^2 Lxxxiv. APOCYXACE^ (stapf). [Carpodviius. 



rather flat arches ; nerves faintly raised above, more distinctly so below ; 

 petiole 2-3J lin. long. Cymes axillary or pseudoterminal, few-flowered, 

 subsessile, almost glabrous ; bracts in 4 -f) pairs, ovate, obtuse, minute, 

 the lowest scantily rufo-furfuraceous, the others glabrous. Calyx 1 lin. 

 long, quite glabrous ; sepals 5, ovate, subacute. Corolla quite glabrous ; 

 tube very slender, slightly widened below the mouth, about r)J lin. long ; 

 lobes narrow, linear, obtuse, 4 lin. long. Ovary fusiform, glabrous at 

 the base, otherwise very minutely pubescent, with curved hairs ; style 

 very fine, 3 lin. long. Fruit globose, about 1 in. in diam. — Hallier f. 

 Kautschuklianen in Jahrb. Hamburg. Wissensch. Anstalt. xvii. 

 (1900), 3. Beih. 110. 



Ko-wei* Guinea. Gaboon, Klaine, G.W ! 95.5 ! 



1(». C. leptauthSL^ Stapf in Kew JjuUeti7i, 1838, 303, not of K. 

 Schum. A climbing shrub, with long, slender, hook-branched pseudo- 

 axillary or terminal tendrils ; branches slender, quite glabrous, reddish- 

 brown or dark grey ; lenticels very numerous, minute. Leaves oblong 

 -or elli{)tic-oblong, abruptly long-acuminate, rounded at the base, 2^-6 

 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad, coriaceous, quite glabrous; midrib channelled 

 above, channel moderately wide, deep ; secondary nerves almost hori- 

 zontal, more crowded towards both ends of the leaf, in the middle about 

 2-5 lin. distant, connected close to the margin by flat, faint arches ; 

 tertiary nerves scarcely less distinct, all slightly raised on both sides. 

 Flowers solitary, axillary, subsessile ; bracts minute, ovate or acute, 

 very finely rufo-tomentose. Calyx finely puberulous, 1 lin. long ; 

 sepals 5, ovate, subacute, ciliolate. Corolla greenish-yellow ; tube very 

 slender, slightly widened below the mouth, 4 lin. long; lobes narrow, 

 linear, twisted, 3 lin. long. Ovary spindle-shaped, finely crispo- 

 puberalous ; style very fine, glabrous above. Fruit globose, 10 lin. in 

 diam. ; seeds about 4 lin. long. — Stapf in De Wild. & Durand,Contr. Fl. 

 Congo in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. ser. 2, i. fasc. i. 35 ; De Wild. & Durand, 

 I.e. fasc. . ii. 39 ; Hallier f . Kautschuklianen in Jahrb. Hamburg. 

 Wissensch. Anstalt. xvii. (1899), 3. Beih. 114, t. iii. fig. 1; De Wild. 

 & Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. ser. 3, fasc. ii. 148 ; 

 not of K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 132. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : Bassonibo, in the forest, Laurent ! 

 Coquilhatville, Dewivre, 590 ! 



17. C. trichanthera, Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1898, 38 

 {name only). A climbing shrub ; tendrils unknown ; young branches 

 glabrous, stout, brown ; lenticels numerous, rather large. Leaves 

 oblong to elliptic-oblong, shortly and obtusely acuminate, obtuse at the 

 base, 2}i-?)}j in. long, 1-1^ in. broad, very coriaceous, quite glabrous, 

 dull pale green above ; midrib widely channelled ; secondary nerves 

 9-11 on each side, spreading, slightly curved or almost straight, faint 

 and sunk above, distinctly prominent below, connected close to the 

 margin by faint rather flat arches; veins inconspicuous; petiole 1-1 J 



