>itrophajithus.] lxxxiv. ArocYNACE.E (stapf). 183 



along the margin. Corolla large, violet without, white, tinged with 

 violet within, scales yellow ; infra-staminal part of the tube 4-.") lin. 

 long, gradually widened from the base, supra-staminal part funnel- 

 shaped, wide, up to 1 in. long; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, not tailed, 

 1 J-l| in. long ; throat-scales lanceolate or subulate from a broader 

 base, 2-ij lin. long. Anthers glabrous, tapering into a fine point, :>}, lin. 

 long. Follicles 10 in. long, tapering almost from the base, not rostrate, 

 very woody. Seeds linear-oblong, greyish silky, 6 lin. long; awn naked 

 for about 15 lin., plume '2-2^ in. long. — Franch. in Arch. Nouv. Mus. 

 Paris, 3 ser. v. 286, and in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 2 ser. i. 4 ; K. 8chum. 

 in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 311) and in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 4:)3 ; Payrau, 

 Strophanthus, 1)2, 03, 162, with figs.; Holmes in Pharm. Journ. xii. 

 (1901), 4iS6-4Hl), fig. 1-7 (including vars. Kirkii and faUax) ; Gilg in 

 Engl. Jabrb. xxxii. 157. 



Mozamb. X>lst. GeritiRn East Africa: Usainbara ; Taiiga, Heinsen, 131! 

 Nguru district, Sacleux ; Uhehe; Rualia River, 2000 ft., Goetze, 453! Portupucso 

 East Africa : Yao Forest, Steere ! Moraiubala Mountain, Waller .' Briti>h Central 

 Africa: Nyasaland ; Zornhn, Mannhiff, 78! Lukonia (Likoma ls\a,m\?), Belling- 

 ham! Shire Valley, Waller/ and without precise locality, Buchanan, 1219! 1355! 

 Rhodesia: Batoka Country; Manyorene Hill, Kirk ! 



23. S. ecaudatus, Rolfe in Bolet. Soc. Brot. xi. 85. A climb- 

 ing shrub ; branches minutely puberulous when quite young, soon 

 glabrescent, dark reddish-brown, rough with often very numerous 

 lenticels. Leaves obovate to oblanceolate-oblong or lanceolate, very 

 shortly acuminate, cuspidate or acute, acute at the base, ^-IJ in. long, 

 ;)-8 lin. broad ; margins wavy, coriaceous, glabrous, very pale beneath 

 when young ; secondary nerves 5-6 on each side, faint, often incon- 

 spicuous ; veins inconspicuous ; petiole 1-2 lin. long. Cymes generally 

 reduced to 1-2 flowers, terminal on leafy branches, sessile ; bracts lan- 

 ceoUte-subulate, 3 lin. long, early deciduous ; pedicels finely puberulous 

 up to 3 lin. long. Calyx 5-7 lin. long ; sepals oblong, acuminate, with 

 generally recurved tips and often wavy margins, rather firm. Corolla 

 white and glabrous outside, pink inside ; infi-a-staminal part of tube 

 ^> lin. long, supi^-staminal part of tube campanulate or widely funnel- 

 shaped, 7 lin. long, more or less puberulous within ; lobes ovate-oblong, 

 acuminate, 8-9 lin. long ; throat-scales filiform from a triangular base, 

 5-7 lin. long, deep purple. Anthers glabrous, acuminate, terminating 

 in a fine bristly point, 'd^ lin. long. Follicles 7 in. long, attenuate 

 almost from the base, obtuse, densely verrucose with numerous lenticels. 

 Seeds linear oblong, 5 lin. long, densely silky, yellowish: awn naked 

 for 1-J-lJin., plume Ij in. long. — Hiern in Cnt. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 671 ; 

 Payrau, Strophanthus, 94-!)6, 1()2, with tigs. -^S' Wehvitschii, K. Schum, 

 in Engl. &■ Pi-antl, Pflanzenfam. Ergiinz. Heft, i. 51) ; Gilg in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxxii. 157, 162. Zygonerion Weliritschii, Baiil. in Bull. Soc. 

 Linn. Paris, i. 758. 



IboTver Guinea. Angola : between Puii<;o Andouijo and the Cuanzji, Wil- 

 witsch, 5991 low forest between Cazella and J.axillo, Wehrilsc/i, 5926 ! Malange, 



