180 Lxxxiv. APOCYXACE.E (stapf). \^Stro2)hantha>s. 



point, o-'H Hn. long. Ovary glabrous. — Franch. in Nouv, Arch. Mus. 

 Paris, 8 ser. v. 289 ; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 

 1 82. ;S'. petersianus, var. amhoensls, Schinz in Yerhandl. Bot. Ver. 

 J^randenb. xxx. 250 ; Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 150. 



Xiower Guinea. An<?ola : in forests l)y the River Cunene, ScJiinz ! near 

 <Jhilnii(l(', 4000 ft., Baum, 59 ! and without precise locality, Herb. Ferreira. 45i) 1 

 <termaii South-west Africa : Auiboland, Schinz ; Hererolaud, Giirick, 2d. 



Imperfectly knoiun species. 



29. S. asper, Oliv. ex L. Planch. Prod. Apocyn. 01. Seeds whitish, 

 hairy all over (hairs 1 lin. long), 8 lin. long, obtuse at the base ; awn 

 2^ in. long, naked for ^ in. from the base, hairs of the plume short, 

 erect.— /S'. lainevx du Zamheze, Blondel, Stroph. du Comm. 51 ; Pax 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 384; Payrau, Strophanthus, lOl-lOo, with figs. 



Mozamb. Bist. Zambesi Region, Elbonie. 



Pax suggests that the seeds might belong to S. j^^tersianiis. 



M). S. minor, Christy ex Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 381, 384, 38<>. 

 Follicles very slender, 1-lf ft. long, 1\ lin. in diam. ; light brown. 

 ♦Seeds 4-7 lin. long or longer, obtuse at the base, brown to greenish, 

 pale or dark, minutely pubescent, at length glabrous ; awn naked for 

 \\ in. from the base; plumose part 2 in. long, hairs of plume 1 in. long. 

 — Franch. in Nouv. Ai-ch. Mus. Paris, 3 ser. v. 252 ; L. Planch. Prod. 

 Apoc. 44-4{), figs. 3, 4, 5 ; Payrau, Strophanthus,*,82-84. >S', Niger, 

 Ohristy in Pharm. Journ. and Trans, xx. (18S9), 318. t>. du Niger, 

 Blondel, Stroph. du Comm. 20. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory, (iold Coast? 



Pax suggests that S. minor is identical with S. scaber. 



31. S. xnirabilis, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 159. A shrub, 

 4|-G ft. high ; branches divaricate, numerous, brown and sparingly 

 crispo-pubescent when young, soon glabrescent, at length greyish- 

 brown ; internodes very short. Leaves oblong, rounded at the tips, 

 acute at the base, 7i-l() lin. long, 2^-4 lin. broad, more or less 

 chartaceous, minutely crispo-puberulous when quite yoiing, soon 

 sparingly scabridulous or quite glabrous; nerves and veins very incon- 

 spicuous ; petiole J-| lin. long. Flowers solitary on the ends of the 

 branches and branchlets ; bracts 1?, lin. long, lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate ; pedicels very short. Calyx 4-4 J lin. long, densely covered 

 outside with minute greyish hairs ; sepals foiiaceous, spathulate-oblong, 

 obtuse. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped to campanulate, sparingly and 

 minutely pubescent, 5^ lin. long, 3 lin. wide at the mouth; lobes broad- 

 ovate, '2h~o lin. long, gradually passing into the linear somewhat fleshy 

 recurved tails which are IJ-lJ in. long; throat-scales fleshy, linear, 

 l|-2 lin. long. Follicles narrow, 7-10 in. long, 5-0 J lin. thick, streaked 

 with white ; tips knob-shaped. 



xrile Iiand. Galla Country : (iave Libin, near Wonte and Anole, near the 

 Guuale River, 500-600 ft., in dense bush, Elhnbeck, 2205 ! 



