142 Lxxxiv. APOCYNACE/E (stapf). [Conophavyngia. 



1. C. longiflora, iS'to^. A tree ; branches stout, terete, bark very 

 pallid. Leaves oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate to sub- 

 acuminate, acute at the base, 4-G in. long, 1|-2J in. broAd, subcoriaceous; 

 secondary nerves 7-H on each side ; petiole ;^-6 lin. long. Inflorescences 

 4-2-flowered or reduced to a solitary flower, generally from the branch- 

 forks or pseudo-axillary; peduncle stout, 1-1 J in. long; bracts ovate, 

 small, more or less caducous; pedicels stout, 6-8 lin. long. Calyx 

 4-5 lin. long ; sepals broad-ovate, very obtuse, ciliolate, with numerous 

 basal glands within. Corolla white or cream-coloured, fragrant ; tube 

 cylindric, widened below the middle, sometimes slightly t\^4sted, 

 2 j-3J in. long, densely pubescent within, with the exception of 5 glabrous 

 lines below the stamens ; lobes obliquely oblong, obtuse, 2-2J in. long, 

 minutely puberulous on both sides near the base. Stamens inserted 

 l_ll in. above the base of the corolla-tube ; anthers long-sagittate, 

 7 lin. long. Style over 1 in. long ; stigma cylindric with a basal ring. 

 Berries globose, smooth, of the size of an orange. Seeds 4 lin. long. — 

 Taberncemontana longijlora, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 447 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 4484 ; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 147, 

 fig. 55, D ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 669. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 726 ! Futa Jallon : Tumbo Island 

 in the Dubreca River, Churich ! Laya, on the River Scarcies, Scott-JElliot, 

 4756 ! Sierra Leone : Waterloo, Kiric, 23 ! Freetown, Welioitsch, 5987 ! fruit, 

 718 ! Sugarloaf Mountain, Barter ! Regent, Scott-JElliot, 4001 ! Ninia, Talla 

 Hills, Scott-MUot, 4909 ! and without precise locality, Afzelius ! Vogel, 151 ! 

 Whitfield ! 



Some ripe fruits collected by Barter have mericarps measuring in the dry state 

 not more than 1 in. in diameter. They are evidently much shrunk. The pericarp 

 is leathery, and the well developed seeds are about 4 lin, long. 



2. C contorta, Stapf. A tree, 30-40 ft. high ; branches stout, 

 terete, greenish. Leaves elliptic or subobovate, obtuse or subacuminate, 

 rounded or shortly contracted at the base, 7-13 in. long, 4-7 in. broad, 

 subcoriaceous; secondary nerves 9-15 on each side, like the midrib 

 much raised below ; petiole stout, 4-6 lin. long. Inflorescences sub- 

 corymbose ; peduncle very stout, 4 in. long ; bracts ovate, caducous ; 

 pedicels stout, up to 9 lin. long. Calyx 4-4 J lin. long ; sepals roundish- 

 oblong, with numerous small basal glands within. Corolla white, 

 sweet-scented ; tube stout, much twisted, subcylindric, slightly widened 

 near the base, 2-2J in. long, scantily pubescent within above the 

 stamens, densely pubescent below towards the base and between the 

 filamental ridges; lobes obovate-oblong, about as long as the tube. 

 Stamens inserted 6-7 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube ; anthers 

 long-sagittate, 7-8 lin. long. Style up to 7 lin. long. — Taherncemontana 

 contorta, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 23. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Ambas Bay, Mann, 703 ! Victoria, Kalbreyer ! 

 Beistel, 132 ! 151 ! Yaunde, 2600 ft., Zenker Sf Staudt, 203 partly ! Johann 

 Albrecbtshohe, Staudt, 796 ! 



3. C. Smithii, Stapf. Small tree ; branches stout. Leaves 

 elliptic or oblong, very obtuse, subacute at the base, 7-12 in. long, 



