210 Lxxxiv. APOCYNACEiE (stapf). [Baissea. 



9. B. major, Hiem in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 675. A powerful 

 climber ; young branches very minutely rusty tomentose, soon glabres- 

 cent. Leaves obovate-oblong, acuminate, rounded or almost cordate 

 at the base, 1-4| in. long, J to 2 in. broad, thinly coriaceous, shining 

 when fresh, dull and olive-green or brown when dry, very minutely 

 pubescent on the nerves below when young, soon glabrous except for 

 some tufts of rusty hairs in the nerve-axils ; secondary nerves 6-9 on 

 each side ; transverse nerves fine, distinct. Cymes 2-1-flowered, in 

 slender panicles, 2-2 J in. long, very minutely rusty tomentose ; bracts 

 linear-lanceolate, 2-d lin. long ; pedicels up to 1 J lin. long. Calyx l\- 

 1 J lin. long, very minutely pubescent ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acum- 

 inate, intra-calycular glands 5, minute. Corolla white, fragrant ; tube 

 campanulate, 2-2^ lin. long, glabrous without and in the throat ; 

 supra-staminal calli knob-shaped ; lobes linear, 6-7| lin. long. Staminal 

 cone I lin. long ; anthers glabrous on the back. Carpels pubescent on 

 the top ; style obconic-cylindric, minutely papillose ; stigma campanu- 

 late with a short bifid apiculus. Follicles linear, acuminate. — B. 

 angolensis, var. major, Stapf in Kew Bulletin, 189-4, 126. 



Iio-wer Guinea. AngoLi : Pungo Andongo; in damp tljickets in the 

 Praesidium, Welwitsch, 5966 ! 



10. B. axillaris, Hua in Compt. Rend. Acad. Paris, cxxxiv. 857. A 

 climbing shrub, 8-10 ft. high ; young branches densely fulvo-tomen- 

 tose, terete, spreading at wide angles in one plane. Leaves distichous, 

 oblong or ovate-oblong, shortly acute or subacute, truncate or subcor- 

 date at the base, 1-1 J in. long, 6-9 lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, hir- 

 sute on the midrib above and on the nerves below, ultimately glabres- 

 cent ; secondary nerves about 6 on each side ; veins obscure ; petiole 

 1-1 lin. long. Cymes 3-5 lin. long, subsessile or shortly peduncled, 

 densely pubescent ; bracts very minute, ovate ; pedicels up to 1 lin. 

 long. Calyx finely pubescent, J lin. long ; sepals roundish ovate, 

 obtuse. Corolla yellow, funnel-shaped-cam panulate, If -2 J lin. long, 

 minutely pubescent outside, glabrous in the throat, supra-staminal 

 calli transversely oblong ; lobes lanceolate-ovate, rather shorter than 

 the tube. Staminal cone reaching to the middle of the tube ; anthers 

 I lin. long, glabrous on the back. Disc distinct. Carpels pubescent 

 above the disc ; style obconic from a cylindric base, sparingly papillose 

 above ; stigma campanulate with a subulate, bifid apiculus. — Zygodia 

 axillaris, Benth. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1184; K. Schum. in Engl. & 

 Prantl, Pfianzenfam. iv. ii. 164; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 

 673. 



upper Guinea. La>^os : Yevva Mala, Puiicli, 77 ! Old CiiLibar Kiver, Mann, 

 2301! Cameroons: Johann Albrechts Hohc, Staudt, 518! Bipinde, Zenker, 2316! 



Iioiver Guinea. Angola: Golunjro Alto; Queta Mountains, and Mata de 

 Trombeta, Welwitsch, 5960! 5963 I Quibolo, Welwitsch, 5962! 



11. B. zygodioides, Stapf. Young branches slender, rufo- 

 tomentose, at length glabrescent. Leaves rather ciowded, oblong to 



