74 Lxxxiv. APOCYNACiLE (stapf). \Carpodinu8. 



Calyx more or less pubescent; leaves 4-6 in. by 

 l|-2i in. 

 Corolla glabrous, violet, 12-14 lin. long in 



bud ....... 13. C. violacea. 



Corolla finely pubescent without, white, 6|-8 



lin. long in bud 14. C. suhrepanda. 



Calyx quite glabrous ; leaves 3-5 in. by 1-2 in. . 15. C. glabra. 

 Corolla 7-5 lin. long in bud. 



Leaves long and narrowly acuminate ; corolla 



about 7 lin. long ; anthers glabrous . . 16. C. leptantha. 

 Leaves shortly acuminate ; corolla about 5 lin. 



long ; anthers penicillate . . .17. C. trichanthera. 



Sepals 4; corolla li-2 in. long in bud. 



Leaves oblong, shortly acuminate ; corolla-lobes 



as long as the tube or slightly shorter . . 18. C. iurhinata: 



Leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, gradually 

 tapering into a rother long acumen ; corolla- 

 lobes longer than the tube . . . . 19. C. ligustrifolia. 



###Steeeokeueon. — Climbing or dwarf, erect or prostrate shrubs. Leaves 

 opposite, scantily hairy or glabrous; secondary nerves rnther close, 9-12 on each side, 

 connected by rather flat and faint arches near the margin, obscure above ; midrib 

 flat or slightly convex on both sides. Flowers in axillary and terminal few-flowered 

 cymes or solitary, distinctly, and even long pedicelled. Ovary glabrous. 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous, l|-2^ in. by 7-12 lin. ; 

 secondary nerves 12 on each side ; a dwarf 



shrub . . ' 20. C. gracilis. 



Leaves thickly coriaceous, 2:^-4 in. by l:j-l2 i"* '•> 

 secondary nerves 9-11 on each side ; a 

 climber . . . . . . . 21. C macrantha. 



****Rhizochyla. — Dwarf undersbrubs, throwing up yearly fresh, subherbaceous 

 shoots. Leaves frequently 3-4-nate, lanceolate; secondary nerves 10-15 on (ach 

 side, faint; midrib channelled above. Flowers in terminal and subterminal few- 

 flowered cymes, pedicelled. Ovary hairy. 



Only species 22. C. lanceolata. 



1 . C. xnaxixna, K. Schum. ex nallier f. Kautschuklianen in Jahrhi 

 Hamburg. Wissensch. Anstalt. xvii. (1899), 3. Beih. 105. A large climber 

 with long flagelliform, branched tendrils, glabrous except the flowers ; 

 branches stout ; bark brown, rough ; lenticels large, numerous. Leaves 

 large, elliptic, narrowed into an acute base, obtuse or abruptly acuminate, 

 6-12 in. long, 3J-7 in. broad, papery, thin, glabrous, dotted with minute 

 cork-warts below ; midrib channelled above, channel very narrow in the 

 upper |, wider below ; secondary nerves about 8-9 on each side, finely 

 channelled above, like the midrib very prominent below, connected by 

 bold arches rather distant from the margin ; veins fine; petiole stout, 6-15 

 lin. long. Flowers in axillary subsessile minutely bracteate clusters^ large. 

 Calyx IJ lin. long; sepals 5, subequal, ovate, acute, fulvo-pubescent, 

 ciliolate. Corolla white ; tube slender, 6 (according to Hallier up to 10) 

 lin. long, widened below the mouth, glabrous without, finely puberulous 

 \vithiji in the upper part ; lobes linear-lanceolate, subobtuse, 8-9 lip, 



