PuAatEs 2694-2695. 
FUNTUMIA ELASTICA, Stapf. 
Apocynace®. Tribe EcHITIDEs. 
Funtumia, Stap of (genus novum). Calyx ad basin 5- ee intus 
glandulis munitus, persistens; segmenta imbricata, magis 
minusve obtusa ; glandulee numerose vel pauce, pee pan nese 
segmentis appresse. Corolla hypocraterimorpha, parvula vel mediocris 
(tota longitudine pollicem unum haud excedens) ; tubus brevis, medio 
vel paulo supra medium ventricosus, superne crassissimus, carnosus, 
ore annulo crasso pron seen cincto poriformi; lobi lineares vel 
oblongi, prefloratione dextrorsum obtegentes Stamina 5, in medio 
tubo inserta, in conum os sti ec pensgen arcte inclusum conniven- 
tia ; filamenta brevissima, crassa ; anther sagittate, intus basi glandula 
: elt : 
herens ; placente ad basin bipartite, rariolia earpelli lateri ventrali 
plane adnatis, facie dorsali ovulis multiseriatim obsitis. /ructus 
Solliculi distincti, breves vel elongati, divaricatim patentes, coriacei 
vel lignosi, secundum suturam dehiscentes ; ; placente mature tantum 
zona angusta rugulosa utrinque secundum suturam percurrente indicate, 
hey a satel pariete haud distinct. emina plurima, fusi- 
emiteretia, basi coma rt itata reverse plumosa ornata ; 
hie filiformis, te minula ; testa tenuis ; sesereino carnosum strato 
tenul embryonem circumdans. Praca elong subsem 
radicula supera, longiuscula ; cotyledones ae grasa it 
contortuplicate.—Arbores, interdum eacelse. Folia sempervirentia, 
coriacea, — (in alabastris maturis) 43-11 lin. longi, nwmerosi, in 
axilis foliorum cymoso-congesti, brevite er vel brevissime pedicellati, 
ali vel Pavesibness. (Cf. Stapf in Proc. Linn. Soc., Decemb. 7, 
) 
F. elastica, Stapf in Proc. Linn. Soc., Dec. 7, 1899. 
_ Arbor ad 100 ped. alta. Zrwncus erectus, cylindricus ; cortex extus 
- pallidus, maculatus ; ramuli teretes, exsiccando nigricantes ; latex 
