134 Lxxxiv. APOCYNACE^ (stapf). [Cavvalhoa. 



midd\^, without appendages in the throat, hairy within near the 

 base of the anthers ; lobes broad, obtuse, overlapping to the left, not 

 indexed in bud. Stamens inserted at the constriction of the corolla- 

 tube ; anthers conniving in a cone, subsessile, free from the stigma , 

 included, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, sagittate; tails long, acute, 

 more or less curved ; back of the connective minutely tomentose, foot 

 developed, narrow, jflat, glabrous ; filaments reduced to a callous swell- 

 ing; filamental ridges short, slender, hairy. Disc annular, fleshy, 

 undulate, adnate tQ the ovary. Carpels 2, free, except at the very 

 base, gradually passing into the filiform style ; stigma capitate, 5- 

 grooved, very viscous, minutely apiculate, with an undulate ring at the 

 base ; ovules about 4 -seriate, 30 or more in each cell. Mericarps (not 

 quite mature) baccate (or subfollicular ?), obliquely erect, lanceolate, 

 much narrowed at both ends, upper end incurved. Seeds about 8-10, 

 ellipsoid, covered with a thin aril. — Shrubs dichotomously branched. 

 Leaves opposite, herbaceous, thin ; petioles hollowed out at the base 

 and joined into a rim around the stem, with numerous filiform glands 

 within. Flowers scarcely middle-sized, in few-flowered, very lax 

 panicles from the upper branch-forks. 



Species 2 or 3 in tropical and South Africa. 



Leaves obtusely subauriculate at the base, sessile, 



pubescent . . . . . . . 1. C campanulata. 



Leaves acute at the base, shortly petioled, glabrous . 2. C. macrophylla. 



1. C. cazapauulata, K. Schum. in Engl, d- Frantl, PJlanzenfam. 

 iv. ii. 189. A shrub ; young branches puberulous. Leaves sessile, 

 oblong to obovate-oblong, acute, narrower at the base, with almost 

 parallel sides ; shortly and obtusely auriculate, 2-3 J in. long, up to 1 J 

 in. broad, herbaceous, pubescent on both sides ; secondary nerves 8-9 

 on each side, slender, curved. Panicles few-flowered, lax, pubescent ; 

 peduncle very slender, about 1 in. long ; bracts small, linear ; pedicels 

 up to 1 in. long. Calyx 1^ lin. long, finely puberulous ; sepals ovate, 

 acute to acuminate. Corolla subcampanulate-f unnel-shaped ; tube 3 J lin. 

 long, constricted below the middle ; lobes rotundate-elliptic, 2 lin. long. 

 Anthers IJ lin. long. Pistil 2 lin. long. 



IVKozamb. Slst. Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique ; Mosoril, near 

 Cabeceira, Carvalho ! 



2. C. macrophylla, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrh. xxx. 381. A 

 perfectly glabrous shrub, 9-12 ft. high; branches erect, straight, 

 slender and compressed when young, green in the upper part, yellowish - 

 grey below. Leaves elliptic or oblong, shortly and very acutely acumi- 

 nate, acute at the base, 3J-9 in. long, 1^-3} in. broad, membranous ; 

 secondary nerves 10-16 on each side, somewhat prominent below ; 

 petiole up to 2 J lin. long. Panicles 4-12-flowered, axillary, long- 

 peduncled ; pedicels 2^-3 J lin. long ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Calyx 1 lin. long ; sepals ovate, acute, minutely ciliolate. Corolla sub- 

 campanulate-f unnel-shaped, 6 J lin. long, pale yellow with red stripes in 



