Acokaiithera.] lxxxiv. APocYNACEiE (staff). 93- 



Secondary nerves 6-10, more parnllel and pro- 

 minent on both sides . . . . . 2. A. venenata. 

 Leaves about 3 times as long as broad; corolla-tuhe 



7-9 lin. long. ...... 3. A. spectabilis. 



1. A, Schimperi, Schweinf. in Boll. Soc. Afr. Italia^ x. (1891), oVo. 

 xi-xii, 12 {excl. the Taitct plant). A glabrous shrub ; young branches 

 more or less compressed. Leaves elliptic, subovate or obovate, acute or 

 obtuse, mucronulate, more or less acute at the base, 1J-'3J in. long, 

 J-lJ in. broad, often shining above; secondary nerves 4-5 (rarely 6) 

 on each side, obscure or more or less prominent on both sides, often 

 much curved or irregularly flexuous ; reticulation obscure or more or 

 less distinct; petiole l|-2 lin. long, rarely longer. Corymbs or clusters 

 few- or many-flowered, glabrous, rarely scantily puberulous ; bracts 

 ovate, ciliate. Calyx | lin. long ; sepals ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute 

 or acuminate, ciliate. Corollawhite or tinged with pink, usually fragrant; 

 tube 8i-5 lin. long, glabrous without ; lobes broad-ovate, acute or sub- 

 acuminate, l|-2 lin. long. Anthers | lin. long. Stigma conic, short, obtuse. 

 Berry globose or subellipsoid, 1 in. long, black. Seeds semi-globose or 

 semi-ellipsoid, 4-7 lin. long. — Schweinf. & Lewin in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 

 Beibl. 41, 46 ; Lewin, I.e. 47-51, and in Virchow's Arch. Path. Anat. u. 

 Physiol. Bd. 134, 242 ; Holmes in Pharm. Journ. Soc. ser. J), xxiii. 

 905 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl . Trop. Afr. 340 ; L. Planchon, Prod. Apocyn. 

 249, 251 ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 114, 129 ; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr.. 

 B, 51(3, 518, 519 (excl. the Taita plant); Eraser & Tillie in Proc. Roy. 

 Soc. Iviii. 71; Schweinf. in Hohnel, Zum Rudolf-See u. Stephanie-See, 

 359. A. Ouabaio, Poisson in Assoc. Frang. L'Avanc. Sc. Congres 

 d'Oran, 1888, 3 ; Cathelineau, L'Ouabio 9, and in Bull. gen. Therap. 

 cxiii. (1889) 107 ; Schweinf. & Lewin in Engl. Jahrb. I.e., and in 

 Yirchow's Arch. I.e. 241; L. Planchcn, I.e. 248-249, 252, fig. 22; 

 Vogtherr in Kohler, Mediz. Pfl. iii. text to t. 04. A. ahyssinica, 

 K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 124, fig. 49. B.C.. 120, 

 and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 315; Pax in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. B, 532; 

 Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A, 44, 48, 105 ; Yogtherr in Kohler, Mediz. Pfl. 

 iii. t. 64. A. sp., Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 696 ; Oliver in 

 Thomson, Masai Land, Append. 351 ; Eraser & Tillie in Proc. Roy. 

 Soc. liii. 153. Carissa ahyssinica, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. Append, iv. 

 Ixiv. (name only). C. SchimpeH, A. DC. Prod. viii. 675 ; A. Rich. 

 Tent. El. Abyss, ii. 31, t. 68; Hanbury in Pharm. Journ. ser. 7, 

 xii. 271 ; Franch. ex Planch. I.e. 248, not of Balf. f. C. Mepte, 

 Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 101. C. Ouabaio, Poiss. I.e. ; Planch. I.e. 248 ; 

 C. sp. aflf. C. Schimperi, Franch. & Poiss. ex Arnaud. Compt. Rend, 

 cvi. (1888), 1011. Arduina Ouaba'io, Cornu ex Holmes, I.e. 965. 

 Strychnos ahyssinica, Hochst. ex DC. Prod. viii. 675 ; Flora, 1844, 101 ; 

 Strophanthus (?) sp., Gerrard in Pharm. Journ. ser. 3, xi. 834. 



wile X.and. Eritrea : Acrur, 6200 ft., Schweinfurth ^ Siva, 712 ! 7-42 ! 

 Saganeiti, 7200 ft., Schweinfurth Sf Rita, 1825! Abyssinia: Tigre; near Adua, 

 Quartin-D.llon, Schimper, 254! 870! 1904! Samen ; Aman Eski, Schimper ' 

 Chelicut, Fetif, and without precise locality. Salt! Schiwper, 1074! Somalil.ud: 



