribus 

 subiequilongis, alabastris fusco-puberulis, calycis parvi segmentis ovatis 

 acutiusculis, corollte tube late infundibuliformi calyce 3-4-plo longiore 

 segmentis ovato- v. oblongo-lanceolatis intus glabris, antheris uifra 

 medium tubi insertis lanceolatis apice tenuiter acuminatis basi ap- 

 pendiculis vacuis anguste linearibus rectis, ovario apice hirto carpellis 

 coalitis. 



Hab, W. Tropical Africa ; Bagroo river, Mann (No. 854). 



Folia 2-3 poll, longa, |-2 poll lata ; petiolus ^-| poll, longus, 

 ^^'na in foliis an^ustioribus in petiolum attenuata. InJloTescenti(B 



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The lateral nerves of the leaves are about twice as numerous as in 

 r- ^^^i/iora, and the flowers are much shorter and smaller, though the 

 inflorescence is not quite so compact as represented in our plate. In 

 both species I find the carpels more or less distinctly connate.— D. 

 Oliver. 



, Fig. 1. Calyx and pistil. 2. Calyx and orary, t^o of the calyx-segments removed 

 3. Corolla laid open, showing insertion of the stamens, ^ ^"^^"- ^-"^ «"d ^^^^ 



'- Longitudinal eection of ovary. All enlarged^ 



"^ews* 5 



4. Anther, front and back 



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