138 Lxxxiv. APOCYNACE^ (stapf). [Gabunio. 



4-5 lin. long), acute at the base, 5-6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, papery, 

 dull olive-green when dry, paler beneath ; secondary nerves 7-8 on each 

 side, faint; petiole not flexuose, 4-6 lin. long. Inflorescences umbelli- 

 form, 6-7-flowered ; peduncle slender, 1 in. long ; pedicels up to 3 lin. 

 long. Calyx 1-1| lin. long ; segments elliptic-oblong, broad, obtuse, 

 ciliolate, eglandular. Corolla -tube very slender, widened close to the 

 base and twisted to or beyond the middle, Ij-lf in. long, glabrous 

 within above the stamens ; lobes linear, long tapering, about 1 in. long, 

 very wavy. Anthers 2 lin. long. Style under ^ lin. long. — Tabernw- 

 montana eglandulosa, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 24 partly. 



Ko^trer Guinea. Gaboon : Corisco Bay ; Mount John, on the Rivei* Kongui, 

 Mann, 1794! 



4. G. longiflora, Stapf. A climbing shrub, 10 ft. high, quite 

 glabrous; branches fistular, olive-green. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, 

 long acuminate (acumen fine, obtuse), acute at the base, 4-6 in. long, 

 1J-2J in. broad, cbartaceous, dark above, olive-green below when dry; 

 secondary' nerves 6-7 on each side, very fine ; petiole up to 10 lin. long. 

 Inflorescences corymbiform or after the falling of the lower flowers 

 umbelliform, rather dense, peduncle under 1 in. long; pedicels up to 

 3 lin. long. Calyx 2 lin. long ; sepals broad, ovate-oblong, very obtuse, 

 ciliolate, eglandular. Corolla white ; tube very slender, almost filiform, 

 1J-2J in. long, widened at the base and twisted all along, loosely hairy 

 in the upper part, glabrous below down to the filaments ; lobes linear, 

 long tapering, up to 2 in. long, very wavy. Anthers 2J lin. long. 

 Style 1 lin. long. 



Upper Guliaea. Fernando Po, Mann, 239 ! 



5. G. glandulosa, Stapf. A climbing shrub, quite glabrous; 

 branches rather slender, fistular, olive-green. Leaves oblong, long and 

 acutely acuminate, acute or sometimes obtuse at the base, 4-5J in. long, 

 1J-2J in. broad, chartaceous, olive-green when dry; secondary nerves 

 about 7 on each side, strongly curved, slender ; petiole 2J-4 lin. long, 

 rather slender. Inflorescences corymbiform, dense, about 10-flowered ; 

 peduncle very short ; pedicels up to 3 lin. long. Calyx 1 J-2 lin. long ; 

 sepals ovate to elliptic-oblong, obtuse or subobtuse, somewhat pruinose 

 with a few small glands inside the base. Corolla-tube 1 J-^J in. long, 

 widened and twisted at the base, scantily hairy within above the anthers ; 

 lobes very oblique, lanceolate, long tapering, over 1 in. long. Anthers 

 almost 3 lin. long. Style | lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, near Regent, Scott-Elliot, 5821 ! 



To this species belong probably also specimens oollected on the Aburi Hills by 

 Johnson (477 !), and nenr Kwahu, Johnson (669 !), Gold Coast Colony. Both have 

 intracjilycular glands, and tlie first agrees with the Sierra Leone specimens in all 

 respects except the much reduced intlorescence, slightly smaller calyx-segments and 

 thinner dark green leaves ; the other has, however, comparatively bro.Ul leaves with 

 short subobtuse tips, petioles up to 7^ lin. long and still smaller calyx-^egments. 



6. G. eglandulosa, Stapf A climbing shrub, perfectly glabrous ; 

 young branches terete, compressible, sometimes fistular, olive-green. 



