RE ef et is 
Priate 1992. 
ALAFIA BARTERI, Oliv. 
Apocynaces. Subtribe EvecHiripex. 
bs 
corymbiformibus pedunculatis, bracteis parvis deltoideo-ovatis, 
cellis flore brevioribus, calycis 5-partiti segmentis ovatis obtusis, 
corollee rotate limbo cum tubo squilongo, tubo extus glabro medio 
leviter dilatato ore contracto, limbi lobis oblique rotundatis ciliatis, 
estivatione dextrorsum obtegentibus, antheris medium versus tubi 
lnusertis inclusis lanceolatis acuminatis basi auriculis brevibus circum 
stigma conniventibus. 
Ot Nigritania, Onitsha, Barter ; expedition to interior of Yoruba, 
illson. 
Folia 23-3} poll. longa, 14-12 poll. lata; petiolus 3-} poll. longus. 
Flores albi, fragrantes, 4-4 poll. diam. 
For excellent specimens of this plant we are indebted to H.H. Sir 
A. Moloney, Governor of Lagos, who forwarded to Kew last year the 
interesting collection made by Mr. Alvan Millson in the Yoruba 
region, which included the curious new genus Cyanastrum, already 
figured in this yolume (Pl. 1965).—D. Ottver. 
Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Calyx and pistil, 3, Corolla, laid open. 4. Anther, back and 
front, 5, Transverse section of ovary. Enlarged, 
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