Voacauga.] i.xxxiv. APocYXACE.t: (stapf). 101 



twisted at the middle, tomentose just below the stamens, otherwise 

 glabrous within ; lobes broad - o bo vat e, reflexed, 2 lin. long. Stamens 

 inserted above the middle ; anthers '2 lin. long, tips just exceeding the 

 mouth, tails moderately long. Disc surrounding the ovary to about 

 half its height, thick, fleshy, free. Style 8 lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Siorra J>e<)ne : Bagru River, Mann, 858 ! 



Var. /3 laticeolata, Stapf. Leaves on tlie whole narrower tliau iu tlie tyju', 

 1-1.^ in. hroad; secondary nerves 7-11 on each side; petiole ^ to over 1 in. lon^r. 

 Flowers slightly larger than in the type; corolla-tul)e oh-Qh lin. long, yellow ; lobes 

 2-3 lin. long, violet-brown, darker at the base. — /'. hracieata, K. Schuni, in Engl. 

 Jahrh. xxiii. 226. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Yannde, Z^w^er, 1 87 ! 694b! \V\\>\wi\e, Zenker, 

 870! 



Jmperfectly known species. 



14. V. Boehmii, K. Schimi. in Enyl. PJi. Osi-Afr. C. ol7. A 

 shrub ; branches moderately stout. Leaves rhomboid or elliptic, acute, 

 attenuate at the base, glabrous above, puberulous on the nerves 

 beneath ; petiole short. Panicle dichotomous, divaricate, few-flowered. 

 Calyx-lobes reflexed. Corolla white, scarcely 10 lin. in diam., smelling 

 like glue. Stamens completely included. 



XVXozamb. Ulst. German East Africa : Kavinda (Kawendi ?), 5oeA)«, 37a ! 

 See the note under 7, 7'. lutescens. 



15. V. densiflora, K. Schimi. ex Enyl. in Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. 

 Berlin^ xvi. (I'JUO), 107 {naiiie only). 



XWEozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Ulngnru ; Manga Valley, in Tana 

 district, 2000 ft., collector not mentioned. 



1(3. V. (?) dichotoma, K. Schum. in Enyl. Pji. Ost-Afr. C. ol7. A 

 tree about (>0 ft. high, with a regularly dichotomously branched rounded 

 top and glabrous, stout branches. Leaves oblong or subobovate-oblong, 

 shortly and obtusely acuminate, attenuate at the base, glabrous ; secon- 

 dary nerves 11-14 on each side; petioles short; axillary stipules 

 present. Corolla white, fragrant ; tube fleshy, somewhat inflated, 

 straight, 1\ lin. long; lobes 15 lin. long, membranous. Stamens 

 included. Berries almost as large as those of Conopharynyia Jfolstii, 

 softening and dehiscing after falling. 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro; Kiboso, Tolkens, MWH, 

 Marangu, T^olkens, 2076. 



I suspect this is a Conopharynyia , near C. usamharensis. 



28. HOLARBHENA, R.Br. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 70S. 



Calyx small, herbaceous, eglandular within or with 2-5 glands 

 alternating with the sepals ; sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate or almost subu- 

 late. Corolla salver-shaped ; tube slightly widened below the middle, 

 mouth naked; lobes 5, oblong, overlapping to the right, tips not 

 inflexed in bud. Stamens inserted near the base of the corolla-tube ; 



