Conopharyngia.] lxxxiv. APOOYNACEiE (stapf). 149 



subglobose, 2J in. in diam. Seeds 5 lin. long. — Taberncemontana icsam- 

 haren^8, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 75 ; Pax in Engl. I.e. B. 351 ; K. Schum. 

 in Engl. I.e. C 316, and in Engl, (fe Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 14H ; 

 Engl. Glied. Veg. Usambara, 30. T. ventricosa, Britten in Trans. 

 Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 25; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. A. 132; K. Sehum. in 

 Engl. I.e. C. 316, not of Hochst. ex DO. 



"Nile Xsand. British East Africa : Ukamlja ; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2830 .' 

 Uganda ; Toru, Johnston^ 23 ! 



XVIozamb. nist. Zanzibar, Zy?»e .' German Eh st Africa: Usambara ; Masht-ua 

 {Kivindoj, i/o/«/^, 8<S10 ! Kilimanjaro; 'Kd\\e,Volkens,2lQh\ British Central Afric.i : 

 Nyasaland; Mount Ml anje, JTAy^e, 188 ! 



Very near to C. ventricosa, Stapf (^Taberncemontana ventricosa, Hochst. ex 

 DC.) from Xatal, but distinguished by the smaller usually coriaceous (not sub- 

 herbaceous) calyx and the oblique nervation. 



17. C« (?) pendnliflora, Stapf. A glabrous shrub or tree, up to 30 

 ft. high ; branches terete, slender, dark grey or brown. Leaves lanceo- 

 late to elliptic-oblong, shortly or long acuminate, acute at the base, 4-8 in. 

 long, li—i in. broad, subcoriaceous ; secondary nerves 9-11 on each side, 

 oblique, almost straight to near the margin ; petiole 3-5 lin. long. Inflor- 

 escences racemose, pseudo-axillary or obviously terminal, very shortly 

 peduncled or subsessile, dense, 6-8-flowered, pendulous ; lowest bracts 

 •oblong, obtuse, up to 2 lin. long, eai*ly deciduous, uppeF ones much shorter, 

 more persistent ; axis very short, then elongate, and in the lower part 

 covered with the large contiguous scars of the fallen flowers, finally (in- 

 cluding the peduncle) up to 7 lin. long ; pedicels up to 3 lin. long. Calyx 

 2 lin. long ; sepals rotun date-ovate, obtuse, ciliolate, with a row of small 

 basal glands within. Corolla white, fragrant ; tube subcylindric, up to 

 5 lin. long, widened at the middle; pubescent or villous within from just 

 below the anthers upwards ; lobes very oblique, pubescent near the base. 

 Stamens inserted about 2 lin. above the base ; anthers sagittate, 2J lin. 

 long, reaching to the mouth of the corolla. Carpels semi-ovoid, suddenly 

 contracted into the filiform style ; stigma cylindric with a thickened 

 grooved top and a membranous ring at the base. Berries (young) 

 globose, fleshy. — Taberncemontana penduliflora, K. Schum. in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxiii. 225. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Yaunde, in forests, Zenker, 797 ! Lolodorf , 

 common in the bush. 1500-2000 ft., Staudt, 139 ! Bipinde, ZenJcer, 1721! 1727 ! 

 1970! 



This differs considcxahly from the other species of Conopharyyigia, recalling in 

 habit and inflorescences Qabunia, with which Schumann's description of the corolla 

 does, however, not agree. I have seen only very ^oung flowers. 



A specimen collected by Schweinfurth on the Turn (Yuru) River, Niamniam 

 •Country, with very young fruits, belongs either to this or a very similar new species. 



18, C. elegans, Stapf. A shrub, 8-10 ft. high ; branches tereie, 

 rather stout, drying more or less black. Leaves narrowly oblong to 

 lanceolate, subacuminate or obtuse, acute at the base, 4-6 in. long, 

 lJ-2 in. broad, subcoriaceous, opaque when dry, much paler beneath; 

 secondary nerves 16-22 on each side, almost horizontal and straight. 

 Inflorescence corymbose or paniculate, terminal, more or less overtopped 



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