Gabunia.] Lxxxiv. apocynace^: (staff). 13^ 



Leaves oblong, abruptly acuminate, narrowed to the base, 4-G (rarely 

 to 8) in. long, 1 J-3J in. broad, papery, dull ; secondary nerves 5-7 on 

 each side, strongly curved ; petiole 3—5 lin. long. Inflorescences corym- 

 bose or umbelliform, 7-10-fiowered, rather dense; peduncle up to If 

 in. -long; pedicels 2-4 lin. long. Calyx l|-2 lin. long; sepals broad, 

 oblong, very obtuse, ciliolate, eglandular. Corolla white, very fra- 

 grant ; tube slender, slightly dilated near the base, more or less 

 twisted below, l|-lf in. long, hairy within in the upper part; lobes 

 very oblique, lanceolate, long tapering to an acute point, over 1 in. 

 long. Anthers 2J-2| lin. long. Style 1 lin. long. Mericarps rather 

 baccate, ovoid, orange-coloured, 1 j-2 in. long with 2 lateral keels. — 

 Taherno'inontana eglandulosa, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 24 partly. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos: Eppab, ^o-r^er, 3306 ! Yornba ; \k\T\\w, Mill son, \2\ 



Var. ^ macrocali/x, Stapf. Calyx 3^-4 lir. long. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Mann, 2253 ! 



I have regarded Mmiu's specimen as a variety of G. eglandulosa, on the assump- 

 tion that the size of the calyx of this species varies in a similar way to that of 

 Callichilia Barteri. I cannot discover any other difference. 



7. G. crispiflora, Stapf. A tall climber, perfectly glabrous; 

 branches terete, slender, scarcely fistular, olive-green. Leaves oblong, 

 abruptly acuminate (acumen linear, obtuse, 3-5 lin. long), acute at the 

 base, 3^-5 in. long, 1 J-2J in. broad, papery, glaucous above, pale olive- 

 green beneath when dry ; secondary nerves very faint, 7-9 on each 

 side ; petiole not flexuous, J-lJ in. long. Inflorescences few-flowered, 

 very shortly racemose or subumbellate ; peduncle 3-4 lin. long ; 

 pedicels 4-5 lin. long. Calyx 4-4J lin. long ; sepals oblong, slightly 

 constricted above the base, obtuse or subacuminate, recurved, ciliolate, 

 eglandular. Corolla-tube lj-l| in. long, quite straight, slightly 

 widened towards both ends, hairy within from the base of the stamens 

 upwards; lobes obliquely lanceolate, long tapering, very wavy. Anthers 

 almost 4 lin. long. Style 1 J lin. long. Mericarps obliquely ovoid with 

 a short broad flattened beak and 2 lateral keels, over I in. long ; peri- 

 carp thin, coriaceous. Seeds 3-4 lin. long. — Taberna'montana crispi- 

 flora, K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflauzenfam. iv. ii. 148. T. 

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



Kower Guinea. Gaboon : Munda ; Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 183 ! 



26. CONOPHARYNGIA, D. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 94. 



Calyx small (at least comparatively), subcoriaceous ; sepals united 

 at the base only, imbricate, obtuse, each with several minute glands 

 inside the base. Corolla salver-shaped, small to large, often very fleshy ; 

 tube cylindric, spindle- or barrel -shaped, widest at or below the middle, 

 sometimes twisted, naked at the mouth, usually more or less tomentose 

 inside; lobes*overlapping to the left, inflexed and descending into the 

 corolla- tube in bud. Stamens in the widened part of the corolla-tube ; 

 anthers conniving in a cone, subsessile, included, rarely shortly exgerted 

 in species with a short corolla-tube, lanceolate, acute, sagittate ; tails 



