144 Lxxxiv. APOCYNACE^ (stapf). [Conopharyngia, 



apiculate or abruptly acuminate, acute to cuneate at the base, 6-11 in.. 

 long, 3-5 in. broad, subcoriaceous ; secondary nerves about 8-12 on 

 each side ; petiole stout, up to 9 lin. long, or sometimes very short. 

 Inflorescences terminal, corymbose; peduncle stout, 4-6 in. long; 

 bracts very small, deciduous, or suppressed ; pedicels stout, up to 6 lin. 

 long. Calyx 2-3 lin. long ; segments very broad, ovate, obtuse, with 

 numerous small basal glands within. Corolla white ; tube rather 

 slender, straight or slightly twisted, widened near the base. If in. long^ 

 glabrous within above the anthers, and densely pubescent between the 

 filamental ridges; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 2 in. long. Stamens inserted 

 3-4 lin. above the base ; anthers doubly sagittate (each tail divided 

 into a short inner and a longer outer point), 4 lin. long. Style 2-3 lin. 

 long. Berries globose, obovoid, up to 2^ in. long when dry, smooth ; 

 pericarp coriaceous ; seeds about 5 lin. long. — Taherncemoyitana duris- 

 siTna, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 24 ; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 148. T. durinervis (by error), Durand & Schinz, 

 Etudes F\. Congo, i. 190. 



upper Guinea. Cameroons : Bipinde, Zenker, 1265 ! 1636 ! Yaunde, 

 Zenker Sf Staudt, 203 partly ! 



Xiower Guinea. Gaboon : Libreville, Klaine, 181 ! 440! Jolly, 71 ! Munda; 

 Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 172 ! 



Two specimens collected by Thomson (73 !) and Holland (4 !) in Old Calabar, 

 both with very young tiowers, probably also belong here. This tree yields very hard 

 timber according to Soyaux. 



6. C. j oily ana, Stapf. A middle-sized tree, quite glabrous ; 

 branches stout. Leaves obovate to oblong, shortly apiculate, acute to- 

 subcuneate at the base, G-10 in. long, 3-4J in. broad, subcoriaceous, 

 dull green when dry ; secondary nerves 7-9 on each side, oblique, 

 straight or slightly curved ; petiole 4-8 lin. long. Inflorescences few- 

 flowered, rather contracted ; peduncle t<tout, 2-2^ in. long ; bracts 

 caducous ; pedicels 3-5 lin. long. Calyx 1 J lin. long ; sepals broad- 

 ovate to suborbicular, ciliolate, with numerous small basal glands within. 

 Corolla white ; tube 1 J-lf lin. long, twisted below, widest 4-5 lin. 

 above the base, then slender, cylindric, glabrous within except for 

 5 tomentose lines below the anthers. Stamens inserted about 4 lin. 

 above the base of the corolla-tube ; anthers sagittate, 5 lin. long, 

 acumiBate-subulate. Carpels oblong-lanceolate ; style 3-3 J lin. long ; 

 stigma cylindric, grooved, with a thin basal ring. Berries globose, up 

 to almost 4 in. in diam., orange-coloured, smooth ; rind up to 1 in. thick. 

 Seeds very numerous, about 5 lin. long. — Taherncemontana jollyana, 

 Pierre MS. 



Upper Guinea. Ivory Coast : Dabou, Jolly ^ 168 ! Gold Coast, Cameron / 

 Very similar to C. crassa, from which it differs in the narrow er, more obovate or 

 obovate-oblong leaves and the elongate, comparatively slender corolla-tube. 



7. C. crassa, Stapf. A small tree or shrub ; branches terete, 

 very stout. Leaves elliptic or oblong, very shortly acuminate or apicu- 

 late, acute or rounded at the base, 6-7 (rarely to 9) in. long, 3-4J in. 



