46 Lxxxiv. APOCYNACE^ (sTAPP) [Laiidolpkia, 



peduncle 3-4 in. long. Calyx delicately rusty-tomentose, 1 lin. long; 

 sepals ovate, subobtuse. Corolla up to almost 10 lin. long in bud ; 

 tube 3 lin. long, globosely inflated just above the calyx, very slender, 

 pubescent to almost villous; lobes linear-oblong, subacute, 5-0 J lin. 

 long, margins woolly with white hairs. Stamens inserted about 1 lin. 

 above the base of the corolla. Ovary tomentose. 



Mozamb. Slst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Buchanan (1895 coll.), 

 140! 



IG. L, amoena, Hua in Journ. de Bot. xv. (1901) 8, lQ,Jig. 3. A 

 shrub 6-12 ft. high; branches pendulous, reddish- velvety from lon^ 

 hairs when young, finally glabrescent, brown, with numerous minute 

 lenticels. Leaves oblong or ovate, shortly and acutely acuminate, 

 rounded at the base, 2J-4 in. long, IJ-lf in. broad, rigidly papery, 

 reddish-pubescent on both sides when quite young, soon glabrescent ; 

 midrib channelled above, prominent below ; secondary nerves slightly 

 oblique, very slender, straight or slightly curved, 12 on each side, con- 

 nected by rather bold unequal arches ; reticulation delicate ; petiole 

 scarcely 2 lin. long, pubescent. Panicles elongate, sensitive, bearing 

 very dense clusters of many sessile flowers at the ends of the distant 

 branches, which often act as tendrils ; bracts resembling the sepals. 

 Calyx rufo-tomentose, 1-1|^ lin. long; sepals lanceolate-ovate, acute. 

 Corolla white, sweet-scented ; tube inflated near the base, 5-6 lin. long, 

 rusty-tomentose ; lobes oblong, obtuse, about as long as the tube, long 

 ciliate. Stamens inserted just above the calyx ; anthers acute. Ovary 

 depressed-globose, densely tomentose. Fruit pyriform, pubescent when 

 young, afterwards more or less globose, subapiculate, 5-15 lin. in diam. ; 

 rind smooth, very thin ; seeds few, 1-6 lin. long, embedded in a sweetish 

 yellowish-brown pulp. — L. scandens, Hallier f. Kautschuklianen in 

 Jahrb. Hamburg. Wissensch. Anstalt. xvii. (1809), 3. Beih. 79 partly. 

 Ancylohotrys aiivena, Hua in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, v.-(1899) 186. 

 Upper Guinea. French Guinea : Kouroussa (Kurusi), on the Upper Niger, 

 Paroisse ! 



According ta Hua and Chevalier, I.e. 78, it is common in Futa Jallon and as 

 far as Beledougou (Bambara), in French Guinea. Very closely allied to, and pirhaps 

 not specifically distinct from L. ferruginea. 



17. L. ferruginea, Stapf. A scandent shrub with sensitive in- 

 florescences acting as tendrils ; young branches densely rusty-tomentose, 

 very late glabrescent, and then blackish with numerous minute lenticels. 

 Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong, subacuminate, obtuse at the base, 3-5^ 

 in. long, 1 J-2 J in. broad, coriaceous, rusty-pubescent on both sides when 

 quite young, soon perfectly glabrescent ; midrib finely channelled above, 

 very prominent below ; lateral nerves oblique, slightly curved, 9-10 on 

 each side, connected by unequal bold or flat usually inconspicuous arches, 

 slender, rather inconspicuous above, distinct and raised below ; reticula- 

 tion fine, distinct below ; petiole 3-5 lin. long, rusty-tomentose. Panicle 

 elongate, sensitive, bearing very dense many-flowered clusters at the ends 

 of the distant spreading or recurved branches, all parts rusty-tomentose ; 



