Pleiozarjm.^ Lxxxiv. apocynace.e (vStapf). 99 



the axils of fallen leaves. Calyx ^-1 lin. long; sepals broad, ovate, 

 obtuse. Corolla-tube 6-SL Hn. long; lobes ovate to oblong, obtuse, 3- 

 8 J lin. long. Carpels 5, 1-ovuled. Berries ovoid-globose, obtuse or 

 apiculate, rugose, 4 lin. long, 1 -seeded. — K. Sebum, in i]ngl. c\: Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 135, fig. 52, CD. Ilunteria pleiocarjm, Hallier f. 

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

 3. Beih. 193 partly. 



Upper Guinea. Southern Nigeria: Old Calabar River, Muint, 2277! 

 Thomson, 38 ! Robb ! Adiabo, Holland, 106 ! Cross Kiver, Johmston I Caineroons : 

 liio del Key, Johnston ! Lolodorf, St audi, 322 1 



Hallier f., I.e., also quotes a fruiting specimen collected by Dinklage (1432) near 

 Batanga, under this species. 



3. P. salicifolia, Stcvpf. Young branches slender, brown, soon 

 grey. Leaves lanceolate, gradually tapering to a slender acumen, sub- 

 acuminate at the base, 4-5 in. long, 1-1 :f in. broad, coriaceous, rather 

 dull on both sides; secondary nerves 1(5-18 on each side, like the 

 anastomosing veins distinctly raised above ; petioles '2-6 lin. long. 

 Flowers few in each cluster. Calyx J lin. long ; sepals ovate, sub- 

 obtuse. Corolla-tube 6-7 lin. long ; lobes oblong, subobtuse, 3J lin. 

 long. Carpels 3-4, 2-ovuled. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Barter ! 



Tnis specimen was doubtfully referred to P. Lica,'2}eUala,^t-A\)^ \\\ Kew Kalletiii, 

 1894, 21. 



4. P. pycnantha, Stajrf. A shrub ; branches slender, terete, 

 drying black. Leaves oblong or oblong- lanceolate, subobtuse or shortly 

 and obtusely acuminate, acute at the base, 2-dh in. long, 1-1 J in. 

 broad, chartaceous, shining above ; secondary nerves about 15 on each 

 side, quite obscure below, very slightly raised above, with similar 

 tertiary nerves btitween them, much spreading, straight ; veins quite 

 obscure below, faintly raised above; petiole 'd--> lin. long. Flowers 

 pedicelled in many- (about 20-) flowered much contracted axillary 

 umbels or panicles, often from the axils of fallen leaves ; pedicels up to 

 1 lin. long. Calyx 1 lin. long ; sepals ovate-oblong, subacute or 

 obtuse. Corolla-tube up to 5 lin. long; lobes oblong, obtuse, up to 2|V 

 lin. long. Carpels 2, 2-ovuled. — Hunteria pycnantJia, iv. Schum. in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 222; Hallier f. Kautschuklianen in Jahrb. Hamburg 

 Wissensch. Anstalt. xvii. (1899) 3. Beih. 191 partly. 



srile Iiand. Uganda: Sesse Islands, in Lake Victoria, Stuhhnann, 121G I 

 Schumann describes (I.e.) the intiorescence in the Latin diag-nosis as termiuHl v,r 

 axillary, in the German text, however, as axillary and frequently spriuj^in<c from the 

 lower denuded part of the branches. When I saw the specimen in the lierlin herbarium, 

 I omitted to make a special note concerning: this point, but put the specimen down as 

 belonging to Pleiocarpa, which implies that it has exclusively or predominantly 

 axillary inflorescences. 



5. P. bicarpellata, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 21. A shrub 

 or small tree, 3-24 ft. high, rarely climbing ; branches slender, (|uad- 

 rangular when young, pale brown or greyi.-^h ; lenticels very sparse, 

 large. Leaves narrowly oblong or sublanceolate lo ovate-ablong or 



