104 Lxxxiv. APOCYNACE^ (stapf). [Mascarenhosia . 



longer than the ovary, slightly 5-lobed. Carpels and style fulvo- 

 puberulous. 



IVfozaml). Slst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland; Mount Mlanje, 6000 ft., 

 JFhyte, 108 ! 



2. M. elastica, K. Schum. in JVotizhl. Konigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, 

 i. 2G8 with Jig. A tall tree with slender branches, perfectly glabrous. 

 Leaves oblong, obtuse or obtusely and shortly acuminate, acute at the 

 base, 3-10 in. long, 1^-2 J in. broad, coriaceous; secondary nerves about 

 10 on each side; petiole up to Ij lin. long. Cymes axillary and ter- 

 minal, few-flowered ; peduncle about 4 lin. long; pedicels short. 

 Calyx Ij lin. long; segments triangular- ovate, acute. Corolla-tube 

 much constricted below the middle, subglobosely widened at the base, 

 finely tomentose without, 4 lin. long ; lobes oblong, subacute, up to 2 

 lin. long. Anthers If lin. long, inserted at the middle. Disc of 5 seg- 

 ments, distinct or connate in pairs, exceeding the ovary. Ovary 

 puberulous at the top ; style slightly hairy. Follicles purplish-black, 

 glabrous, subsulcate, 3-3 J in. long. — Warb. in Tropenpfl. iii. (1899), 

 183, 220, 221, with fig.; Kautschukpfl. 115, and Plant, a Caoutch. 

 215; Yilb. in Warb. Plant, a Caoutch. 216; Busse in Tropenpfl. iv. 

 {1900) 581 ; K. Schum. in Notizbl. Konigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, iii. 43. 

 M. caustica (by error), K. Schum. I.e. ii. 268. 



AXozamb. Dist. German East Africa : between Dar-es-Salaam and Mbaffu, 

 near Vikindo, in Vilansi District, StuMmann ; Sachsenwald, near Dar-es-Salaam, 

 Sedde ; Kola, Busse. 



The " Mgoa tree " of the natives of Usaramo. It is used for making rubber ; but 

 the product is of inferior quality. The wood is said to be excellent timber. 



34. MALOUETIA, A. DC. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 708. 



Calyx small, subcoriaceous or herbaceous; sepals almost free, obtuse 

 or subacute, imbricate, with 1-2 basal glands within. Corolla salver- 

 shaped ; tube cylindric, slender, somewhat abruptly constricted at the 

 middle or higher up .(often close to the mouth) and slightly wider 

 above the constriction, t)r with 5 or 10 small scale-like or subconfluent 

 callous tubercles at the mouth. Stamens inserted at the constriction 

 of the corolla-tube ; anthers conniving in a cone, included or more or 

 less exserted, subsessile, lanceolate, sagittate ; appendages hard, stout ; 

 tails very acute ; foot of the connective with an abruptly projecting 

 ridge with stifi" hairs on the flanks. Disc annular or cupular, entire or 

 5-lobed. Carpels 2, free, or connate at the base ; style filiform ; stigma 

 oblong, clavate, densely papillose, with a minute 2-lobed glabrous 

 apiculus, agglutinated to the foot of the connective ; ovules numerous, 

 2_4-seriate. Mericarps follicular, linear, acuminate, slightly, constricted 

 between the seeds, more or less spreading. Seeds linear-lanceolate, 

 not comose, more or less concave on the ventral face ; endosperm scanty ; 

 cotyledons thin, flat or concavo-convex; radicle cylindric. — Glabrous 

 trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, subcoriaceous or papery ; axillary 



