Vonopharync/ia.] Lxxxiv. apocynace/e (staff). 147 



long ; bracts ovate, caducous, 3-4 lin. long ; pedicels rather slender, 

 up to 1 in. long. Flowers sweet-scented. Calyx 3 J-4 lin. long ; sepals 

 broad, oblong or obovate, minutely ciliolate with "small basal glands 

 within. Corolla white ; tube widest below the middle, 1 in. long, or 

 slightly longer, up to 3 J lin. wide, densely villous within up to the mouth 

 except on the filamental ridges; lobes oblong, as long as the tube. 

 Stamens inserted 4 J lin. above the base of the corolla- tube ; anthers 

 5-6 lin. long. Style rather stout, 3^ lin. long. Berries of the shape, 

 size and colour of an orange. Seeds in a spongy pulp, b-Gh lin. long. — 

 TahemcEmontana angolensis, Stapf in Kew Bulletin," 1804, 23; 

 Warb. Kautschukpfl. 112, and Plant, a Caoutch. (French edit.) 207; 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. GG9. Apocijnacea, No. 55, Welw. Apont. 

 588 ; Britten in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 25 partly. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in forest, Welwitsch, 5989 ! 

 and fruit, 730 ! 731 ! 



IVXozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Stevenson Road, 

 6000 ft., Scott- Elliot, 8297 ! 



12. C. stapfiana, Stapf. Leaves oblong-elliptic, subacute or 

 obtuse, acute at the base, 5-7 in. long, l|-2f in. broad, coriaceous ; 

 secondary nerves 9-13 on each side, much spreading, straight; petiole 

 2-4 lin. long. Inflorescence corymbose ; peduncle stout, 3-3^^^ in. 

 long ; bracts ovate, 2-3 lin. long, early deciduous ; pedicels stout" 1-2 

 lin. long. Calyx 41-5 lin. long ; sepals ovate-oblong, very obtuse, very 

 sparingly ciliolate. Corolla-tube subcylindric, slightly widened below 

 the middle, 1 in. long, softly pubescent above the stamens, especially 

 near the mouth, and just below them, otherwise glabrous within ; lobes 

 broad-ovate, 12-14 lin. long, up to 10 lin. broad. Stamens inserted 

 below the middle of the corolla-tube, 5 lin. long. Style 5 lin. long. — 

 Tahei^cemiontana stapfiana, Britten in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 

 25 partly ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 132 ; K. Schum. in Engl. I.e. C. 31G. 



IVfozamb. X>lst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanje, at 

 6000 ft., Whyte, 87 ! 



13. C. Johnstonii, Stapf. A tall tree, quite glabrous. Leaves 

 oblong, apiculate, subacute at the base, 10-11 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, 

 subcoriaceous, dark green above when dry; secondary nerves 15-18 on 

 each side, much spreading, almost straight ; petiole up to 1 in. long. 

 Inflorescences corymbose, rather loose ; peduncle stout, 1-4 in. long ; 

 bracts small, ovate, the lower deciduous ; pedicels rather slender, up to 

 7 lin. long. Calyx 3^-4 lin. long ; sepals very broad-elliptic, obtuse, 

 with small basal glands within. Corolla white ; tube 1 in. long, sub- 

 cylindric, widened at ^ from the base, villous within in the upper third, 

 otherwise quite glabrous; lobes broad-oblong, 9-10 lin. long, margins 

 wavy. Stamens inserted at the middle of the corolla-tube ; anthers 

 sagittate, subulate-acuminate, 5 lin. long. Carpels ovate-lanceolate ; 

 style filiform, 5 lin. long ; stigma cylindric, grooved, with a basal ring. 



xrile Xiand. Uganca : Nandi Plateau, tZoAwj^on. 



14. C. stenosiphon, Stapf, Leaves obovate-oblong or oblong, 

 subacute at both ends, 6-8 in. long, 2J-3J in. broad, subcoriaceous (or 



