Carpodiiius.^ lxxxiv. apocynace^ (stapp). 79 



terminal tendrils ; branches very slender, hispid, finally glabrescent 

 reddish-brown ; lenticels very minute. Leaves elliptic-oblong or oblong 

 gradually and acutely acuminate, cordate at the base, 3-8^ in. long 

 l^-2§ in. broad, thin, papery, glabrous above, sparingly hispid or almost 

 glabrous on the midrib beneath, dull green ; midrib very finely chan- 

 nelled above ; secondary nerves 6-7 on each side, fine, straight 

 prominent below ; connecting arches 2-2J lin. from the margin, rather 

 flat ; veins inconspicuous ; petiole 1-2 lin. long, slender. Flowers 

 solitary, axillary, subsessile ; bracts very minute. Calyx 1 lin. long ; 

 sepals 5, almost free, ovate, subacute, thin except the midrib, ciliolate. 

 Corolla glabrous ; tube very slender, almost 6 lin. long, slightly widened 

 below the mouth ; lobes linear, obtuse, 4 J lin. long. Ovary oblong, 

 pubescent like the style. — Hallier f. Kautschuklianen in Jahrb. Ham- 

 burg. Wissensch. Anstalt. xvii. (1899), 3. Beih. 109 (name only). 

 &ower Guinea. Gaboon, Klaine, 1103 ! 



10, C. Klaineiy Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1898, 38 {name 

 only). A climbing shrub ; tendrils not seen ; branches reddish, very 

 minutely papillose-pubescent ; lenticels minute, white. Leaves oblong, 

 acuminate, acute at the base, Q-Q^ in. long, 2-2J in. broad, coriaceous, 

 glabrous and dull green above, more or less covered with a scanty 

 rufous very minutely papillose pubescence, and dotted with minute 

 cork-warts below ; midrib narrowly channelled above ; secondary nerves 

 about 9 on each side, gently curved towards the margins, faintly 

 looped, finely channelled above, distinctly raised below; veins fine but 

 distinct, scarcely raised ; petiole 4-5 lin. long, rufous. Flowers in 

 dense, minutely rufo-tomentose subsessile axillary or pseudo- terminal 

 clusters; bracts minute, ovate, acute. Calyx minutely rufo-tomen- 

 tose, 1 J lin. long ; sepals distinctly united at the base, ovate, acute. 

 Corolla yellowish, minutely tomentose ; tube widened below the mouth, 

 4 J lin. long ; lobes linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 3-3 J lin. long, margins 

 undulate. Ovary ovoid, densely tomentose ; style 4 lin. long, puberu- 

 lous near the base. — Hallier f. Kautschuklianen in Jahrb. Hamburg, 

 Wissensch. Anstalt, xvii. (1899), 3. Beih. 110 (name only). G. klahieanay 

 Pierre, I.e. 36. 



Itower Guinea. Gaboon, Klaine, 728 ! 



Pierre places this species in his section Commidodia, which he characterises as 

 having very large ovoid or turbinate fruits. 



11. C. rufinervis, Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1898, 38 

 {name only). A climbing shrub ; tendrils not seen ; branches rather 

 stout, reddish, very minutely papillose-pubescent, with numerous 

 white lenticels when old. Leaves oblong, acuminate (acumen tapering 

 to an acute point from a broad base), acute or subobtuse at the base, 

 4-6 in. long, 2-2J in. broad, coriaceous, greenish -brown on both sides, 

 glabrous above, very finely and densely pubescent and not dotted 

 below ; midrib narrowly channelled above ; secondary nerves 6-8 on 

 each side, gently curved towards the margins, faintly looped, finely 

 channelled above, distinctly raised below ; veins very inconspicuous ; 



