Clitandi'a.] Lxxxiv. aPocVi^ace^ (stapf). 65 



obtuse, subequal, ciliolate. Corolla white, sweet-scented, glabrous with- 

 out ; tube subcyliiidric, widest at the middle, gradually and slightly 

 narrowed towards both ends, finely hairy at the insertion of the stamens, 

 1^ lin. long; lobes oblong, subacute, spreading, 1 lin. long. Stamens on 

 fine short filaments at the middle of the tube, linear-oblong, scarcely 

 J lin. long. Ovary ovoid, sulcate, gradually passing into the slender 

 style ; stigma subulate- clavate, bilobed, slightly exserted from the calyx. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast : Okroase, Johnson, 753 ! 



5. C. cymulosa, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 445. A climbing 

 shrub, quite glabrous except the inflorescences ; tendrils unknown ; 

 young branches brown, dotted with lenticels. Leaves oblong or elliptic- 

 oblong, abruptly acuminate, cuneate at the base, 3-4 in. long, l|-l2 iii* 

 broad, wavy along the margins, coriaceous ; midrib fiat or convex 

 above, prominent below; secondary nerves 4-5 to an inch (15-20 on 

 each side) with parallel fainter tertiary nerves between them, like the 

 obscure reticulation very faintly raised on both sides ; petiole ^ in. 

 long. Cymes axillary, many-flowered, slightly exceeding the petioles ; 

 flowers distinctly, though shortly, pedicelled, very finely puberulous; 

 bracts minute. Calyx J lin. long, minutely pubescent ; sepals ovate, 

 subacute, ciliolate. Corolla glabrous without; tube subcylindric, IJ to 

 almost 2 lin. long, widest at the middle, pubescent within ; lobes 

 linear-oblorg, slightly longer than the tube. Stamens inserted slightly 

 below the middle ; anthers ovoid, minute, acute, as long, as the fila- 

 ments or longer, finally nodding. Ovary globose-ovoid, glabrous, 

 imperfectly 1 -celled, gradually passing into a very short style; stigma 

 globose-ovoid, apiculate, as long as the style. Ovules 2-seriate (?), 8-4 

 in each series. — Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1898, 40 ; Hallier f. 

 Kautschuklianen in Jahrb. Hamburg. Wissensch. Anstalt. xvii. (1899), 

 3. Beih. 129. 



Upper Ouineai Sierra Leone, Don/ 



6. C. orientalisy K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 315. A 

 shrub, quite glabrous except the inflorescences ; young branches brown, 

 dotted with numerous lenticels. Leaves oblong or oblanceolate, ob- 

 tusely acuminate (acumen linear, up to 4 lin. long), acute or subcuneate 

 at the base, 3-3 j in. long, 1-1 1^ in. broad, slightly wavy along the 

 margins, coriaceous, somewhat glossy above ; midrib flat or slightly 

 sunk above, prominent below; secondary nerves 9-11 on each side, 

 straight, oblique, like the elegant reticulation raised on both sides ; 

 petiole 3-4 lin. long. Panicles compound, dense, very finely puberulous, 

 axillary and terminal, scarcely 1 in. long ; peduncle extremely short ; 

 bracts minute, ovate ; pedicels |-| lin. long. Calyx up to } lin. long, 

 minutely pubescent ; segments ovate, subacute, ciliolate. Corolla 

 minutely puberulous without ; tube inflated below the middle, 2-'2\ lin. 

 long, pubescent within ; lobes linear-oblong, as long as or slightly 

 shorter than the tube. Stamens inserted just below the middle of the 

 corolla-tube ; anthers orbicular-elliptic, obtuse, slightly longer than the 



