Plate 2350. 



HOLALAPIA MULTIFLORA, Stapf. 

 ApocYNACEiE. Tribe Euechitide-e. 

 H. multiflora, Staj-)/ in Kew BulhL 1894, 123 ; alte scandeiis 



glaberriina, ramis teretibus Ipevibus, foliis petiolatis oblongo- ovato- v. 

 obovato-ellipticis breviter obtuse acuininatis cuspidatisve basi late 

 rotundatis v. interdum subcordatis, paniculis termiualibus multifloris 

 congestis subsessilibus foliis superioribus multo brevioribus, bracteis 

 parvis late ovatis obtusis submembranaceis, pedicellis divergentibus 

 decurvisve calyce 3-5-plo longioribus, sepalis infpqualibu.s ovato-ellip- 

 ticis obtusis glandulis totidem earnosulis ovatis rotundatisve altern- 

 autibus, corolbe hypocrateriformis tubo supra calycem leviter dilatato 

 intus infra antheras lineatim cum setis deflexis hispido, segmentis late 

 obovatis glanduloso-marginatis, fauce exannulato, antheris infra medium 

 tubi insertis lineari-lanceolatis acumiiiatis basi sagittatis, carpellis 

 coalitis, ovario biloculari multiovulato. 



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Hab. W. Tropical Africa; Ternando Po, Mann (Xo. 1164) ; Rio 

 ael Rey, Cameroons, Johnston. 



_ Frutex scandens 40-pedalis. Folia 4-7 poll. longa, 2-3| poll. lata, 

 linea interpetiolari juncta ; petiolus \-\ poll, longus. Flares expansi, 

 1-lj poll. diam. 



We have here a case analogous to that of Tahernanthe (PI. 2337), 

 standing in the same relation to Alajia as Tahernanthe to Taberiicemon- 

 tana : differing, that is, from the old genera respectively in the consolida^ 

 tion of the carpels. In general fades of the plant and if 

 divaricating terminal panicle it corresponds nearly with 

 dolphioides. The anthers are those of the Euechitidese, not of the 



Alaji 



Carissec^ to which Landolphia belongs.— D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Calyx and pistil. 2. Same, two sepals removed to sliow the ovary. 3. 

 i^oroUa-tube laid open. 4. Anther, back and front views. 5. and 6. Transverse 

 sections ol the ovary. All enlarged. 



