Zandolphia.] Lxxxiv. apocynace^ (stapf). 47 



bracts at the base of the branches subulate-acuminate from an ovate 

 base, up to 2 lin. long, upper ones passing into the calyx-segments. 

 Oalyx 1—1 J lin. long, rusty-tomentose ; sepals lanceolate-ovate, subacute 

 or subacuminate. Corolla white, fragrant ; tube widest Ij lin. above 

 the base, slender, cylindric above, 6^-7 lin. long, finely tomentose 

 without ; lobes as long as the tube, oblong, subobtuse, long ciliate along 

 the outer edge. Stamens inserted near the base ; anthers linear-oblong, 

 acute. Ovary depressed-globose, densely tomentose except at the very 

 base ; style glabrous. Young fruits pyriform-globose, fulvo-pubescent, 

 or glabrescent, often asymmetrically apiculate by the persistent style 

 base which is thrust aside by the unequal growth of the fruit. — 

 L. scandeiis, var. fen-iigiiiea, Hallier f. Kautschuklianen in Jahrb. 

 Hamburg. Wissensch. Anstalt. xiv. (1899), 3. Beih. 80, partly. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast : Aquapira Hills, Johnson, 782 ! Western 

 Lagos : interior, Roivland ! 



18. Ij. petersiana. Dyer in Kew Report, 1880, 42. A scandent 

 shrub with sensitive inflorescences acting as tendrils ; young branches 

 minutely rusty-pubescent to tomentose, soon glabrescent, reddish or 

 finally greyish-brown with numerous small lenticels. Leaves elliptic 

 or elliptic -oblong, subacute or more commonly obtuse at both ends, 

 :3J-4J in. long, lJ-2 in. broad, coriaceous, loosely pubescent on both 

 .sides when quite young, soon glabrous, usually blackish and somewhat 

 glossy above when dry, pale beneath ; midrib channelled above, raised 

 below ; secondary nerves oblique, distinctly curved, 6-8 (rarely 10) on 

 each side, finely channelled above, distinctly raised below ; tertiary 

 nerves more or less irregular and like the fine network of veins usually 

 distinct, brown, scarcely raised ; marginal arches obscure ; petiole about 

 :3 lin. long. Panicle short or elongate, peduncled, bearing clusters of 

 many sessile flowers at the ends of short spreading or recurved branches ; 

 branches or rhachis often acting as tendrils, finely rusty-pubescent or 

 glabrescent all over; peduncle 1-4 in. long, slender ; rhachis 1-1^ in. 

 long, lowest branches from a few lines to 1 in. long; bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate or ovate-oblong, acute or subacute, rusty-pubescent or 

 tomentose. Calyx about 1 lin. long ; sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, more 

 or less laterally compressed in the upper half, rusty-pubescent or 

 tomentose. Corolla white, sweet-scented, rather variable in size, 

 8-13 lin. long (rarely longer) in bud ; tube slender, cylindric, about 3-4 J 

 lin. long, slightly wider and staminiferous 1-1 J lin. above the base, 

 minutely and equally pubescent above the widening ; lobes obliquely 

 oblong or linear-oblong, acute or obtuse, 6-8 lin. long, curled-ciliate. 

 Anthers ovate-oblong, acute, not quite 1 lin. long. Ovary globose, 

 very minutely rufo-tomentose. Style and stigma 1 lin. long, the latter 

 cylindric from a thicker base, bifid. Fruit globose, up to 2^ in. in diam., 

 finely velvety ; pericarp leathery, up to 2 lin. thick, without a sclerenchy- 

 matous layer; seeds 4-9 lin. long.— Ficalho, PI. Uteis Afr. Portug. 219; 

 K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xv. (1892) 406 ; L. Planchon, Prod. Apocyn. 

 319 ; Dewevre, Caoutch. Afr. Monogr. Landolph. 27 partly ; Jumelle, 

 PI. a Caoutch. et a Gutta, 57 partly ; Morris in Journ. Soc. Arts, xlvi. 



