Plate 2346. 



ONCINOTIS GRACILIS, StapJ. 



Apocynage.^. Subtribe EuECHixiDEiE. 



0. gracilis, Stajyf in Kew BulleL 1894, 124; scandens ranmlis 

 ferrugineo-liirtis teretibus, foliis petiolatis obovato- v. oblanceolato- 

 ellipticis obtusiuscule acuminatis basi obtusis supra costa parce hirtella 

 excepta glabra subtus pallidiora costa nervisque priniariis utrinque 5-7 

 pilosulis, paniculis axillaribus ferrugineo-hirtis folio saepius brevioribiis 

 breviter pedunculatis ramis inferioribus longioribus divergentibus, 

 floribus congestis brevissime pedicellatisj alabastris angustis subukto- 

 linearibus, sepalis ov^atis acutiusculis, corollte rotate tubo cylindrico 

 calyce 2-pIo longiore, linibi segmentis tubo aequilongis patentibus 

 oblongis, fauce squamulis 5 lobis limbi alternis parvis instructa, antheris 

 omnino inclusis prope basin corollii^ iiisertis, anguste linearibus lobis 

 basalibus divergentibus obtusiusculis leviter dilatatis, carpellis apice 

 pubescentibus basi glandulis 5 carnosulis circumdatis. 



Hab. Received from the Lagos Botanical Station, II. Milieu 

 (No. 106). 



Folia 3h-i poll, longa, 1|-1^ poll, lata; petiolus ]-§ poll, longus. 

 Flores ^ poll, longi. 



Nearly allied to 07icinotis Jiiria, Oliv. (^0. Plant.' 1232), from which 

 it difiers in indumentum, more distinctly acuminate leaves, mere 

 slender buds, and smaller acute rather spreading sepals, I have not 



seen the fruit.— D, Oliver. 



T'ia:. 1. Calyx laid open, slio^riug pistil. 2. Corolla laid open. 3, Anther, lateral 

 and front vievts. All enlargecL 



