60 Lxxxiv. APOCYNACE^ (sTArp). [Laiidol2Jhia. 



930; DC. Prod. viii. 320; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 443; Collins, 

 Caoutch. Report, 27, 28, t. 4 ; Dyer in Kew Report, 1880, 38 ; Moloney, 

 Forestry West Afr. 84, 382 ; Radlkofer, Abliandl. Naturw. Ver. 

 Bremen, viii. (1883) 39G ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis Afr. Portug. 214-220; 

 Kew Bulletin, 1888,253; 1880, G5 ; 1893, 183; K. Schum. in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xv. 409, and in Engl. &, Prantl, Pilanzenfam. iv. ii. 130; 

 L. Planchon, Prod. Apocyn. 139, 313-319; Dew^vre, Caoutch. Afr. 

 Monogr. Landolph. 36 ; Chimani in Bot. Centralbl. Ixi. (1895) 45G, t. 2, 

 figs. 13 and 21 ; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 189 ; Yogtherr 

 in Kohler, Mediz. Pfl. iii. under Landolphia comorensis partly ; Moller 

 in Tropenpfi. i. (1897) 188 ; Jumelle, PL a caoutch. et a gutta, 42 ; 

 Sadebeck, Kulturg. Deutsch. Koloo. 272, 27 G ; Morris in Journ. Soc. 

 Arts, xivi. 775 ; Warb. in Tropenpfi. iii. (1899) 312 ; Clouth, Gummi, 

 Gutt. and Balata, 17, fig. 8; Mikosch in Wiesner, Rohstofie, ed. 2, 

 i. 362 ; Hallier f. Kautschuklianen in Jahrb. Hamburg. Wissensch. 

 Anstalt. xvii. (1899), 3. Beih. 42-45, 77 ; Henriquez, Kautschuk, Tab. 

 iii. and iv. ; Warb. Kautschukpfl. 118, 119; Schlechter, Westafrik. 

 Kautschuk-Exped. 229, fig. on p. 128 ; Hua in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 

 Paris, 1900, 309, 311 ; De Wild. Apoc. a latex rec. par Gentil, 17 ; De 

 Wild. & Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. iii. fasc. 2, 

 146. L. ffeudelotii, Schlechter, Westafr. Kautschuk-Exped. fig. on 

 p. 9. L. Gentilii, De Wild. Apocyn. a latex rec. par Gentil, 20 (?). 

 Vahea owariensis, F. v. Muller in Wittstein, Org. Constit. Plants, 258, 

 268, and in Select. Extratrop. PI. ed. 3, 344. V. elastica, Klotzsch ex 

 Schweinf. MS. in Herb. Kew. Pacouria owaj'iensis, Hiern in Cat. 

 Afr. PI. Welw. i. 661. Pcederia owariensis. Spreng. Syst. i. 669. 



Upper Guinea. French Guinea : Konakri, Bouery, Lecerf, Poisson ! between 

 Bambuya and Tirabo, Poheguin, Susu Country, Scott- Elliot, 3878 ! 4754- ! Sierra 

 Leone: Afzelius ! Don ! Ivory Coast ; near Baoule, Pohegum. Gold Coast: Krepi Hills, 

 Johnson, b24: ! 525! Lunte Hills, JohnsonSll ! Aburi Hills, Joh?ison, 282 ! and with- 

 out precise locality, -Sroicw, 354! D&homey, Foisson ! Lngos : Ajitite, Millen, 168! 

 Ilorin, Rowland ! Niger Protectorate : Oware, Beauvois ; Onitsa, Barter^ 1773 I 

 1810 ! Old Calabar, Mann, 2311 ! Caaieroons : Rio del Key, Johnston, 3 ! Victoria 

 Gardens, Freuss ; Johann Albrechts-Hohe, Staudt, 883. 



Kower Cruinea. Corisco Bay, Jfanw, 2311 ! Gaboon: Siha,nge Forest, Biittner, 

 497. Portuguese Congo : Malemba, near Landana, Fhilipps ! Lalemba, Deivevre, 

 362 ! Lower Congo : Kisantu, Qillet, 1764 ! Limba, Laurent ! Stanley Pool, Dewev7'e, 

 737a ! Angola : Quiballa, Monteiro 1 forests of Mussengue, Quilombo, Queta and 

 Bumba and in the mountains of Alto Queta, Welivitsch, 5930 ! 



Soutii Central. Congo Free State : Mukenge, by the Lulua River, Fogge, 

 1044; (Kassai forest, Luja, 267 ! Moucombe, Demeuse, 454 ! both barren branches) ; 

 between Lake Leopold II. and Lake Tumba, Gentil ; Bolobo, Dewevre, 698 ! Lulonga 

 River, Dewevre, 811a! Fall Station, Dewtvre, 1158 ! 



De Wildeman & Durand, Reliq. Dewevr., also refer here a specimen collected near 

 Stanley Pool [Dewevre, 72Ia), the fruits of which are described by Dewevre as 

 pyriform. 



Var. /3 ruhiginosa, Stapf. Young branches and inflorescences -velvety with soft 

 flexuous dark rust-coloured hairs. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, subacuminate, 3-3.] in. 

 long, 1-1;^ in. broad, pubescent below, finally more or less glabrescent except on the 

 midrib, which is more permanently covered with hairs similar to those of tlie young 

 branches. 



