Alafia.] Lxxxiv. apocynace^ (staff). 197 



2. A. Schuioiannii, Stapf. Branches greyish when dry, glabrous. 

 Leaves elliptic to broadly oblong, abruptly caudate-acuminate (acumen 

 linear, obtuse, up to 7 lin. long, 1-1^ lin. broad), obtuse or acute at tlie 

 base, 4-5 in. long, 2-2^ in. broad, subcoriaceous, quite glabrous ; 

 .secondary nerves 7-8 on each side, oblique ; veins faintly r-aised below, 

 loosely anastomosing; petiole slender, 4-5 lin. long. Corymbs 

 terminal, shortly peduncled, dense, many-flowered, finely pubescent, 

 particularly in the upper part ; bracts small, ovate, acute ; pedicels 

 slender, up to 2 lin. long. Calyx 1 lin. long, minutely puberulous ; 

 sepals ovate, subobtuse ; glands conspicuous, denticulate. Corolla 

 glabrous without ; tube slightly widened below the middle, rather 

 etout, 4-4^ lin. long; lobes broad, obliqueJy obovate, 4 lin. long, 

 fimbriate on one side, Staminal cone just reaching the corolla- 

 mouth, 2J lin. long. Carpels densely and very minutely puberulous 

 also on the inner face with the exception of a small ])asal area, partly 

 connate at the very base ; style cylindric, puberulous, J lin. long. 



Upper <£uiaea. Cameroons : Bipinde, Zenker, 1662 ! 



3. A, landolpMoides, K. >Schum. in Engl, d- Prantl, Fftanzenfam. 

 iv. ii. 165. A high climbing shrub, quite glabrous except the inflores- 

 cences; blanches terete, black when dry. Leaves oblong, obovate- 

 oblong or elliptic, obtusely acuminate, acute or rounded at the base, 

 3|-5J in. long, 1^-2 in. broad, subcoriaceous, rather thin, somewhat 

 shining and very dark above when dry, olive-brown beneath; secondary 

 nerves 9-11 on each side, straight; veins faint; petiole 2-5 lin. long. 

 Corymbs up to 3 in. in diam., fulvo-velvety all over; peduncles 

 generally very short, rarely up to 1|- in. long ; bracts minute, ovate, 

 obtuse; pedicels 1-1 J lin. long. Calyx puberulous, J lin. long; sepals 

 ovate, obtuse. Corolla white or pink with a scarlet throat, 2-2J in. 

 long ; tube densely hairy below the stamens, otherwise glabrous within ; 

 lobes broad-elliptic or obovate, 3-4 lin. long, villous near the base, slightly 

 ciliate along the margin on the inner side. Stamina! cone not quite 

 reaching to the corolla-mouth, IJ lin. long. Carpels densely pubes- 

 cent. Follicles glabrous, 9-12 in. long, 2-3 lin. in diam. Seeds G-7 

 iin. long; coma 18-20 lin. long. — Neriwm scandens, Thonn. in Schum. 

 & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. PI. 148 ; A. DC. Prod. viii. 421. 



XJppei* Cruinea. French Guinea : Kiver Nunez, Heudelot, 626 ! 776 ! 

 Gambia, Whitfield ! Sierra Leone : near Kukuna ?, Scott-Elliot, 4676 ! Talla 

 Hills, at Ninia, Scott-Mliot, 4809 ! Bunce Island, Kirk, 5 ! Gold Coast : Brats ! 

 Aquai[)im, Thonmng ; Krepi, on the Voita River, Johnson, 561 ! Daliomey, Poitson ! 

 Lagos : Lagos Island, Barter, 20218 ! Millen, 173 ! Ebute Metta, Millen, 77 ! 

 Abeokuta, Irving, 145 ! Ikirun, Millson, 6 ! Southern Nigeria : Onitsa, Barter, 

 1326 partly ! 



4. A, Barteri, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PZ. i. 1992. A scandent shrub, 

 quite glabrous except the inflorescence ; branches terete, olive-green 

 also when dry, rarely blackish. Leaves obovate or elliptic, shortly and 

 often obscurely acuminate or with rounded tips, acute or rounded at 

 the base, 2^-4 in. long, 1 J-lJ in. broad, subcoriaceous, rather thick, 



