Landolphia.] Lxxxiv. APocYNACEiE (staff). 45 



locality, Thonniiiff ! Dsbhomey, Poisson ! Newf on, 121 Lagos: ne%r IWaro, Millen, 

 105 ! and without precise locality, Moloney ! 



Xower Guinea. Gaboon, A7aine, 591 ! 10h9 ! Thollon, 7o6; Loango; Chin- 

 chocho, Soyaux, 21! Lower Congo; between Poiti and Clioa, Dewcvre, 393? 

 Angola : Golungo Alto; mountain forests of Queta, near Cahunha and in Sobato- de 

 Bumba, Welwitsch, 5927 ! by the Lone River, Marques ! 



14. L. Tayloris, Stapf. A scandent shrub with sensitive inflor- 

 escences acting as tendrils ; young branches very minutely and often 

 obscurely pubescent, soon glabrescent, blackish-brown, at length rough 

 with small lenticels. Leaves oblong to lanceolate-oblong, gradually 

 narrowed into a short obtuse acumen, obtuse or subacute at the base 

 3-3^ in. long, l-l\ in. broad, thinly coriaceous, quite glabrous, dark 

 green and glossy above, paler beneath ; midrib channelled above, raised 

 below ; lateral nerves subhorizontal, straight, up to 18 on each side 

 very slender, faintly raised on both sides, middle ones alternating with 

 still fainter parallel tertiary nerves, all the nerves and the delicate 

 network of the veins dark brown belov/ ; marginal arches flat ; petiole 

 up to 2J lin. long. Panicle elongate, peduncled, bearing dense clusters 

 of few sessile flowers at the ends of its spreading or recurved branches ; 

 rhachis (H-3 in. long) or branches acting as tendrils, extremely 

 minutely pubescent or glabrescent all over ; peduncle 2-3 in. long, 

 very slender; bracts at the base of the branches ovate, acuminate, 

 upper ovate, obtuse, finely rusty- tomentose. Calyx finely rusty- 

 tomentose, scarcely over 1 lin. long; sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse or 

 subacute. Corolla about 11-lG lin. long in bud ; tube slender, cylindric, 

 slightly inflated and staminiferous just above the calyx, 4^-6 lin. long, 

 very minutely pubescent, usually only along 5 fine longitudinal lines ; 

 lobes linear-lanceolate, acute, 8-11 lin. long, flexuous, ciliolate. Anthers 

 ovate-oblong, acute, f lin. long. Ovary depressed-globose; top very 

 minutely velvety. Style and stigma scarcely IJ lin. long, the latter 

 cylindric from a thickened base. 



ITile Ziand. British East Africa : Rabai Hills, near Fjmbine, Taylor ! 



15. L. pachjrphyllay Stapf. A scandent shrub with sensitive 

 inflorescences acting as tendrils ; young branches very delicately rusty- 

 pubescent, reddish, soon glabrescent, dotted with pale lenticels. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate or oblong, gradually tapering into a very acute acumen, 

 obtuse or shortly subacute at the base, 2^-B^ in. long, 1-1 J in. broad, 

 very coriaceous, very minutely and scantily f urfuraceous when young, 

 soon glabrescent, bright yellowish-green and shining above, dull below ; 

 midrib channelled above, raised below ; lateral nerves up to 20 on each 

 side, horizontal, straight, very faintly raised on both sides ; reticulation 

 very delicate, yellowish above, inconspicuous below ; marginal arches 

 flat, obscure ; petiole up to 4 lin. long, slender. Panicle elongate, 

 peduncled, bearing dense clusters of many sessile flowers at the ends of 

 the spreading or recurved branches, the rhachis (rarely more than 2 in. 

 long) or branches often acting as tendrils, delicately pubescent all over ; 



