170 Lxxxiv. APOCYNACE.*: (sTArp). [Strophanthu.s. 



Leaves glabrous. 



Leaves thin, usually 3-4 in. lonjf; corolla 

 minutely puherulons without. 

 Cymes ])e(luncled; corolla inclusive of the tails 



H-2 in. long; tails 1-J.] in. l(Hig . . 25. S. JDemeusei. 



Cymes suhsessile ; corolla inclusive of the tails 



2/, in. long; tails H-lf in. long . . 26. S. intermedins. 



Jicaves firm, less than 3 in. long; corolla glahrous 

 without. 

 Jicaves 2A-3 in. long; corolla inclusive of the 



tails 1^ in. long . . ... . 27. aS*. conr/oensi-s'. 



Leaves li-l| in. long; corolla inclusive of the 



tails 2t^-3 in. louir ..... 28. S. amboen.si.s. 



1. S. gratus, Franch. in Journ. de Bot. vii. )VI\. A small glab- 

 rous tree or shrub ; branches reddish-brown or almost blacl;^ when dry, 

 <lotted with small lenticels. Leaves oblong, shortly acuminate, obtuse 

 or subacute at the base, 3-0 in. long, 2-'6 in. broad, coriaceous ; secon- 

 dary nerves about 7 on each side, subhorizontal, very distinct ; veins 

 generally inconspicuous ; petiole 3-6 lin. long. Cymes terminal, sessile, 

 few- to 12-flowered ; bracts ovate, acute, deciduous, 1^ lin. long; 

 pedicels rather stout, up to 4-G lin. long. Calyx r)-8 lin. long ; sepals 

 much imbricate, broad, oblong or obovate, scarious, rounded at the 

 apex. Corolla large, white, or tinged with pink ; tube funnel-shaped, 

 1 o- in. long ; lobes broad, obovate, ^-1 in. long; throat scales lanceo- 

 late-subulate, glabrous, purple, 5-G lin. long. Anthers al^out (1-7 lin. 

 long, tapering into a more or less exserted awn, about T) lin. long. 

 Ovary glabrous. Follicles obtusely acuminate, minutely lenticellate, 

 ^^--15 in. long, 1 J-2 in. in diam. Seeds glabrous, lanceolate, 7J-.) Ihi. 

 long, 1-1 i- lin. broad; awn Ijf-^i- in. long, naked for about 8-10 lin. ; 

 hail's white, l^-2i in. long. — Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, 

 3 ser. V. 25(1; and in Journ. de Bot. viii. 201-204; L. Planch. Prod. 

 Apocyn. 141 ; K. Schum. in Engl, ct Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 182; 

 Oilg in Notizbl. Konigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, iii. (53. S. stanlei/atma, 

 Hort. Angl. ex Lemaire, Jard. Fleur. t. 1(1. >S'. hispidns, Hardy k, 

 Oallois in Compt. Rend, lxxxiv. (1877), 2G1, not of A. P. DC. >V. 

 OuabaiOf Holmes in Pharm. Journ. xxi. (1800), 234. aS. glaher^ Cornu 

 ex Holmes, Pharm. Journ. xxiii. (181)3), 1)28. *S'. ylahre du Gahmi^ 

 Blondel, Stroph. du Comm. 34 with fig. ; Arnaud in Compt. Rend, 

 cvii. 11C2; Pax in EngL Jahrb. xv. 384; Franchet, I.e., 258, t. 1); 

 Planchon, I.e. 64, 66, with plate, 61), fig. 10, 83 ; Franchet in Ball. See. 

 Linn. Paris, 2 ser. i. 4; Payrau, Strophanthus, 111-118, 161, with figs. 

 Roupellia grata, Wall. & Hook, ex Hook; in Bot. Mag. t. 4466 ; Benth. 

 in Hook. Niger Fl. 440 ; Van Houtte, Fl. Serr. vi. 181, t. 580 ; Lindi. 

 & Paxt. Fl. Gard. i, 71, fig. 46. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! WhUjield ! Gold Coast : Ashanti ; 

 near Aesin-Yan-Kumassi, Cummins, 44 1 55 ! Lagos, Millen, 174 I Rowland I 

 Niger Delta : Brass, ^jtrrows .' Cameroon s : Y^'\^\\\Ae, Zenker, 1\1H\ 1923! 



TLo'wer Guinea. Gaboon: (ilass, near Libreville, Griffon dv Bellay (perlia)).s 

 cultivated ?). 



