Conopharyngia.^ lxxxiv. apocynace.*: (staff). 145 



broad, subcoriaceous ; secondary nerves abont (1-8 on each side ; petiole 

 very stout, 3-6 lin. long. Inflorescences corymbose, rather contracted, 

 12-15-flowered ; peduncle stout, 2-4 in. long; pedicels 2-8 lin. long. 

 Calyx 1:^-1 J lin. long ; sepals broad-ovate, obtuse, not ciliolate. Corolla 

 white ; tube about 1 in. long, wide in the lower part, contracted just 

 above the middle, then rather slender, glabrous within above the anthers, 

 with tomentose lines near the base. Stamens inserted about 5 lin. 

 above the base of the corolla-tube ; anthers 5 lin. long. Style 2 lin. 

 long ; stigma long c^^lindric, grooved, with a wavy membranous ring at 

 the base. Berries subglobose. Seeds numerous, embedded in a pulp. — 

 Taherncemontana crassa, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 447 ; K. Schum. in 

 Engl. & Prantl, Ptlanzenfam. iv. ii. 148. 



TTpper Guinea. Liberia : Grand Bassa, Vogel, 21 ! DinMage, 1434 ! 



There is little doubt that (as Bentbam, I.e., has . already suggested) the plant 

 mentioned in Vogel's Journal (in Hook. London Jouru. Bot. v. 634) as "a goiius 

 apparently new and near TaherncemQntana, remarkable for its double fruit, as large 

 as a child's head, the seeds iipstling in the almost woody pulp," is this species. See 

 also the note under C. pachy siphon. 



8. C. Cumminsii, Stapf. A large, perfectly glabrous shrub ; 

 branches stout. Leaves elliptic- or obovate-oblong, suddenly contracted 

 or subacute at the base, over 9 in. long, up to 5 J in. broad, coriaceous, 

 dull green when dry ; secondary nerves more than 9 on each side, 

 straight to near to the margin ; petiole stout, J- J in. long. Inflor- 

 escences terminal, paired, corymbose, rather lax ; peduncle stout, up to 

 3 in. long ; bracts short, caducous ; pedicels up to 9 lin. long. Calyx 

 2-2 J lin. long ; sepals rotundate, ciliolate, with numerous small basal 

 glands within. Corolla white ; tube oblong-ellipsoid, constricted below 

 the mouth, 9-10 lin. long, 4 lin. in diam., pubescent within above the 

 anthers, with broad gold- brown velvety lines along the filamental ridges ; 

 lobes oblong, 5-6 lin. long, velvety near the base. Stamens inserted 

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

 acuminate, 5 lin. long. Carpels semi-ovoid ; style oj lin. long ; stigma 

 shortly cylindric, grooved, apiculate, with a wavy ring at the base. 

 Berries 4 in. in diam. ; pulp white (according to Cummins). — TabemcF- 

 montana ci'ossa (?), Cummins in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 76. 



Upper Guinea. Ashanti : Assin-Yan-Kumassi, Cummins, 114 ! 



Very similar to C. crassa, but distinguished by the larger leaves witli more 

 numerous nerves, larger calyces, stouter corollas and the beautiful hairy marking 

 inside the corolla-tube below the anthers. The leaf-tips are broken off, except 

 from one small arrested leaf where the tip is abruptly narrowed to an acute jwint. 

 Judging from mtitilated leaves, they may well attain a length of a foot or even more, 

 and probably have between 12 and 15 secondary nerves. 



9. C. pachysiphon, Stapf. A shrub up to 10 ft. high. Leaves 

 ovate or elliptic, shortly acuminate, subacute or suddenly contracted at 

 the base, 12-15 in. long, 8-10 in. broad, subcoriaceous; secondary 

 nerves 13-15 on each side; petiole broad, stout, 6-12 lin. long. In- 

 florescence corymbose, many-flowered, contracted ; peduncle stout, 5—6 

 in. long ; bracts ovate, caducous, 2-3 lin. long ; pedicels 4-5 lin. long. 

 Calyx 3J-4 lin. long ; sepals bi oad, oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla 



